Michael adamthwaite (santa) dean friss (agnes) oliver hudson (kyle autry) robert mann (billy lenz) juan riedinger (morgue attendant. "[47] Brian Collins of Birth.Movies.Death echoed this sentiment, noting that by leaving so many questions unanswered, the original invites viewers to try and solve the mystery of Billy. Grabbing a rolling pin, Billy then proceeded to viciously beat her to death with it. [24][52], Robert Mann, who portrayed the adult character in the remake, felt that Billy's abuse at the hands of his mother had created a long-suppressed rage that threatened to emerge at any moment and Billy's moments of extreme violence came from that long-boiling hatred stemming from years of abuse. His bloody rampage which started on December 25, 1991, and ended with his death on December 24, 2006, at the age of 36 years old, during his killing spree Billy Lenz brutally murdered seven individuals and horrifically disfigured his daughter/sister Agnes on Christmas in 1991, this incident left Agnes psychologically imbalanced and disturbed so much that this would also lead to her becoming a serial killer like her father, which ended in her death on December 24th in 2006. [14] He spent three days recording dialogue for the character, recalling the experience as being very "avant-garde", with Clark encouraging him to improvise in the character's voice. His step-father then charged at him but was quickly killed when Billy impaled his head with a sharpened Christmas decoration. The holiday season turns deadly for a group of sorority sisters who are stranded at their campus house during a snowstorm. Finden Sie Top-Angebote für Black Christmas (2006) bei eBay. Sometime during this span, the Lenz home was sold and turned into a sorority house. [30][55] In her book Life Lessons from Slasher Films, Jessica Robinson argued that the remake's extensive backstory for the character was an attempt by the filmmakers to elicit sympathy for the character. Glen Morgan stated that the character's motivations arise from their twisted definitions of love and family, which Billy equated with violence after witnessing his father's murder, and the years of maternal abuse he suffered. Escaping from the confines of the dark attic, Billy viciously attacked Agnes while she was in the kitchen, covering her head with plastic as he proceeded to disfigure her face with a knife. During one such phone call, Barb (Margot Kidder), one of the sorority sisters, provokes him; he responds by threatening to kill them. Billy's father, however, was very warm-hearted and pampered his son, and tried to bring happiness to him whenever his cruel wife tried ruining events like Christmas. [61][62] They have also noted that both Billy and Black Christmas have been largely overshadowed by more popular slasher film entries and villains. Black Christmas 1974 ‧ Mystery - Slasher ‧ Just Movies. [1][7][27] Several of the original film's cast members, including Clark himself have referred to the character as either "Billy" or simply "The Killer" in interviews. William Edward Lenz Black Christmas (French Trailer 1) … Mrs. Lenz would never tell her new husband about the "affair", making him believe that he was the child's father. This is a Christmas movie special. Before they are able to finish her off, Kelli is saved by Leigh, and together they set the house on fire, leaving both Agnes and Billy to burn to death in the blazing inferno. And not just impunity. [54] Several critics, including admirers of the original film, would criticize the remake's exploration of the character's backstory as being generic, and less frightening. [21] In a 2014 interview Morgan said his original intention was to have only Billy as the film's only antagonist, but the studio forced him to include a second killer. Robert Mann (adult)Cainan Wiebe (child) [73] Billy also appeared in Season 2[74] of the flash cartoon parody series 30-Second Bunnies Theatre. [24], For the 2006 remake, writer and director Glen Morgan wanted a more defined killer, abandoning the original character's ambiguity in favor of a more traditional slasher villain. A BASSINET BILLY'S FATHER, early 20's, lights a cigarette while hunched at the foot of a second hand bassinet, hooded by worn blankets. Black Christmas (2006) Drinking Game Short about the Movie. From an early age, Billy Lenz was subject to severe physical and psychological abuse at the hands of his mother, who hated him due to his appearance. During his stay there, Billy underwent thirteen failed escape attempts from the mental institution, all of which took … Then on Christmas in 1975, when Billy was five years old, Mrs. Lenz and her lover murdered her husband with a claw hammer, which Billy witnessed while hiding underneath the bed. [68][69], Billy has been listed in several media publications as one of the greatest horror film villains of all time. [8], A. Roy Moore took further inspiration from a series of murders that occurred during the 1943 holiday season in the Westmount area of Montreal.,[12][13] in which a 14-year-old boy bludgeoned several of his family members to death. [20], — Zack Handlen's characterization of Billy in his review of the film[37], In both the original and the 2006 remake, Billy is depicted as mentally disturbed, and sexually perverted. These coeds better watch out, for a vicious killer is on the loose, and he will not care if they are naughty or nice. Deceased What your mother and I must know is where is Agnes? Where other horror movies would have tried to explain the madman's behavior, or pull a big reveal in the final scene, this killer stays hidden throughout. Several critics and art historians have noted that by leaving the character enigmatic, it allowed the audience to place their own fears onto the character, forming their own ideas about him and his motivations. [10][14][35], Robert Mann was hired to portray the character in the 2006 remake. Death: Billy was born in 1970 to Constance and Franklin "Frank" Lenz under the name William Edward Lenz. [7] Clark, however, was able to convince the studio to retain the original ending, in which both the ending and the character remained ambiguous. Both Agnes and Billy then converge on the two survivors, with the two killers managing to knock both themselves and Kelli into the empty space between the walls of the house. It is hinted at the beginning of the film that Billy had already been calling the house for weeks, or possibly even months, before his initial killing spree, as the girls had nicknamed him the Moaner, due to his raspy wailing voice. Black Christmas (2006) Alternate Versions. William Edward Lenz (Also known as Billy Lenz) is an antagonist in the 2006 remake of Black Christmas. 4:06. [21], The character is commonly referred to by fans and some media outlets as Billy,[14][22][23] from his regular mentions of the name during his obscene calls in the original, and the film's final scene, where he refers to himself as "Billy". You are in my house, I can see you. In it, Billy is ultimately killed after being impaled on the hospital's Christmas tree-topper. Thrillist's Jourdain Searles felt the character represented a critique of toxic masculinity, calling the character "more metaphor than man, an unstoppable, unexplainable personification of masculine id with a singular purpose: to kill all the pretty women." Years later, an adult Billy (Robert Mann) escapes and goes on a rampage with Agnes (Dean Friss) at their old family home, which has been converted into a sorority house. He then apparently hid her from their parents and her parents couldn't find her. Before starting, she turns on the stove and lights up a cigarette. PremiereFR. Black Christmas (2006 film) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Black Christmas (abbreviated as Black X-Mas) is a 2006 slasher film written and directed by Glen Morgan and starring Katie Cassidy, Michelle Trachtenberg, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Oliver … [50] Bud Wilkins of Slant Magazine distinguished Billy and Halloween's Michael Myers, noting that Billy represented a more human killer as opposed to what he called "the unstoppable boogeyman that Michael Myers represents". The first remake of the 1974 slasher film Black Christmas, released in 2006.. Much like in the original, a group of sorority sisters are celebrating Christmas. The only reference to her is Billy (or possibly Agnes) doing an impression of her over the phone. [13][14][28], The character's voice during the disturbing phone calls was performed by Clark, and actor Nick Mancuso,[7] in his feature film debut. Tot, ermordet? It is possible that Barb interrupting him during the first phon… [2][4], The 2006 remake of the original film brought Billy back. [14] During some of these sessions, Mancuso stood on his head to compress his thorax, making his voice sound more demented. Emerging in front of the houses sole survivors Kelli and Leigh, reuniting with Agnes, who is revealed to be just as murderous and insane as her father as well as the one responsible for the murders of most of the house's inhabitants. Morgan went on to reveal that Billy's acts of cannibalism were, in the character's view, a way of "showing his love to them". [a][20][19] Morgan was inspired by the life of Edmund Kemper, a real-life serial killer who as a child had been locked in the basement of his home by his mother, whom he later murdered. Black Christmas (2006) Robert Mann as Billy Lenz - 20 & 35 Years. [20], Art and cultural historian Berit Åström explained that many aspects of the character in the remake, including his backstory and motivations, mirrored that of Norman Bates in Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho, noting both characters have Oedipus complexes toward their abusive mothers. Black Christmas (2006) Horror: Billys Kindheit ist trist, die Mutter vernachlässigt ihn. They will find you...", "Face-Off: Black Christmas Billy vs. Silent Night, Deadly Night Billy", "Horror Education of the Week: Black Christmas", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Billy_(Black_Christmas)&oldid=1000245705, Fictional characters with psychiatric disorders, Short description is different from Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 14 January 2021, at 08:51. Known aliases: Searles went on to note that Billy's dialogue hinted at a deep-seated fury towards women, which seemed to emerge in their presence. But the killer who crashes the party has more than a passing familiarity with their house: he used to live there, and he's going to … - An enraged Billy over the phone to the girls of the sorority house. Complex's Matt Barone pointed out that Scream franchise's Ghostface killer, who uses the same method of phoning his victims, would not have existed if not for Black Christmas and Billy. "- Billy to his shocked mother, "I'm going to kill you!" [b] Bob Weinstein, who disliked the original ending, scrapped it shortly after the scene was filmed, and requested that Morgan write and shoot a new one, which radically altered the fates of many of the characters. Directed by Glen Morgan. Born with a rare liver disease that made his skin yellow, he was despised by his mother who psychologically and physically abused him. In that movie it was revealed that Billy was a boy with a condition that made his skin yellow, who witnessed his mother and her lover murdering Billy's father. The film ends with Billy, still alive, talking to the corpses in the attic, before making a final phone call to the house. Everyone should be home for Christmas! After murdering Leigh, Agnes attempted to do the same to Kelli but was subsequently electrocuted by Kelli with a defibrillator, killing her. Santa Claus is dead." In the next room Clair Crosby (Leela Savasta) is writing a Christmas card to her half-sister, Leigh (Kristen Cloke). [6], Billy was partially inspired by the urban legend of "The Babysitter and the Man Upstairs",[7][8] which had become widespread during the 1970s. The European version features different and more violent kills and the complete hospital showdown has been re-cut completely. Descriere pe larg: Black Christmas este un remake al horror-ului omonim din 1974. [70] Daniel Kurland from Bloody Disgusting included the character in his list of "The 10 Best Non-Monster Horror Villains", calling him "the prototypical slasher villain". Black Christmas (2006) Agnes Lenz is the secondary antagonist of the Black Christmas remake along with her half-brother/father Billy Lenz. A little while later, the police broke into the house, revealing the carnage that Billy had caused. As he made his escape Billy came across a man dressed as Santa who regularly made visits to the facility in order to cheer up the places residents, he slaughtered the man and stole his clothes, walking out of the facility undetected. Jess (Olivia Hussey), the lone survivor, is attacked by Billy … Black Christmas Wiki is a FANDOM Movies Community. [77] This change was unpopular both with critics and fans of the original. This page is about the remake. Noticing his mother, Billy began taunting her by saying that Agnes was "his family now". Portrayed By: In 1982, Mrs. Lenz discovered that she was unable to conceive a child with her lover-turned-husband due to his impotency. [1] Point-of-view shots of the character were done by Clark himself, who also contributed the voice. Billy later goes insane and murders his mother and her lover, disfiguring Agnes before being caught and sent to an insane asylum. [10][18] In a later interview he admitted that the character does have a very subtle backstory, adding logic and reasoning behind his actions and phone calls. Billy also seems to have a complicated relationship with his sister/daughter Agnes, though he does display something resembling jealousy at the love and attention she was given as a child by his mother, which resulted in his disfiguring her to make her look as ugly as what their mother thought of him as. Was den vernachlässigten Billy die Nerven verlieren lässt. Release Calendar DVD & Blu-ray Releases Top Rated Movies Most Popular Movies Browse Movies by Genre Top Box Office Showtimes & Tickets Showtimes & Tickets In Theaters Coming Soon Coming Soon Movie News India Movie Spotlight. 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His mother soon noticed him hiding and locked him in the house's upstairs attic so that he would never tell anyone about the murder. Arrested for his crimes, while Agnes was sent to an orphans' asylum, Billy was later found by the courts to be criminally insane and was sent to a psychiatric facility where he remained for the next 15 years. Factory Blu-ray", "The 30 cruelest horror movie villains. The caller then goes on a killing spree, murdering most of the sorority house's inhabitants, including Barb. Neither the character nor his portrayer(s) would be listed in the end credits. The caller then goes on a killing spree, murdering many of the sorority house’s inhabitants.The character late… BillyThe Sorority House Killer [32] The scene, shot from Billy's point of view, where Billy scales the house and enters the attic was done by camera operator Bert Dunk using a camera rig attached to his shoulder,[10][18][33] Dunk also portrayed the character in the POV scene where Billy murders Clare, using the same technique. This positive influence, however, sadly was not to last. [44] This lack of physical presence and identity would lead behavioral scientist and psychiatrist Sharon Packer and art historian Jody Pennington to classify the original's Billy as a "faceless killer". Summaries (4) synopsis (1) summaries. Unlike later slasher film antagonists, the character's true identity and motivations were intentionally omitted from the 1974 version of the film, which the filmmakers felt made him more frightening. Morgan thus created an extensive subplot delving into Billy's origins and introducing his younger sister Agnes as the secondary antagonist. 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. 59:51. [75], In the 2019 remake Billy was replaced by a cult of misogynistic killers. Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. Entering the hospital, Billy slaughtered the morgue attendant, leaving Agnes to kill the two survivors. From what he reveals, it is assumed Agnes was sexually abused by Billy when she was very young. This abuse would last into Billy's early adulthood, and as a result, gave him a deep-seated fury towards his mother and humanity. In it, his real name, William "Billy" Edward Lenz (Cainan Wiebe), was given, and he is suffering from severe jaundice due to liver disease. 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