10 Horror Trailer Scenes That Were Cut From The Film
1. Half The Trailer Is Lies - Black Christmas
The 2006 remake of Black Christmas was shredded by critics, due to its rote script, perfunctory action, and overreliance on exposition.
However, the one aspect that most people criticised was not the movie itself, but the promotions. There are so many shots in the trailer that are absent from Black Christmas, it genuinely feels like a different film.
The trailers has scenes depicting a girl's body under a frozen lake, Michelle Trachtenberg's character dropping an F-bomb while wielding a shotgun, Billy levitating, and a lawnmower-like death trap, none of which we see in the movie. The trailer also highlights a teenager tumbling off the roof while being tied up in Christmas lights. Not only this shot absent from Black Christmas, the actress in question, Jillian Murray, isn't even in the movie!!!
Although one may assume these scenes were cut, that wasn't the case. During post-production, the producers, Bob and Harvey Weinstein, had various eye-catching sequences filmed to make the TV spots more appealing.
Director Glen Morgan was adamantly against this decision, believing the producers were intentionally misleading the audience. Unsurprisingly, Morgan disowned Black Christmas, stating, “Bob Weinstein came in and urinated on it”.