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41 free Black Christmas movie trivia questions with answers. Black Christmas (1974) is the Canadian slasher that got there before Halloween: a sorority house, obscene phone calls, an unseen killer in the attic and an ending that refuses to explain itself. This Black Christmas movie trivia quiz covers the original in depth: the plot, the cast (Olivia Hussey, Margot Kidder, Keir Dullea, John Saxon, Andrea Martin), Bob Clark's production, the alternate title Warner Bros. slapped on it, the Ted Bundy connection to its TV premiere and its slow rise to cult classic. It also covers the two remakes: Glen Morgan's gory 2006 version with its yellow-skinned Billy and his sister Agnes, and Sophia Takal's PG-13 2019 film shot in New Zealand. It works for a horror movie night, a December watch party or anyone arguing about which slasher came first. Every answer is checked against Wikipedia and cited on the question, so you can see where each fact comes from.
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Q 01Black Christmas (1974) was produced and directed by which filmmaker, who later made A Christmas Story?
Bob Clark
He also directed Porky's and Murder by Decree, and won three Genie Awards.
Q 02In which Canadian city was Black Christmas filmed?
Toronto
The 20-room sorority house was a real home at 6 Clarendon Crescent, found by Clark while location scouting.
Q 03What was the working title of Roy Moore's screenplay?
Stop Me
Clark chose the final title because he liked the irony of something dark happening at a festive time.
Q 04Which urban legend inspired the film?
The babysitter and the man upstairs
Moore also cited a real series of holiday-season murders in the Westmount area of Montreal.
Q 05What nickname have the sorority sisters given the obscene caller?
The Moaner
The caller raves about someone named Billy, and later echoes an argument Jess had with her boyfriend.
Q 06Which actress plays the final girl, Jess Bradford?
Olivia Hussey
She had found fame as Juliet in Zeffirelli's 1968 Romeo and Juliet.
Q 07Hussey signed on after a psychic told her what?
She'd make a lucrative picture in Canada
Margot Kidder recalled that Hussey was also convinced the psychic would lead her to marry Paul McCartney.
Q 08Which future Lois Lane plays the boozy sorority sister Barb?
Margot Kidder
She played Lois in the Superman films from 1978 to 1987.
Q 09With what object is Barb murdered in her bed?
A glass unicorn figurine
The carollers at the door cover the sound of the attack.
Q 10How is Clare, the first victim, killed?
Suffocated with a plastic bag
Actress Lynne Griffin said being a strong swimmer helped her hold her breath and stare without blinking.
Q 11Where does the killer leave Clare's body?
In a rocking chair in the attic
Her body is never found by the police, even at the end of the film.
Q 12Which Second City performer replaced Gilda Radner as Phyllis a month before shooting?
Andrea Martin
Martin returned as the housemother in the 2006 remake, the only original cast member to do so.
Q 13Which Hollywood legend turned down the role of housemother Mrs. Mac?
Bette Davis
Clark based the tippling Mrs. Mac on his own aunt.
Q 21The 1978 TV premiere was disrupted because of murders at a Florida State sorority house committed by whom?
Ted Bundy
Florida's governor personally asked NBC not to air the film.
Q 22Warner Bros. pulled a promotional phone line after how many New York calls in 24 hours?
Over 10,000
A plan to have two women in Santa suits hand out cards with the number in Manhattan was cancelled too.
Q 23How does the film end?
The killer is still in the attic and the phone rings
Warner Bros. wanted Clark to reveal Clare's boyfriend as the killer; he insisted on keeping it ambiguous.
Q 14Bob Clark cast Keir Dullea as Peter on the strength of his role in which film?
2001: A Space Odyssey
Peter is Jess's boyfriend, furious that she plans to have an abortion.
Q 15John Saxon replaced which ill actor as Lieutenant Fuller at two days' notice?
Edmond O'Brien
Saxon later played another horror-movie cop, Nancy's father in A Nightmare on Elm Street.
Q 16How did actor Nick Mancuso make his voice sound more demented while recording the killer's phone calls?
He stood on his head
Bob Clark also contributed voices to the calls, and Mancuso auditioned facing away from the director.
Q 17How did composer Carl Zittrer create the film's eerie score?
By tying cutlery and combs to piano strings
He then slowed the recordings down on tape to distort them further.
Q 18How were the killer's point-of-view shots of him climbing the house achieved?
A rig strapped to the operator's head
Such killer's-eye shots became a slasher staple, borrowed from Italian giallo films.
Q 19Under what alternate title did Warner Bros. first release the film in the United States?
Silent Night, Evil Night
The studio feared the original title would make audiences think it was a blaxploitation film.
Q 20Under what title was the film scheduled for its 1978 NBC television premiere?
Stranger in the House
Some Southern affiliates were allowed to show Doc Savage instead after real sorority murders in Florida.
Q 24Whom does Jess kill with a fire poker, believing him to be the murderer?
Peter, her boyfriend
The police assume he was the killer and leave Jess asleep upstairs, with Billy still in the attic.
Q 25Which 1978 film grew out of Clark telling Carpenter what a Black Christmas sequel might be like?
Halloween
Film historians rank Black Christmas among the very first slasher films.
Q 26Which comedian told Hussey he had seen Black Christmas 27 times?
Steve Martin
She had assumed he meant Romeo and Juliet.
Q 27Roughly what was the 1974 film's production budget?
$686,000
$200,000 came from the Canadian Film Development Corporation.
Q 28Which sorority-house horror ranking did Paste give Jess Bradford in 2018?
The number one final girl of all time
Critics have called the film feminist for giving Jess agency, including her decision to have an abortion.
Q 29On which date did the 2006 remake open in US cinemas, angering religious groups?
Christmas Day
Dimension picked the date after Wolf Creek's success on Christmas Day 2005.
Q 30Who wrote and directed the 2006 remake?
Glen Morgan
He took the job after his 2003 remake of Willard flopped.