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[31], In the original film, Billy was played by multiple actors. [72] In earlier drafts of the film's script, Eugene was heavily implied to be Billy, but the idea was later abandoned in subsequent drafts in favor of making the character a combination of various slasher villains. [14] After finishing the first draft, which was initially titled Stop Me,[15][16][17] Bob Clark and Timothy Bond developed both the script and its characters in subsequent rewrites. William Edward Lenz He then apparently hid her from their parents and her parents couldn't find her. Determined on conceiving a child, she entered the attic and raped Billy. Der Sonnenschein der Familie. In the film Billy, a mentally disturbed man known as "The Moaner", regularly calls a local sorority house leaving disturbing and obscene messages. 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. Known aliases: Birth: Nine years later, on Christmas Day in 1991, all the years of pent-up rage from his abuse and neglect finally caused Billy to snap. [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". 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. Menu. In 1982, Mrs. Lenz discovered that she was unable to conceive a child with her lover-turned-husband due to his impotency. From what he reveals, it is assumed Agnes was sexually abused by Billy when she was very young. Filmul prezinta povestea lui Billy, un tanar nascut de Craciun, care a fost maltratat de mama lui in copilarie. Lauren is most compared and similar to Barbara Coard (played by Margot Kidder in the original Black Christmas). In the original Black Christmas, Agnes is never shown but is talked about heavily. Die Regel der Tradition will es, dass jedes Mitglied einem anderen zugelosten Mädchen ein Weihnachtsgeschenk überreicht. Black Christmas >>Watch it here!<< "- Billy to his shocked mother, "I'm going to kill you!" [17][40][66] However, Clark also admitted that this may or may not have been the case,[18] and Carpenter himself denied 'borrowing' anything from Clark's film, noting that Halloween was not originally his idea. Plummeting to the ground below, Billy is impaled on top of a Christmas tree used to decorate the facility, finally putting an end to his rampage. During one such phone call, Barb (Margot Kidder), one of the sorority sisters, provokes him; he responds by threatening to kill them. He has been described as one of the greatest horror villains of all time. [11] It was also the basis for the 1979 film When a Stranger Calls, and its subsequent remake. 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. Billy! The European version features different and more violent kills and the complete hospital showdown has been re-cut completely. She is the 4th sorority sister to be killed. 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. Black Christmas (2006) Agnes Lenz is the secondary antagonist of the Black Christmas remake along with her half-brother/father Billy Lenz. Entering the house, Billy made his way to the attic, the place he was imprisoned for most of his childhood. Und dann ist der plötzlich verschwunden. Not so in the 2006 remake of Black Christmas, which decided to explain in painstaking detail who Billy and Agnes were. [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. Billy later goes insane and murders his mother and her lover, disfiguring Agnes before being caught and sent to an insane asylum. It is possible that Barb interrupting him during the first phon… After murdering most of the inhabitants, both Agnes and Billy are killed by Kelli Presley (Katie Cassidy), the sole survivor. 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[63][64], Several critics have noted that Halloween was possibly inspired and influenced by Clark's film and its antagonist. "Billy" made his first appearance in the original 1974 film Black Christmas as a mentally disturbed man known as "The Moaner", who regularly calls a local sorority house, leaving disturbing and obscene messages. 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. He is portrayed by Cainan Wiebe as a child and Robert Mann as an adult. Santa Claus is dead." Even though Billy was 12 years old at the time, Mrs. Lenz becomes pregnant with Billy's child and that same year she gave birth to a girl who she named Agnes, who, despite being inbred, was treated like a little queen by Billy's mother and her lover, the love that Billy was denied by his mother. Neither the character nor his portrayer(s) would be listed in the end credits. One hint is when Lauren states that Melissa Kitt is a "better siste… 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. 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[34] When auditioning for the role, director Clark had Mancuso sit in a chair facing away from him, so as not to see the actor's face. Enraged, Billy threatened to kill them all before hanging up. Billy's insanity was also explained as being the result of severe abuse at the hands of his mother, leading to the birth of his sister/daughter after being raped by his mother. The name "Agnes" was constantly mentioned by Billy in the original film. What your mother and I must know is where is Agnes? Jess (Olivia Hussey), the lone survivor, is attacked by Billy … Billy's mother's name is never revealed in the original Black Christmas, nor is she ever shown. He's a creature so out of bounds with the season that he can operate with unsettling impunity. 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. [48] IndieWire's Jamie Righetti pointed out that Billy's obscene phone calls, "ma[de] it clear that some horrors are all too common, and don't require a boogeyman in a mask. Merry Christmas, Agnes. Billy is a fictional character from the Black Christmas film series. He also wanted to explore sub-plots from the original film that he felt were not fleshed out, including Billy's history and the reasons for his insanity. The resulting imprisonment, and the later rape he suffered at the hands of his mother deeply shell shocked Billy. Billys Kindheit ist trist, die Mutter vernachlässigt ihn. He thus added a backstory, revealing that Billy was born with severe jaundice,[51] which turned his skin yellow. Kostenlose Lieferung für viele Artikel! According to writer David J. Stieve, the character was written as both a homage and an allusion to Billy, pointing out allusions to the character by stating that both characters helped "pioneer the business of fear", but were not as widely recognized as much as their successors. "Billy" made his first appearance in the original 1974 film Black Christmas as a mentally disturbed man known as "The Moaner", who regularly calls a local sorority house, leaving disturbing and obscene messages. [71], The character has been referenced in several other entertainment media. Billy made his first appearance in the 1974 original film Black Christmas. It appears as if Billy is obsessed with his … Clark was determined to keep the killer’s identity mysterious throughout Black Christmas, so other than the names Billy and Agnes we know very little about who he is or why he kills. 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. The new inhabitants of the Lenz family house knew about the Lenz family and the murders committed by Billy and for reasons unknown they began regularly sending him presents each Christmas. This abuse would last into Billy's early adulthood, and as a result, gave him a deep-seated fury towards his mother and humanity. "[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. This is best shown during the phone call sequence where he reveals a very twisted view on the holiday itself. After murdering Leigh, Agnes attempted to do the same to Kelli but was subsequently electrocuted by Kelli with a defibrillator, killing her. [4][5] Both editions gave the character's name as Billy. [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". https://blackchristmas.fandom.com/wiki/Billy_(Remake_timeline)?oldid=5805, "Where is Agnes? 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. [75], In the 2019 remake Billy was replaced by a cult of misogynistic killers. [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. Mrs. Lenz would never tell her new husband about the "affair", making him believe that he was the child's father. [78][79] As one critic wrote, the character's "terrifying ambiguous threat" had been replaced by what they called a more "explicit and hackneyed embodiment of the patriarchy itself". [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. [25][65] Clark himself has stated that Carpenter might have drawn partial inspiration for Carpenter's film after a conversation about what a possible sequel to Black Christmas might look like. [20] According to Morgan, he and producer James Wong had various disputes with Dimension Films executives Bob and Harvey Weinstein. Billy and Agnes manage to escape the burning house, with Billy left seriously burnt from the fire. The caller then goes on a killing spree, murdering most of the sorority house's inhabitants, including Barb. EXTREMELY CLOSE - ZIPPO LIGHTER Across the lid of a well worn lighter: Khe Sanh '67-'68. One might say her excessive drinking maybe to hide that she's a sad person and maybe not have many people to care for her. TV Shows . km1907. Most of the horrific events in Billy's childhood occurred during the Christmas season and, as a result, he became obsessed with the holiday itself, which he equated to all the suffering he endured. 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". 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. With Michelle Trachtenberg, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Lacey Chabert, Katie Cassidy. Black Christmas (2006). Entering the hospital, Billy slaughtered the morgue attendant, leaving Agnes to kill the two survivors. What's on TV & Streaming What's on TV & Streaming Top Rated … After murdering Billy's father along with her lover, Constance rapes Billy after she is unable to conceive a child with her lover, becoming pregnant and giving birth to Billy's sister/daughter Agnes (Christina Crivici). 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. 1 Black Christmas (2006) 2 Trivia 3 Villains/Killers Identities 4 Victims Identities The film is a remake to the 1974 film of the same name. 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. 59:51. December 24, 2006 Black Christmas (2006) Drinking Game Short about the Movie. [1][24] In the end credits, he is unnamed,[c] and the sorority sisters call him "The Moaner". Black Christmas (2006) Karin Konoval as Billy's Mother. You are in my house, I can see you. Dave and Ava - Nursery Rhymes and Baby Songs. Was den vernachlässigten Billy die Nerven verlieren lässt. After his escape, Billy began his trek back home. Created by Bob Clark and A. 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