Black Christmas (2006 film)
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| Directed by | Glen Morgan |
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| Screenplay by | Glen Morgan |
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Black Christmas by A. Roy Moore |
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| Music by | Shirley Walker |
| Cinematography | Robert McLachlan |
| Edited by | Chris Willingham |
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| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
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84 minutes 93 minutes (Unrated cut) |
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| Language | English |
| Budget | $9 million |
| Box office | $21.5 million |
Black Christmas (abbreviated as Black X-Mas) is a 2006 American slasher film written and directed by Glen Morgan and starring Katie Cassidy, Michelle Trachtenberg, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Oliver Hudson, Lacey Chabert, Kristen Cloke, and Andrea Martin. The film takes place several days before Christmas, and tells the story of a group of sorority sisters who are stalked and murdered by the house's former inhabitants during a winter storm. It is a loose remake of the 1974 film of the same name. The film was produced by Morgan and James Wong through their production company Hard Eight Pictures, along with 2929 Productions and Dimension Films, while Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer distributed the film.
In December 2006, upon anticipation of its premiere, the film garnered some criticism from religious groups due to its graphic content in a holiday setting, as well as the distributor's decision to release the film on Christmas Day in the United States. The film opened in the United Kingdom on December 15, 2006, and, despite backlash from some religious organizations, opened in US theaters on Christmas Day and was a moderate box office success by grossing $21.5 million total. It has a 14% approval rating at Rotten Tomatoes and 22/100 rating on Metacritic.
William Edward "Billy" Lenz, a boy born with severe jaundice due to a liver disease, is constantly abused by his hateful mother. After murdering Billy's father and burying his body in the underground crawlspace with the help of her boyfriend, Mrs. Lenz locks Billy in the attic to prevent him from talking. Years later, she attempts to conceive a new baby but realizes that her new man is impotent. She goes up to the attic and rapes twelve-year-old Billy. Nine months later, a daughter named Agnes is born and treated like a princess by Mrs. Lenz. When Agnes is eight and Christmas comes around, Billy escapes from the attic and disfigures Agnes by gouging out her eye. He then taunts his terrified mother, saying "she's my family now," and gruesomely kills his mother and her lover. He is caught by the police eating cookies made out of his mother's flesh, and is sent to a mental asylum.
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