From many horror films, goosebumps run over the skin, but it's even worse from the other: it turns out there are damn pictures that have affected many people.
There are stories about how the whole crew was captured in the plot. Such movies are called "damned".
1. Omen, 1976
In the Book of Revelations it is stated that the end of the world will come at the birth of the son of Satan. It will happen at 6 o'clock on the 6th day and 6th month. In the family of an American diplomat a dead child was born and a man, without telling the truth wife, adopts an infant. He has on his body an incomprehensible birthmark in the form of three sixes. Through time it becomes clear that the boy is not at all easy.
The creators of the picture about the son of Satan during the shooting literally pursued various dangerous situations: car accidents, lightning strikes in various workers of the crew, crazy trained animals and much more. The facts are also frightening, that the director of the film almost died during the terrorist attack of the Irish Republican Army, and the actor, playing the main role, was late for the plane, which eventually crashed. By the way, his son committed suicide several months before the shooting began.
2. The Twilight Zone, 1983
The film consists of a prologue, four episodes and an epilogue, and each part was shot by different directors. The first to start work was John Landis, who told a story about an evil racist who received a terrible punishment.
The story ended with the rescue of children during the Vietnam War. To shoot this scene, a helicopter had to fly over the site. On the day of filming, the protagonist did not want to act, since he had the feeling that he would die in a plane crash, but he never asked for a backup. As a result, pyrotechnic explosions hit a helicopter, which flew low over the ground, and it fell on the actor and two children of Vietnamese origin. Since the latter worked illegally, and to shoot children in the State of California at night was prohibited, the people responsible for the shooting were convicted for manslaughter, but after they were acquitted.
3. Superman, 1978
The screens have already produced several films about Superman and it is believed that the actors performing the main role, sooner or later overtake the "curse of Superman." At least two cases are known. Actor George Reeves died a week before his wedding. He was found with a gunshot wound, and the circumstances of his death are still incomprehensible. Another case is related to the most popular superman role - Christopher Reeve, who after the fall of the horse in 1955 paralyzed.
4. The spell, 2013
The film was shot based on a story told by renowned explorers of paranormal phenomena, Ed and Lorraine Warren. They were approached by a family who was tired of the actions of a dark spirit who settled on their farm. In a battle with dark forces, detectives ran into dangerous situations.
Paranormal phenomena were manifested during the filming. For example, the performer of the main female role discovered inexplicable traces of claws on her hip and laptop screen. The director of the picture saw his dog watching the corner of the room at night, growling and howling, as if she saw something there. Another strange situation occurred when the Perron family arrived on the set - real prototypes of the film's heroes. People noticed how the wind blows while shooting, but neighboring trees do not move at all.
5. Stalker, 1979
The picture is based on the story "Picnic on the Roadside", and it tells about the forbidden zone, where, according to rumors, there is a room where all dreams come true. Two people wanted to enter it: a writer and a professor, who set off together with the conductor Stalker.
During the filming constantly appeared the impression that everything is against the fact that the picture came out on the screens. The location chosen for the filming was destroyed by an earthquake, there was not enough allocated finance, the script had shortcomings, and even the director himself was often sick, which made it postponed shooting. During the work the film crew changed three times, and already before the launch in the rental on the film, a marriage was found, and I had to retake everything. About the curse they say and because the editor's death and two actors died, and also the director Andrei Tarkovsky died.
6. Amityville Horror, 2005
The police received a call that six people were shot in bed in their own home right in bed. The guy admitted that it was he who killed his parents and brothers, because he was told to make voices in his head. After a while, a new family moves into this house, which does not even suspect what horror awaits it.
Workers of the crew experienced a lot of terrible events, so, they forever remembered how the body near the main location was killed by a corpse. Many of them admitted that for unknown reasons every night woke up at 3:15 - the exact time when the bloody murder, which was the basis of the film, really happened. Another tragedy, pointing to the curse - the prototypes of the protagonists died.
7. The Baby Rosemary, 1968
A childless couple moves to a new city and strange neighbors live next to their house, which are packed into friends. Once a girl sees a vision of her husband turning into a demon and raping her. As a result, she turns out to be pregnant and finds out that their neighbors are Satanists. A terrible story touched the real life of the director of the painting by Roman Polanski. A year after the film was released, his wife was slaughtered in the seventh month of pregnancy by members of the maniac Charles Manson. Another tragedy is connected with the place of filming, so, 11 years after the film was released in the arch of the house where the events of the picture "The Baby Rosemary" unfolded, John Lennon was killed.
8. Curse of Annabel, 2014
John decided to make his wife an unusual gift - to present an antique doll in a white wedding dress. She really liked the woman, but soon the joy was replaced by horror, because the Satanists invaded their house.
The horror occurred not only in the frame, but also beyond. Workers noticed strange scratches and bruises on their props and even on their own body, and during the shooting of the first scene with a demon, a massive lighting device fell on the actor who was portraying in the frame of the cleaner, but everything turned out. The worst thing is, according to the script, he must have died. As a result, it was decided to exclude this scene from the film.
9. Poltergeist, 1982
In the country house of the Friling family strange things begin to happen: objects move, voices are heard and shadows are visible. The situation with time only gets worse, and eventually a little girl sucks into the spectral void. The family is doing everything possible to be saved.
Many people in Hollywood know about the curse of this film, and people who have been shooting in three parts of this story suffered. Actress Dominic Dunne, playing one of the main roles, strangled her lover, and Julian Beck died suddenly of cancer. Shocked all the information that 12-year-old actress Heather O'Rourke died of a heart attack, which provoked an intestinal illness. It is believed that the curse is due to the fact that for the filming used real skeletons.
10. The box of the curse, 2012
The girl at the fair bought a vintage casket and became obsessed with it. As a result, the parents decided to find out the secret of this ancient object, in which, as it turned out, an evil spirit lives. Inspiration for the creation of this film was Jewish folklore.
During the shooting many times, the lighting devices exploded, and the workers in the closed pavilion felt inexplicable wind blows. After the film was removed, all the props were put in the warehouse, which after a while burnt together with the "casket of curses." The specialists could not determine what caused the fire.
11. The Crow, 1994
On the night of the Halloween party, a gang of assassins attacked a young couple and killed them. A year later the dead guy gets out of the grave in order to get revenge. No one understands the person he or the raven who wants revenge.
During the filming of the film, the entire crew was followed by various setbacks: the employees were injured, the props were completely destroyed by the hurricane. The most terrible tragedy occurred with Brandon Lee, in which one of the scenes was supposed to shoot. Due to inattention, a real one got into the box with blank cartridges, and he was in a revolver by a terrible coincidence. As a result, the actor was wounded in the stomach and died. It is believed that all the troubles that have arisen with the team that worked on the film "Raven" are associated with the curse imposed on the entire family of Lee. By the way, Brandon's father Bruce Lee died in 33 years after taking the pill from a headache that triggered a brain swelling.
12. The Exorcist, 1973
In the family of the well-known actress, the underage daughter begins to behave strangely. Doctors think that this is a mental illness, but the priest claims that the girl is obsessed with the devil.
This film is considered by many to be the most terrible in the cinema, because it was cursed, and the curse affected not only the crew, but also the audience. The American psychologist made a statement that after the release of the film, the number of patients increased substantially. In addition, many people came to the temples and asked to be expelled from the devil. During the filming on the site, strange things often happened. The curse of the film is linked to the tragedy that occurred in the family of the actress, who plays the voice of the demon Pazuzu: her son killed his wife and child, and then committed suicide.
13. Secrets of the old hotel, 2011
In one of the oldest hotels, which is on the verge of closure, there are only two employees left. In order not to suffer from boredom, they decided to unravel the mystery of this place, because there are legends that ghosts live here.
During the filming, the director many times had to ask workers and actors not to pay attention to the events taking place around them, since they do not have time for this. There were a lot of reasons to be nervous: the doors opened and closed by themselves, burned out bulbs and the like. In addition, the film crew regularly saw nightmares. The main character of the film admitted that many times she felt that next to her in the room is someone invisible.
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The stories told in horror films sometimes look so realistic that when viewed from the audience, goose bumps occur. Fear extends not only to those who watch the picture from the screens, but also those who are involved in the frame.