The remake of the classic 'Black Christmas', a 1974 horror movie considered by many (gore fans, obviously) as one of the best of its kind and which inspired a genuine horror cult, has been drawing so much negative attention that several leading Christian groups are raising their voices, asking for it to be shut down.

Although the content itself of the horror flick is not under question, these groups are mainly attacking it and the producing studio for picking as release date December 25th. True, there are many gore movies whose action takes place during Christmas holiday, they say, but none of them were ever released on that specific date.

The plot of 'Black Christmas' (2006) revolves around a group of sorority girls who are forced to spend their winter break together in the sorority house, because they can't leave the snowed-in city. The house in which they live was once inhabited by a man who killed his entire family on Christmas Eve and who, after 15 years in jail, wants to come home and make for himself a new 'family', whom he can slash as he pleases.

As various reports from the media indicate, the said Christian groups, among which the Christian Coalition is the biggest, are sending letters to all the people involved in the distribution of the movie and to the potential viewers in general, trying to halt its release. 'It's another strike against Christmas. It's in bad taste. Not only does it send a bad message, it's the further degradation of our holiday. Christmas is one of our holiest of days. It is galling that the movie industry would try to destroy the true meaning of Christmas by (releasing) a horror film on that day.', a spokesperson for the organization told the press.

However, the movie studio argues that they are just picking on straws, as there is a long line of horror movies released during the holiday season in the past. They are not going to change the release date, a representative for Dimension Films fought back. 'There is a long tradition of releasing horror movies during the holiday season as counter-programming to the more regular yuletide fare.', the statement read.

So, that just means one thing: like it or not, this Christmas will be a very 'special' one. If you're going to see the 'Black Christmas' movie, of course.