Directed by:
Glen MorganCinematography:
Robert McLachlanComposer:
Shirley WalkerCast:
Michelle Trachtenberg, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Kristen Cloke, Crystal Lowe, Lacey Chabert, Andrea Martin, Oliver Hudson, Leela Savasta, Evan Adams (more)VOD (4)
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A handful of sorority girls remain at the house after the school shuts down for Christmas break. An ominous snowstorm blows in, isolating them. At the same time, a killer--who in this version escapes from a mental institution to return to his former family home--breaks into the attic and begins making terrifying phone calls to the girls (led by Kate Cassidy, Michelle Trachtenberg, and Lacey Chabert) before killing them off one by one. (official distributor synopsis)
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This is a just-about-bearable remake that doesn't just try to milk the original, but at least wants to give an interesting backstory to the antagonist Billy, creating a pretty bizarre Christmas legend. The stumbling block, however, is that the screenplay just does not seem to be interested in anyone else, so we just have a group of generic characters lining up to be the next victim. However, there is a certain ingenuity in the gruesome presentation of each of the grisly murders in this movie, that cannot be denied.
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I like slashers, I'm a fan of Jason, but this one didn't quite work. The killer has no charisma, and nothing happens except the killing of the characters and they are not worth much.
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