Black Christmas
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Metascore
22 out of 100

Generally unfavorable reviews - based on 17 Critics What's this?

User Score
4.6 out of 10

Mixed or average reviews- based on 142 Ratings

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  • Starring: Lacey Chabert, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Michelle Trachtenberg
  • Summary: The remake of the classic 1974 horror thriller in which a sorority house is terrorized by a killer who makes frightening telephone calls before murdering the sorority sisters during the Christmas break. (Dimension Films)

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 17
  3. Negative: 15 out of 17
  1. Austin Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Marc Savlov
    50
    This film is an evocative, effective entry into the holiday blood-spray subgenre in its own right. And if it doesn't make your skin crawl ... you probably ate too much Christmas dinner.
  2. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Ty Burr
    38
    Silly, obvious, clumsy, and just gruesome enough to keep jaded genre fans from angrily throwing popcorn at the screen.
  3. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Elizabeth Weitzman
    38
    Where the first film was a seminal forerunner of early stalker classics like "Halloween," this version feels as stale as old gingerbread.
  4. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Maitland McDonagh
    38
    Morgan borrows Christmas-specific nastiness from a wide range of fright flicks, but the result is less than the sum of its parts.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 30
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 30
  3. Negative: 14 out of 30
  1. maestraretirada
    10
    When this movie ended i felt that it missed something on its way, but nonetherless the girls acting were good especially Mary Elizabeth Winsted, Cristal Lowe and Michelle Trachtenberg… Expand
  2. MarkC.
    8
    I was pleasantly surprised by this movie, I expected a total ripoff of the original but found a more extended background for the Christmas Killer. Found myself saying more than a few times "nasty", is the way people where killed off. To Glen Morgan I would like to say that I've gone from Renting this DVD to Buying it, it is a good companion to my original, thank you for a new Christmas Slasher movie.… Expand
  3. WesleyE.
    7
    A surprisingly large amount of fun packaged into what could be viewed as a very mediocre set of decorations on a rotten Christmas ham. One of the better horror remakes of recent times, made all the better by it's lack of morality. Certainly better than the recent The Hills Have Eyes II.… Expand
  4. Rikiege
    3
    It's the worst argument in the history of cinema! Besides the argument is so typical and repeated ... The only thing I liked was that in the film are very good and famous actresses. Gore, pointless and nasty!… Expand

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