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Release year: 2006

Storyline

On Christmas Eve, an escaped maniac returns to his childhood home, which is now a sorority house, and begins to murder the sorority sisters one by one.

Top credits

Directors

Glen Morgan

Writers

Cast

Michelle Trachtenberg — Melissa
Mary Elizabeth Winstead — Heather Fitzgerald
Lacey Chabert — Dana
Katie Cassidy — Kelli Presley

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Did you know

• Andrea Martin, who played Phyllis in Black Christmas (1974), said in an interview that she hadn't thought about "Black Christmas" for 32 years and it "came out of the blue" when Glen Morgan offered her the role as the house mother in the movie.

• Glen Morgan has reportedly disowned this film. In response to the question on whether or not he was happy with the results, Morgan said "No way, and it's schizophrenic because Bob Weinstein came in and urinated on it. Really, there was a time where torture porn was the hot thing. You know I became friends with Bob Clark. You can throw that movie into one of your first questions. I loved that movie, and also A Christmas Story (1983) and I learned a lot from Bob, and had his blessing that we were trying to make a version that he didn't get to deal with the background of the killers, and stuff like that. When Bob Weinstein came in and saw that, he was like, "We need to drag Michelle Trachtenberg down the hall by her eyes." And I was like, "Oh, Lord," and I talked to my agent and lawyer, and Kristen [Cloke], about it. It was humiliating, it was horrible. I stayed to try and protect the cast and crew, friends of mine, and ended up taking it on the chin".

• Glen Morgan approached Mary Elizabeth Winstead about the movie at 4 AM in the airport after finishing Final Destination 3 (2006) with her. After being hesitant at first after only just finishing a horror movie, she agreed to the role of "Heather" because she is a fan of the 1974 version.