History Trivia / BlackChristmas2006

* OldShame: In an interview in the book ''The Anatomy of Fear: Conversations with Cult Horror and Science Fiction Film Creators'', Glen Morgan had [[http://bloody-disgusting.com/news/3416909/story-behind-missing-scenes-black-christmas-remake/ little nice to say]] about his experience working on the film, insisting that there was so much ExecutiveMeddling that the Weinstein brothers may as well have been the film's real creators. It was an additional sting because he was a huge fan of the original film.

** The original version of this remake had, among other things, more {{character development}} and deaths more akin to the original; Dimension Films stepped in and started demanding rewrites and re-shoots (they're infamous for this sort of thing, see ''Film/HalloweenTheCurseOfMichaelMyers'' and ''Film/HellraiserBloodline'') to the point that director Glen Morgan has gone on record to say he '''hated''' the movie.

* BoxOfficeBomb: Budget, $9 million (not counting marketing expenses), $30 million (counting them). Box office, $16,273,581 (domestic), $21,510,851 (worldwide). Was released straight-to-DVD in many overseas markets.

* CreatorKiller: Glen Morgan, a writer and producer on ''Series/TheXFiles'', ''Series/SpaceAboveAndBeyond'', and ''Series/{{Millennium}}'', broke into film when he wrote the [[Film/FinalDestination1 first]] and [[Film/FinalDestination3 third]] ''Franchise/FinalDestination'' films, ''Film/TheOne'', and the 2003 remake of ''[[Literature/RatmansNotebooks Willard]]'' (which was also his directorial debut). However, he never wrote or directed another feature film after the ExecutiveMeddling he endured on this film and its subsequent critical mauling, which caused him to return to working in television.

** [[spoiler: Lauren Hannon's original death scene involved Agnes sneaking into her room and gouging her eyes out with the glass unicorn in an homage to the original where Barbara Coard was stabbed to death with a glass unicorn by Billy.]] Her death scene is completely absent from the theatrical cut where her corpse is merely found by Kelli, Leigh, and Kyle. It was restored for the unrated version.

* SparedByTheCut: [[spoiler: Lauren Hannon's original death scene involved Agnes sneaking into her room and gouging her eyes out with the glass unicorn in an homage to the original where Barbara Coard was stabbed to death with a glass unicorn by Billy.]] Her death scene is completely absent from the theatrical cut where her corpse is merely found by Kelli, Leigh, and Kyle. It was restored for the unrated version.

** Melissa was written as Asian, but changed to white when Michelle Trachtenberg was cast. Lauren was then cast with a biracial actress Crystal Lowe (who is half Chinese).

* Recut: At least three different cuts are known to exist: the R-rated theatrical cut released in the US, running 90 minutes, an unrated cut released on DVD, running 92 minutes, and a UK theatrical cut, running 86 minutes. The unrated cut is similar to the R-rated cut, but a few small bits were put back, most notably [[spoiler: Lauren's death]]. In the UK cut, both Melissa's death and the ending are completely different, and some brief dialogue scenes were cut or added.

** Creator/MaryElizabethWinstead was often cast as the wholesome GirlNextDoor, and would be the most likely of the cast to play a FinalGirl at the time. Heather is TheLoad of the group, and is made out to be an AssholeVictim.

* SparedByTheCut: Lauren Hannon's original death scene involved Agnes sneaking into her room and gouging her eyes out with the glass unicorn in an homage to the original where Barbara Coard was stabbed to death with a glass unicorn by Billy. Her death scene is completely absent from the theatrical cut where her corpse is merely found by Kelli, Leigh, and Kyle. It was restored for the unrated version.

** The original version of this remake had, among other things, more character development and deaths more akin to the original; Dimension Films stepped in and started demanding rewrites and re-shoots (they're infamous for this sort of thing, see ''Film/HalloweenTheCurseOfMichaelMyers'' and ''Film/HellraiserBloodline'') to the point that director Glen Morgan has gone on record to say he '''hated''' the movie.

* InMemoriam: The words "Goodbye Shirley" can be seen early on in the credits in honor of composer Shirley Walker. This was the last film she worked on before her passing.

* MeaningfulReleaseDate: The remake opened in the US on December 25, 2006. The UK got it ten days earlier, on December 15th.

** Mary Elizabeth Winstead was often cast as the wholesome GirlNextDoor, and would be the most likely of the cast to play a FinalGirl at the time. Heather is TheLoad of the group, and is made out to be an AssholeVictim.

* ExecutiveMeddling: The original version of this remake had, among other things, more character development and deaths more akin to the original; Dimension Films stepped in and started demanding rewrites and re-shoots (they're infamous for this sort of thing, see ''Film/HalloweenTheCurseOfMichaelMyers'' and ''Film/HellraiserBloodline'') to the point that director Glen Morgan has gone on record to say he '''hated''' the movie.

* KilledByRequest: Melissa originally survived the film. Creator/MichelleTrachtenberg, having finished ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', was reluctant to do a horror film. She agreed on the condition that she be killed off.

* OldShame: In an interview in the book ''The Anatomy of Fear: Conversations with Cult Horror and Science Fiction Film Creators'', Glen Morgan had [[http://bloody-disgusting.com/news/3416909/story-behind-missing-scenes-black-christmas-remake/ little nice to say]] about his experience working on the film, insisting that there was so much ExecutiveMeddling that the Weinstein brothers may as well have been the film's real creators.

** Originally, the big twist was that Billy had died at the asylum and it was Agnes doing all the murders. Agnes was only his half-sister, not his sister/daughter; Leigh was supposed to live at the end, and the movie was supposed to end in a similar manner to the original with Leigh and Kelli getting a phone call from Kyle's cell. This specific ending was actually filmed, but eventually discarded in favor of the current one.

* GenreKiller: The film's extremely negative reviews and lackluster box office killed off the [[HorrorDoesntSettleForSimpleTuesday Christmas Horror]] genre for nearly a decade.

** Originally, the big twist was that Billy had died at the asylum and it was Agnes doing all the murders. Agnes was only his half-sister, not his sister/daughter; Leigh was supposed to live at the end; and the movie was supposed to end in a similar manner to the original with Leigh and Kelli getting a phone call from Kyle's cell. This specific ending was actually filmed, but eventually discarded in favor of the current one.
** Glen Morgan wanted Creator/AndreaMartin or Creator/MargotKidder, who played EnsembleDarkhorse Barb from the original, to play the house mother. The house mother in the remake's first name is Barbara, an obvious homage to Kidder's character, despite Martin playing the role.

* ReCut: There are three cuts of the film. There's the 91-minute North American cut, the 95-minute unrated cut with extra footage, and the 84-minute European cut with some different footage, including a different death for Melissa.

* GenreKiller: While it did well at the box office, the extremely negative reviews this film got killed off the [[HorrorDoesntSettleForSimpleTuesday Christmas Horror]] genre for nearly a decade.

* GenreKiller: While it did well at the box office, the extremely negative reviews this film got killed off the ChristmasHorror genre for nearly a decade.

* ExecutiveMeddling: The original version of the remake had, among other things, more character development and deaths more akin to the original; Dimension Films stepped in and started demanding rewrites and re-shoots (they're infamous for this sort of thing, see ''Film/HalloweenTheCurseOfMichaelMyers'' and ''Film/HellraiserBloodline'') to the point that director Glen Morgan has gone on record to say he '''hated''' the movie.

* MissingTrailerScene: Due to ExecutiveMeddling, the trailers were loaded with footage shot specifically for promotional purposes because the producers didn't think the film itself was marketable enough. This didn't sit well with the director.

* CreatorKiller: Morgan's career after this has been ''exclusively'' in TV.

* OldShame: In an interview in the book ''The Anatomy of Fear: Conversations with Cult Horror and Science Fiction Film Creators'', Morgan had [[http://bloody-disgusting.com/news/3416909/story-behind-missing-scenes-black-christmas-remake/ little nice to say]] about his experience working on the film, insisting that there was so much ExecutiveMeddling that the Weinstein brothers may as well have been the film's real creators.

** Glen Morgan wanted Creator/AndreaMartin or Creator/MargotKidder, who played EnsembleDarkhorse Barb from the original, to play the house mother. The house mother in the remake's first name is Barbara, an obvious homage to Kidder's character, despite Martin playing the role.