In this unlikely cross between Black Christmas and The Holdovers, a pair of students left at an isolated girls' boarding school over the Christmas holiday 1971 with a young teacher and her cook boyfriend have to survive an invading killer cult gang quartet (the media-titled 'Christmas Killers') and an ancient curse. Music, cinematography and location work all go some way to create atmosphere, but dialogue is for the most part slow and functional. The first half grinds along efficiently, with a decently-played if rather obvious twist half-way through that livens up proceedings a little and leads to a lively finale. The story has a little more development than many of its type, but overall The Sacrifice Game is a decently- made if fairly routine supernatural horror movie.
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