10 Creepy Incidents On The Sets Of Horror Movies That Were Scarier Than The Films – MensXP.com

Watching horror moviesis not everyone's cup of tea. Turns out, filming them is not easy either. With a history of creepy incidents that have stained the production of sets, it's interesting to see how they mirror the actual real-life incidents that once happened to people.

Here are 10 creepy yet horrific incidents that took place on the sets of scary movies.

Before filming, the producer received an anonymous letter that predicted his death from a painful ailment

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The producer received an anonymous letter stating he was going to die from a long and painful ailment. Later whilst filming, the producer collapsed and was in need of medical aid. But, unfortunately, died after a nasty fall, suffering a hematoma of the brain.

One set burnt down and three people died

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The Exorcist follows the exorcism of a 12-year-old girl, Regan. Like all scary films, this one can easily give you goosebumps. Reportedly, paranormal occurrences were a regular affair on the set. In fact, one of the two sets even burnt down completely. The two sets were close to each other, and the one that went up in ashes was the MacNeil home. The only room that could be saved as Regans bedroom. Fortunately, no one was injured in the fire. However, a few days after actor Jack MacGowran finished filming, he passed away, unexpectedly. After his death, a security guard and FX worker also died. These three deaths have always been associated with the film in an eerie way

Crew members died in an airplane crash.

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Whilst shooting the film, the lead actor found out that his son had committed suicide. A crew member almost lost his life in a car accident while driving to the set. Even the scriptwriter, almost died in an airplane crash, when it was hit by lightning. Later in the year, an airplane crash killed several members of the crew. Maybe the film was the omen for them.

Vic Morrow, the lead actor was killed on the sets.

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Amidst the production, Vic Morrow, one of the lead actors was killed on the sets. Eerily enough, a year before the shooting, Morrow had warned his family and friends, that something bad that was going to happen to him in an upcoming movie. Two child actors who were hired illegally by the producers were also killed during the production of this film.

The lead actor died very suddenly. Her unfortunate death was followed by more bad news.

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Poltergeist franchise is popular for its creepy plot narrative, but is also considered a revered classic. The original films second installment witnessed multiple deaths. Heather ORourke, the star kid of the film died at the age of twelve of cardiac arrest whilst working on the sets of the sequel. The actor playing her elder sister, Dominique Dunne, also died. She was reportedly murdered by an ex-boyfriend just one day after the movie premiered. Before the premiere, Like ORourke, the producer died as well.

Brandon Lee, Bruce Lee's son was killed on the sets after a prop gun malfunction.

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While shooting a scene, Brandon Lee, son of martial arts legend Bruce Lee was killed after a prop gun malfunctioned. Besides that, on the first day of shooting, a crew member was burnt severely and a construction worker accidentally impaled his hand on a screwdriver.

The cast would suddenly wake up at 3:15 am, the time real-life mass murderer Ronald DeFeo Jr. killed six members of his family

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Both, The Amityville Horror by Jay Anson (1979) and this version starring Ryan Reynolds, Melissa George, and Philip Baker Hall were equally spooky. The latter with Ryan Reynolds documents the experiences of the Lutz family after they move into a house located at 112 Ocean Avenue, Long Island. It belonged to real-life mass murderer Ronald DeFeo Jr. In 1974, he killed six members of his family in this house. According to reports, they were all killed at 3:15 am. The movie also follows this timeline and while on set, the cast and crew, including Reynolds, would suddenly wake up at 3:15 am. Clearly, the house did have some effect on them!

Lights and TVs would flicker all the time while shooting at a real-life haunted hotel

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The Innkeepers was shot at a supposed real-life haunted hotel, The Yankee Pedlar Inn in Connecticut, USA. Apparently, during filming, the lights and TVs would flicker at random intervals. Reportedly, crew members werent comfortable staying at the hotel and would get nightmares at night.

While editing the film, the faces of the actors became distorted and unidentified figures appeared.

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While editing the footage, the faces of the actors became eerily distorted and unidentified figures appeared in the shots. Filmmakers are still clueless as to why this happened.

Mysterious scratches appeared on the window and a sudden death scared the entire crew

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Amid filming in 2014, the director found eerie scratch marks on one of the windows of their set. This incident was then followed by eerie instances that shared a direct link to the film. In a conversation with The Hollywood Reporter, Peter Safran, producer of Annabelle and The Conjuring said, the first day that the demon was shooting in full makeup, we brought the demon up in the elevator. He walks out and walks around to the green room to where were holding the talent, and just as he walks under a giant glass light fixture, all of a sudden the entire glass light fixture falls down on the janitors head. And in the script, the demon kills the janitor in that hallway. It was totally freaky.

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