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Post by shannondegroot on Apr 29, 2019 15:31:29 GMT
Billy?
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Post by Captain Spencer on Apr 29, 2019 16:06:58 GMT
When I hear the name Billy, I automatically think of the killer from Black Christmas (1974) and that was one terrifying horror character! So to answer your question I suppose Jason would be just as scary if he were named Billy Vorhees.
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Post by James on Apr 29, 2019 16:10:30 GMT
Maybe. Although, Billy is a name that’s used several times (Billy from BC, Silent Night Deadly Night).
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Post by The Pumpkin King on May 3, 2019 18:57:03 GMT
When I hear the name 'Billy', I don't think too much about it. I mean it doesn't scare me, if anything it may convey some mystery because of how common and seemingly normal of a name it appears as. So when it's used for a horror character villain, like 'Jason', it becomes catchy. Not scary so much. It is interesting to see how often the name 'Billy' has been used in horror movies for an antagonist. Aside from what was already mentioned above, it was used in "Scream" (Billy Loomis), "Jack Frost" (Billy Metzner), "Carrie" (Billy Nolan), "Dead Silence" (Billy the Doll), and is the name of the puppet in the "Saw" franchise (Billy the Puppet). The short name, 'Bill', has also been used numerous times from "Silence of the Lambs" (Buffalo Bill) to "The Conjuring 2" (Ghost Bill Wilkins) etc.
And, I don't find the name 'Billy' too scary, because after watching the movie "Midnight Express", and then actor Jim Carrey's reenactment of the same scene in "The Cable Guy"; I can't ever hear the name 'Billy' and not think of this, lol.
And for a fun fact of where Jason Voorhees' name originated, first creator, Victor Miller, came up with the name 'Jason' as a combination of 'Josh' and 'Ian', Miller's two sons. And the name 'Voorhees', was inspired by a girl that Miller knew at high school whose last name was Van Voorhees. 
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Post by fangirl1975 on May 3, 2019 20:23:29 GMT
I don't know if he would scary with the name Billy.
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Post by petrolino on May 3, 2019 20:37:27 GMT
They might call him Silly Billy.
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Post by poelzig on May 6, 2019 8:06:17 GMT
When I hear the name Billy, I automatically think of the killer from Black Christmas (1974) and that was one terrifying horror character! So to answer your question I suppose Jason would be just as scary if he were named Billy Vorhees. Me too. After Black Christmas I have no problem thinking of a person named Billy as scary.
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Post by RiP, IMDb on May 6, 2019 20:54:23 GMT
How about Benny?
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Post by rogerthat on May 7, 2019 22:42:38 GMT
Great. Now I'm thinking Benny Hill and imagining Jason chasing all his kills in fastforward motion with the Benny Hill theme playing in the background.
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Post by RiP, IMDb on May 7, 2019 23:50:49 GMT
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Post by gbone on May 8, 2019 0:04:41 GMT
When I hear Billy I think of the Puppet in Saw.
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Post by permutojoe on May 8, 2019 0:54:55 GMT
Billy maybe. Garth definitely not.
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