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Glen Morgan Status: Completed A remake of the 1974 horror movie Black Christmas. The movie tells the story about Billy, a young boy who was abused by his mother as a child. While his mother was cheating on Billy's father, she eventually killed his father and kept Billy in the attic - for good, while she was with her lover and starting a "new" family. As Billy's mother fell pregnant with a daughter and treated her with love, which Billy had never experienced with his mother, Billy came out of the attic after years and brutally murdered his mother and her lover. Cut to present day, a group of eight sorority sisters consisting of Kelli (Katie Cassidy), Dana (Lacey Chabert), Lauren (Crystal Lowe), Megan (Jessica Harmon), Claire (Leela Savasta), Heather (Mary Elizabeth Winstead), Megan (Jessica Harmon) and Melissa (Michelle Trachtenberg) and their house mother (Andrea Martin),who now live in Billy's childhood home, find themselves being harassed by threatening and intimidating mystery phone-calls during Christmas Break and as one of the girls goes missing, the girls begin being murdered one by one by no other than Billy... Casts Katie Cassidy ... Kelli Presley Michelle Trachtenberg ... Melissa Kitt Kristen Cloke ... Leigh Colvin Crystal Lowe ... Lauren Hanon Lacey Chabert ... Dana Mathis Mary Elizabeth Winstead ... Heather Fitzgerald Oliver Hudson ... Kyle Andrea Martin ... Ms. MacHenry Jessica Harmon ... Megan Helms Leela Savasta ... Clair Crosby Kathleen Kole ... Eve Agnew Karin Konoval ... Billy's Mother Robert Mann ... Billy Lenz - Age 20/35 Dean Friss ... Agnes Lenz - Age 16/22 Cainan Wiebe ... Billy - Age 5/12 Photos Related     
Trivias 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 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. Crystal Lowe's first leading role. Glen Morgan wanted either Margot Kidder or Andrea Martin (who were both in the Black Christmas (1974)) to play the house mother in this movie, to pay respect to the 1974 version. Glen Morgan didn't specifically have any male actors considered for the role of Kyle in the movie. Instead, during auditions, his 14-year-old daughter (stepdaughter of Glen's actress wife Kristen Cloke, who also has a role in the movie), picked out Oliver Hudson shouting out "That one!" Lacey Chabert injured her leg on the first day of shooting. The actress flew back to Los Angeles to see a doctor, and coincidentally enough, the doctor who treated her was the stepfather of her co-star, Katie Cassidy. Amanda Seyfried auditioned for the lead role of Kelli, but lost to Katie Cassidy. In the beginning of the film Ms. Mac asks who is not present for the secret Santa gift exchange. Two of the names mentioned are Chelsea and Greer. Chelsea is the name of Glen Morgan's daughter from his marriage to Cindy Morgan who is also Kristen Cloke's stepdaughter. Greer is the name of Kristen Cloke and Glen Morgan's youngest child. All the girls did their own stunts. During one scene the famous "leg lamp" from A Christmas Story can be seen in the background. This may be a reference to Bob Clark, the director of the original Black Christmas. He also directed A Christmas Story in 1983. Quotes Heather: Call the police! Lauren Hanon: Please. The police are gonna do shit about one wack job phone call. Dana Mathis: Just dial *69. Melissa Kitt: That just calls him back unless there's something you need him to clarify. Melissa Kitt: [checks caller ID; the phone reads Clark Crosby] Caller ID says Clair's cell. Heather: [looking at Lauren] You really shouldn't provoke someone like that. Lauren Hanon: What would you know about dealing with anyone other than your nascar daddy? Heather: I'm goin' home. Lauren Hanon: [Heather walks through Melissa and Lauren, bumping Lauren's shoulder] Yeah, yeah. Run to daddy! Heather: [turns around] At least my family wants me to come home. Kelli Presely: You guys. Come on. It's like, Christmas time. Ms. Barbara MacHenry: Yeah. Come on, Heather. What about your present? Heather: [turns, continues walking] Give it to Billy. Heather: [turns back around and Eve appears in front of her; she gasps] Extended Links |
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