An Average Movie-Goer’s Review
No spoilers! If you would like spoilers – check out the Spoiler post
I love horror movies and if I’m going to watch them anyway, why not write an entertaining/funny review from the POV of an average movie-goer and not a professional critic.
Today we’re looking at the 2006’s Black Christmas the first remake of the 1974 classic Black Christmas
A group of college students at a sorority house learn the house once belonged to an infamous serial killer who killed his family 20 years prior and must survive the night when he returns.
Is Black Christmas (2006) Scary?
Black Christmas has too much going on to be scary because of a huge number of characters all doing their own thing, you never get an effective atmosphere to create horror. There are some effective gory scenes that can be unsettling at times.
Overall you won’t leave Black Christmas scared unless you’re planning to stay in a serial killer’s home over Christmas.
Review:
Black Christmas is okay. It has some good acting, good dialogue, and an interesting premise but its biggest problem is tone. Parts of the movie feel like an attempt at a serious horror movie and the other parts feel like it’s bordering on a comedy horror.
The movie also has a lot of playful Christmas music playing in the background and I don’t mean the music that the characters play, I mean the music playing during serious scenes. It’s not Lantern’s Lane bad but it’s noticeable, especially with the choppy tone.
Black Christmas does do a great job of making all its characters feel like real people which was surprising. With such a huge cast, you would think some characters would just be there for a body count but every character felt like a real person with their own distinctive personality.
But this is detrimental whenever the movie tries to create a creepy atmosphere. You can’t build an air of suspense if you’re constantly cutting to a different character doing something not scary.
Overall I recommend Black Christmas (2006) if you have nothing to watch, you don’t want to watch something that’s actually scary but you want some gore, and you need something Christmas-y.
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