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The horror genre is very popular among movie lovers, usually because people do not have enough thrills in life and want to tickle their nerves. Someone will smile and say that this is just fiction, but it’s not for nothing that after watching the next horror movie, people are afraid of any rustle in the apartment. It’s just that it’s not so easy to act in these films. Many actors admit that it would be much easier for them to act in a film about love than to play a man who is going crazy with fear. For some reason, in such situations, they always want to laugh. But on the set of individual films, the actors were not laughing. The fact is that strange things happened on the set. Apparently otherworldly forces were against filming, but everything ended well: the films were shot, the directors and actors received bonuses and fees, and the audience received another dose of adrenaline. Below is a list of 10 horror movies that were cursed in real life.
10 Curse Box
A film about a teenage girl. In her life, not everything is good, but soon it will become even worse. She buys a box that brings bad luck to people. Strange things happened on the set. For no apparent reason, the lighting fixtures failed. Participants in the filming process all the time felt a breath of wind, but the shooting took place indoors. An unpleasant situation occurred with the “main character” of the horror – the box. After filming was completed, all props were removed to the warehouse. After some time, a fire broke out, nothing remained of the casket. The cause of the fire was never determined.
9. Secrets of the old hotel
The film is about two hotel workers. The hotel is on the verge of closing, Luke and Claire have nothing to do. They start hunting for ghosts, because there are a lot of rumors about the hotel. They say that ghosts live there. Some critics did not speak well of the film. Many scenes are predictable, nothing new or unusual for the viewer. But on the set, it was really scary. The doors opened and closed on their own, the devices went out of order, and then, as if nothing had happened, they began to work. The actors were in a panic, every night all the participants in the filming process had nightmares. Only director Ty West remained imperturbable. It was only thanks to him that the film was made. He reassured everyone, encouraged and asked not to pay attention to unusual phenomena.
8. The Amityville Horror
The Amityville Horror was filmed in 1979 and did not go perfectly. It seemed that someone was interfering in the process all the time. A remake was filmed for Amityville in 2005. The film crew had to be very nervous. The movie is based on real events. The boy shot his parents, sisters and brothers while they were sleeping. This happened at 3.15:28 am. Later, this house was acquired by another family, after 3.15 days they fled from there without taking anything from their belongings. At first, the filming participants were frightened by the corpse of a man who was found near the shore. Many actors woke up at XNUMX:XNUMX a.m., just when the horrifying events took place. Cathy and George Lutz – the prototypes of the main characters, who bought a “scary” house, died some time after the premiere of the film.
7. Twilight Zone
The Twilight Zone consists of four short stories. Filming of the first was overshadowed by a terrible event. It was supposed to end with saving children during the Vietnam War. A helicopter was used for this purpose. Actor Vic Morrow sensed something terrible was about to happen, but didn’t ask the director to replace him with an understudy. The helicopter crashed on Morrow and two of his little colleagues from Vietnam. All died. Participants in the filming process were accused of manslaughter. True, they were never proven guilty.
6. Curse of Annabelle
A chilling story. A young man chooses a gift for his wife, his attention is drawn to an old doll. One night, their house is attacked by Satanists. After a while, strange things begin to happen in the house. The same thing happened on the set. Members of the Curse noticed claw marks everywhere. There was also an incident with a lighting fixture. He fell on the actor during filming. According to the plot of the film, the man was supposed to die for the same reason. The filmmakers decided to cut this scene.
5. The spell
And again this doll. This time, the Perron family had problems. They live in seclusion, but suddenly they are terrorized by otherworldly forces. This story is based on real events. Ed and Lorraine Warren fight ghosts and help people. The Perron family asks them for help. All this was real. Nothing terrible happened on the set of the film. But the main character admits that she saw claw marks twice. The director woke up at night from the fact that his dog behaved restlessly. She seemed to be chasing someone away. When the Perron family visited the set, the wind blew outside, but the trees remained motionless.
4. The Exorcist
The Exorcist has been called “the scariest movie of all time”, perhaps not only because it scares the viewer. During filming, so many terrible things happened that a documentary was even made about him. The plot of The Exorcist is based on the story of a girl who was possessed by the devil, in 1973 such films have not yet been made. He was the first. The actresses who played the main characters were seriously injured. The pavilion in which the film was shot was burned down, numerous deaths of actors and their relatives. It is not known whether this is a coincidence or the action of otherworldly forces.
3. Raven
The film tells about sad events. Halloween, a gang of robbers broke into the house of a young family. They kill Eric and his fiancee. A year later, Eric rises from the grave, he wants to take revenge on these scumbags for himself and his beloved woman. But now Eric is a raven. Strange things happened during the filming of the film. Actors were shocked, all the time someone was injured, fire, hurricane, destroyed scenery. But perhaps the most tragic event is the death of an actor. Brandon Lee died from a gunshot. A plug was stuck in it; together with a blank cartridge, it entered the actor right in the stomach. Brandon was hospitalized, the operation lasted five hours, but the bleeding could not be stopped. The actor died at the age of 28, two weeks before his own wedding.
2. Poltergeist
The Bowen family buys a new home, but the joy of the purchase does not last long. Strange things start to happen in the house. The fact is that a poltergeist lives here, and he will no longer leave his family alone. The film has a bad reputation. A young actress girl was strangled by her boyfriend. This happened after the premiere of the film. Will Sampson and Julian Back died a few years later. The smallest actress Heather O’Rourke died of cardiac arrest. Too many deaths for one movie. Apparently some people didn’t like it. How can you not believe in the supernatural after this?
1. Omen
Robert Thorne’s wife gives birth to a stillborn baby. This is her second attempt, Robert is afraid for her and decides to substitute. But the baby they give him is the messenger of the devil. Filming was also marred by numerous deaths. Several lightning strikes, accidents, even trained animals behaved aggressively. The director and one of the actors miraculously managed to avoid death, though after the premiere of the film. Propeller Elizabeth Moore also died, she got into a plane crash. It seems that after such stories, there will be much less horror films, but no, they are still being filmed.