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Synopsis: When crazed killer Billy Lenz escapes the mental institution on Christmas Eve, he makes a path straight for his childhood home. Unfortunately for the sorority sisters of Delta Alpha Kappa, his former house is now their sorority house. With police assistance at least two hours away because of the heavily falling snow, they are forced to find a way to survive on their own. Who's in it?  The movie stars Katie Cassidy , Michelle Trachtenburg, Lacey Chabert , Robert Mann and Andrea Martin . Review: While there have been exceptions to the rule, I've found most horror movie remakes tend to fall flat when compared to the original. There are some, however, that are still better than others and I would put Black Christmas in that very specific category of not living up to the original but still being watchable. There were a couple things I found I liked about this movie. The main one was Mann's pretty convincing performance as the lunatic Billy Lenz. He had just the righ...

Synopsis: A group of sorority sisters and their alcoholic house mother receive prank calls and are stalked by a serial killer over Christmas break. Who's in it? The movie stars Margot Kidder , Olivia Hussey , Keir Dullea , John Saxon , Marian Waldman and Andrea Martin . Review: I hadn't seen the original version of this movie in a couple years so, when I came across it on one of our movie channels a couple nights ago, I made sure to record it. My wife and I got around to watching it last night and, while it wasn't quite as good as I remembered it, it was still a good movie. The thing I like most about this movie is the mystery surrounding the sorority's attacker. We know nothing about him (or if it even is a "him") and that creates a wide range of possibilities. Is it an escaped mental patient? Is it one of their boyfriends? Is it one of the sorority sisters? This mystery did make the movie less predictable than similar films I've watched. ...