While the original Black Christmas consists of mostly offscreen kills that were either suspense-driven or juxtaposed with some other scene to lessen the gore (Barb's death as the carolers sings in front of the sorority house), the Black Christmas remake doesn't refrain in its bloodiness. “Black Christmas” is a PG-13 horror film for general audiences—it never really needed to be R-rated, especially since the 2006 “Black Christmas” remake is gory enough for two moviesFrom eye gouging, impaling, burning, defibrillating; the kills are intense. While this makes for some iconic kills for the slasher genre, it deviates from the original film's horror nuances; it wasn't just Billy killing that shocked audiences; it was his lingering in the shadows, tormenting the girls with his obscene phone calls, unbeknownst to them that he was already in the sorority house.