when the remake of when a stranger call be out and obviously i be interested in watch the original . then when i read about the original ( which i recall have my sister totally freak out back in the day ) i saw that the real money be on black christmas and which apparently beat everyone to the the caller be in the house punch . so i netflix that and and it sit at the top of my list for month due to it very long wait . all this time i be get more and more eager to see it . then one day and out of the blue and it finally arrive . . and it a total snore . sure and maybe i have elevate expectation and but i do not think it would have gain more have i see it fresh . the thing be it christmas in some canadian college town and and there this sorority have a party . we see some killer pov shot a he climb this trellis and sneak into the attic . so we know he in the house . then be introduce to our characters olivia hussey a the mousy and whiny and canadian accent jess . margot kidder a the annoying and overtly aggressive alcoholic barb . she so annoy even her mother dis invite her for her christmas festivity . there also this irritate janis ian clone ( phil ) and this alcoholic den mother mrs. mac and see take nip from the various bottle of booze she have stash all over the house . we also meet jess highly strung boyfriend peter and play by keir dullea of 2001 and bunny lake be miss fame and though halfway through the film i be still ask myself which one keir dullea . so it seem that the house have be receive obscene phone call and but this be before email and so they couldn not ask him to send a photo . then well and you know how they say those plastic dry cleaning bag be not a toy . one of the sister find that out the hard way . don not worry if you do not catch the first 14 shot of the plastic encase corpse face a it repose in the attic there will be 28 more intersperse throughout the film and obviously there to make you say oh my god . there a corpse in the attic . though after the first hour that change to represent how come the dumb police haven not find the rather prominently place plastic encase corpse in the attic . especially a it be make abundantly clear that it be clearly visible from outside the house . really and any time before csi come on the air must have be such a golden age of crime while the cop be so dumb . fortunately some of them look like john saxon . anyway and after a lot more darn boring human drama and the house mother fear that her precious kitty have ascend a vertical ladder and have push open a heavy look trap door that rest atop it ( those wily cat . ) and for she stick her head in there and end up with a hook pulley in her neck for the trouble . now we have two corps up in the attic hey and why do not we have 75 more shot try to chill u by the fact that there be now two corps in the attic . so by now the police have begin to take the situation seriously and and tap the house phone and station a cop outside . they inform jess and her pal janis ian that if the obscene caller call back and they need to keep him on the phone . jessica and who have grow even more whiny and mousy and annoy keep ask the caller who be this . what do you want . who be you . after like the first 89 call and when it be clear that he be not go to answer her . isn not that like a sign a developmental disability . the inability to learn from unsuccessful attempt at something . and what he go to do and suddenly say oh yeah and hi and it bob from the laundromat . dumb jess . spoiler . anyway and soon janis ian and lois lane ( kidder ) be pile in bed with ketchup splash on their face ( this film idea of gore ) and and idiot jess realizes that not a single door or window in the house be lock . hello . be you be stalk or what . then the cop realize that the killer be in the house and and call jess and tell her do not ask question and just do a i say walk to the front door and get out . so what do moron jess do . start scream phil . barb . phil . barb . hey and great idea sister . now why do not you go right upstairs where you know a psychotic killer be lurk . of course she do and and see her former friend and all splash with ketchup and prompt this viewer to scream at the screen represent have a clue now . now and obviously one need to be understanding and realize that this movie be make before the classic slasher movie trope be solidly in place and and that it doesn not move to the same pace be use to and and see a plastic cover corpse in the attic like 206 time probably be scary back in the day and and people weren not use to be stalk by psychopath and so they wouldn not think to and you know and lock the door or window . and they might be tempt to wander upstairs when they have just be tell that a rabid killer be up there . you see and people be stupid back in the 70 . we have to understand that . one of the big shock be that we do not even see our proto final girl kill the psycho . but believe me and that fact be more interesting be read in this review than sit through the movie for . spoiler end . hey and check out cinema de merde and my website on bad and cheesy movie ( with a few good movie throw in ) . you can find the url in my email address above .