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Black Christmas (2006)

 Black Christmas (2006) RELEASED December 25, 2006  + 3 more RUNTIME 1 h  35 m DIRECTOR Glen Morgan WRITERS Glen Morgan   (screenplay) ,  Roy Moore   (author) COUNTRY United States LANGUAGE English STUDIOS Dimension Films ,  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ,  2929 Productions ,  Corus Entertainment ,  Movie Central ,  Hard Eight Pictures GENRES Horror ,  Thriller ,  Holiday ,  Mystery This holiday season, the slay ride begins. An escaped maniac returns to his childhood home on Christmas Eve, which is now a sorority house, and begins to murder the sorority sisters one by one. Streaming on Hulu So I just watched the original Black Christmas for the first time a couple days ago, so it's pretty fresh in my mind. One thing that made Bob Clark's version better is that the low budget aspect of it actually contributed to the creepiness and horror. This version looks better in a lot of ways, but the polish detracts from the gritty horror ...

Adult Swim's Yule Log (2022) aka The Fire Place

 Adult Swim's Yule Log (2022) aka The Fire Place Casper Kelly directs Adult Swim's first live-action movie, horror film that clips along at a nice rate and still finds time to make social commentary on things like racism, sexism, and homophobia.  Release date: 12/12/2022 Runtime: 1 hour 31 minutes Director: Casper Kelly Writer: Casper Kelly Stars: Koleman Adams, Hannah Alline, Regina Ting Chen Genres: Comedy, Horror Streaming on: HBOMax Well, I didn't expect this to be just a regular Yule log, but I definitely did not think I was about to watch a 90 minute feature! Casper Kelly's The Fire Place is a great addition to holiday horror!      0.9/1 Directing  0.6/1 Cinematography 0.4/1 Visual design 1/1 Editing 0.3/1 Plot  0.9/1 Writing 0.6/1 Acting 0.3/1 Soundtrack/Score/Sound 0.4/1 Originality 0.7/1 Rewatchability Total : 6.1/10 Binge Bones    The verdict: There are a lot of holiday horror movies to choose from, but this one is is probably ...