Before running to the theater to see Black Christmas, make sure you first rent/buy the original. It's one of the scariest movies ever made that no one's ever heard of, winning horror kudos for predating Halloween by 4 years. Featuring the future Louis Lane and Hollywood street wanderer Margot Kidder really stretching her acting wings by playing a drunk. Also featuring the most disgusting and disturbing phone harrassment until Bill O'Reilly discussed "family values" with one of his employees.
Interesting trivia: the director went on to direct A Christmas Story, Porky's, and the Truly Scariest Fucked-up Run Screaming From The Theater Movie Of All Time: Baby Geniuses.
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I see that Andrea Martin (SCTV), who was in the original, is also in the remake. Perhaps most importantly, John Saxon is in the new one. Mr. Saxon, a guest-starring staple of '70s TV, was harassed by none other than Joe Don Baker in the cinematic perfection that we know as Mitchell!
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