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 Black Christmas (1974)
by Trevor Griffiths
December
23, 2005
Despite the fact that just about every movie in production right now is being filmed in Canada, there are precious few Canadian movies. There are even fewer still of any significant value, which might explain why, when asked about Canadian cinema, most people assume you mean publicly funded documentaries about polar bears or French language wank-a-thons. A few cinephiles might reference the work of Atom Egoyan or David Cronenberg, but really that’s it. Blame the close relationship between Anglophone Canada and the United States and the resultant cultural bleed-over for the wishy-washy cultural identity of Canada.
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 Silent Night, Deadly Night Parts 1 & 2
by Trevor Griffiths
December 22 , 2006
Holiday themed horror films are nothing new. While certain days and dates just naturally lend themselves to having a horror film centered on them (Halloween or Friday The 13th, for example), others are not such a natural fit. Take Easter for instance, or St. Patrick’s Day. In the annals of this curious sub genre, this is probably the most ill conceived, jaw-droppingly tasteless slasher film ever made. I’m talking, of course, about the Christmas-set slasher film Silent Night, Deadly Night. The film caused a minor firestorm of controversy when released in 1984.
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 The Black Heart Behind Rankin/Bass Productions
by Cary Christopher
December 22 , 2006
You know, when the editorial staff here at  first announced a theme week, everyone snapped up the titles like Black Christmas and Christmas Evil. Why? Well, because that’s in our comfort zone, that’s why. We are a jaded, cynical bunch here. No one trolls through DIMP looking for a review of Miracle on 34th Street. They come here looking for the dark side of Christmas.
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 The Top Ten Most Wanted DVDs of 2006
by Chris Hughes
December 20 , 2006
Now
that DVD has gone mainstream, video stores are filled with a bewildering
array of releases. Even the best intentioned of holiday shoppers could
become overwhelmed with all the choices. Luckily for you, is home to a vital community of die-hard cinephiles
who have their collective finger on the pulse of the home video market.
We polled our forum to find out what discs our members are most eagerly
anticipating finding under the tree this year. They came up with ten
sure-fire gift ideas covering everything from television to comedy to
action and drama. Here then is ’ Top
Ten Most Wanted DVDs of 2006. We did the work so you don’t
have to!
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 The Staff Picks The Best DVDs of 2006
by Chris Hughes
December 19 , 2006
What
would the end of the year be without a “best-of” list? In
December, magazines, newspapers, TV shows and Web sites are all
busy publishing their best-of lists and we here at decided
to join in the fun. Our well dressed, impeccably groomed and
down right good-looking staff worked their virtual fingers to
the bone sorting through all the DVD releases of the last year
to find the crème
de la crème in Action/Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Cult, Drama,
Horror, Kids, Music, Science Fiction and Television genres. We
believe that these releases stand out from the pack and would
make great gifts for anyone on your list. If you agree with our
choices, make sure and visit our forum to give us a pat on the
back, or, if you disagree, pop in and tell us why!
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 Christmas Evil
by Shawn McLoughlin
December 19 , 2006
Once upon a time, my local mom-and-pop
video rental store had 99 cent rentals on catalogue titles
and two-for-one specials on Tuesday’s. When I was
just out of high-school, but before I had a real full
time job, I used to rent six VHS tapes on Tuesday morning,
watch four of them, and rent another four that same day.
Four dollars put me in video heaven - and my VCR on the
fritz - as I rented up nearly every horror film that
the store had. They had Christmas Evil,
but I never felt inclined to rent it. Considering
most of the crap that I did rent during my ten-films-per-week
period, I owe Christmas Evil a serious
apology – I
really should have watched it years ago. But fate works
in strange ways, and recently Christmas Evil arrived
in my mailbox from our promotions department. Finally,
after years of putting it off, I would have to
watch it. But was it worth the wait?
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