Black Christmas Remake

I watched Black Christmas (1974) again today. I love the creepy feel of this movie. It's so low-budget that they rely on atmosphere than special effects. I also love to see the young Andrea Martin, Olivia Hussey, and Margot Kidder in the movie.

On a lark, I looked up the movie on the Internet Movie Database to see which actor played the bearish Santa. In the search I found that they are planning a remake to be released in November 2006, in time for the coming holiday season.

Canadian comedienne/actress Andrea Martin who played the character of Phyllis in the original movie will be playing the sorority house mother Mrs. Mac in the new one. Among the new faces in the movie will be Mary Elizabeth Winstead from Sky High and Final Destination 3 and Michelle Trachenberg from Buffy the Vampire Slayer. I hope they capture the eerie feeling of the first in the new one. I'm looking forward to this one... :)

Update: A news article for the upcoming movie, being filmed now, is at the Fangoria website with pictures. The link is here. Some production photos are online at Canada.com.