A major fire destroyed much of the MacNeil house set, while Ellen Burstyn and Linda Blair suffered injuries during filming. The production later gained a reputation for being cursed.
The Exorcist (1973)
Several bizarre incidents surrounded production, including lightning strikes involving planes carrying people connected to the film and multiple accidents. These events helped create the movie’s curse legend.
The Omen (1976)
A helicopter accident during filming killed actor Vic Morrow and two child actors, Myca Dinh Le and Renee Shin-Yi Chen. The tragedy led to major changes in film safety practices.
Twilight Zone (1983)
The production used real human skeletons for the famous pool scene. Later deaths involving members of the cast helped fuel the film’s infamous curse story, although no supernatural cause has been established.
Poltergeist (1982)
Brandon Lee was accidentally killed during filming after a firearm containing a projectile fragment discharged. The tragedy became one of Hollywood’s most infamous on-set accidents.
The Crow (1994)
The film’s production involved challenging outdoor locations, rain sequences, and physically demanding shoots. The makers have also discussed the difficulties of creating its atmospheric world.
Tumbbad (2018)
During a night shoot in Bhopal, a lightman sitting on a wall suddenly fell and claimed that someone had pushed him, although nobody was around him.
Stree (2018)
Behind some of horror cinema’s most frightening scenes are real accidents and tragedies that affected the people who made them.