It's going to be a black Christmas at the Alpha Kappa Gamma sorority house, where a group of young women have been snowed in for the holidays ... for a crazed killer is having his Christmas dinner a few miles distant in the local mental institution ...
~ Years before, Billy Lenz was born with a liver disorder rendering his skin yellow. Loved by his father, hated by his mother, Billy is locked in the attic for most of his childhood. After being told by his mother that the Russians have shot down and killed Santa Claus, Billy witnesses her kill his father following a drunken argument. Billy is later seduced by his mother in the attic and a new baby comes along, a girl named Agnes ...
Billy becomes jealous of Agnes over time and one day pulls out one of her eyes, stabs his stepfather, and beats his mother to death with a rolling pin. His is quite rightly condemned insane and sentenced to the mental institution, after being found by the police eating human-mince pies. Agnes is sent to an orphanage ...
Hopefully you're still with me at this point ...
Back in 2006 the girls are still trapped in the sorority house and Billy is on the loose once more ... one-by-one they are picked off, their eyes missing like carrion left in the desert ... outside the blizzard rages and it's hours before help can arrive ~ I enjoyed this Yuletide Slasher Film, perhaps because it was set over Christmas. Like Halloween, there's something cool and mysterious about this holiday, even after one grows-up. It was certainly one of the better horror re-makes I've seen of late - the original was filmed in 1974 - though it may not pander to all tastes, especially those of a Christian orthodox. Although the plot isn't exactly original, the film is watchable throughout and there is a neat little twist at the end. The killing is extreme and graphic at times, and there are plenty of scenes that will keep you on the edge of your seat, even make you jump! The production design and picture quality are very good - this film doesn't have a low budget feel to it - and the acting is good all round. In a nutshell you need to take the content - in-breeding, serial killing, psychologically disturbed behaviour - with a pinch of salt, like you would if you were watching an episode from Tales from the Crypt. Take this film too seriously and you too could be spending Christmas in the nut house ...
Wrap up warm and grab a sherry and mince pie, 'cause you're gonna have a very bloody Christmas with this slasher flick! Contains scenes of violence and gore, sex and nudity, and strong language.
Matthew J Lee-Williams, Review.
~ Years before, Billy Lenz was born with a liver disorder rendering his skin yellow. Loved by his father, hated by his mother, Billy is locked in the attic for most of his childhood. After being told by his mother that the Russians have shot down and killed Santa Claus, Billy witnesses her kill his father following a drunken argument. Billy is later seduced by his mother in the attic and a new baby comes along, a girl named Agnes ...
Billy becomes jealous of Agnes over time and one day pulls out one of her eyes, stabs his stepfather, and beats his mother to death with a rolling pin. His is quite rightly condemned insane and sentenced to the mental institution, after being found by the police eating human-mince pies. Agnes is sent to an orphanage ...
Hopefully you're still with me at this point ...
Back in 2006 the girls are still trapped in the sorority house and Billy is on the loose once more ... one-by-one they are picked off, their eyes missing like carrion left in the desert ... outside the blizzard rages and it's hours before help can arrive ~ I enjoyed this Yuletide Slasher Film, perhaps because it was set over Christmas. Like Halloween, there's something cool and mysterious about this holiday, even after one grows-up. It was certainly one of the better horror re-makes I've seen of late - the original was filmed in 1974 - though it may not pander to all tastes, especially those of a Christian orthodox. Although the plot isn't exactly original, the film is watchable throughout and there is a neat little twist at the end. The killing is extreme and graphic at times, and there are plenty of scenes that will keep you on the edge of your seat, even make you jump! The production design and picture quality are very good - this film doesn't have a low budget feel to it - and the acting is good all round. In a nutshell you need to take the content - in-breeding, serial killing, psychologically disturbed behaviour - with a pinch of salt, like you would if you were watching an episode from Tales from the Crypt. Take this film too seriously and you too could be spending Christmas in the nut house ...
Wrap up warm and grab a sherry and mince pie, 'cause you're gonna have a very bloody Christmas with this slasher flick! Contains scenes of violence and gore, sex and nudity, and strong language.
Matthew J Lee-Williams, Review.