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      • The 1974 cult classic Black Christmas is based on a real-life true crime story that took place in Montreal, Canada. The movie is also inspired by the urban legend "The Babysitter and the Man Upstairs", which later spawned the film When A Stranger Calls.
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      The Chilling True Story That Inspired ‘Black Christmas’

  2. collider.com › black-christmas-true-storyThe Chilling True Story That Inspired ‘Black Christmas’

    Dec 21, 2023 · The 1974 cult classic Black Christmas is based on a real-life true crime story that took place in Montreal, Canada. The movie is also inspired by the urban legend "The Babysitter and the...

    • Bob Clark
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  3. www.slashfilm.com › 1477481 › black-christmas-horrorThe Chilling Real-Life Murders That Inspired Black Christmas

    Dec 22, 2023 · Bob Clark's horror classic Black Christmas isn't based directly on a true story, but it does draw from a series of terrifying real-world murders.

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  5. collider.com › black-christmas-2006-true-storyThe True Story Behind the ‘Black Christmas’ Remake Is Way ...

    Dec 23, 2023 · The 2006 version of Black Christmas is inspired by real-life crimes, particularly the story of Edmund Kemper, the Co-ed Killer. The killer in the movie, Billy, has a backstory involving a...

    • Glen Morgan
    • Feature Writer
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  6. www.oxygen.com › homicide-for-the-holidays › crimeIs 'Black Christmas' Inspired By True Story Of Wayne Boden ...

    Nov 29, 2021 · The 1974 cult classic horror movie, "Black Christmas" has its roots in a true crime, for example. In the film, college students are getting ready for a Christmas party at their sorority house — until they start getting picked off one by one by a mysterious, shadowy figure.

  7. www.refinery29.com › en-us › 2019/12/9020645Black Christmas Is Based On A Legend And A True Story

    Dec 13, 2019 · Based on the 1974 movie of the same name (and then the 2006 remake of that) both stories are based on real murders that happened around the holiday season. But, additionally, the movie’s...

    • Rachel Paige

  8. www.imdb.com › news › ni64374115The True Story Behind the ‘Black Christmas’ Remake Is Scarier ...

    Since being released in 1974, Black Christmas has been remade twice, once in 2006 and once in 2019. The 2006 version of Black Christmas took a page from the original and used true crime as the backbone for the holiday killer.

  9. faroutmagazine.co.uk › black-christmas-first-ever‘Black Christmas’: the first-ever festive slasher movie

    Dec 25, 2023 · However, Black Christmas laughed in the face of that notion by opening the doors to not just festive-themed tales of terror but the unstoppable expansion of the entire slasher subgenre. In fact, 1974 proved to be a banner year for crazed serial killers, with director and producer Bob Clark’s knife-wielding nightmare arriving in cinemas only ...