Fans of horror movies love to be spooked. Many people watch scary movies to catch a thrill and let their imagination run wild. Who doesn't love a good scare? Many horror films were actually cursed in real life. The cast and crew report strange and unexplained occurrences. From paranormal activity on the set to tragedies unfolding right before their eyes, many celebs have revealed creepy things that happened while filming.
Other times, a jinx has followed the cast and crew well after the movie wraps. One of the movies on this list saw up to nine deaths of people involved in the film. Bad luck seems to follow the actors and directors even after they've walked away from the project. From discovering mysterious bruises to seeing ghostly apparitions on the set, they swear that they've experienced something otherworldly. This list isn't for the faint of heart. Prepare to be scared!
20 The Omen: A Crew Member's Deadly Car Crash Mirrored A Death In The Film
Rumors have circulated for years that The Omen was cursed from the start of filming. According to Pop Sugar, the movie's special effects crew member, John Richardson, and his wife were in a deadly car crash. His wife was decapitated just like a scene that Richardson had crafted in the film.
19 Poltergeist: Cast Members Were Cursed After Filming
The original Poltergeist is another horror film that was jinxed. According to Biography, four members of the cast and crew died during and after the filming of the movie. The most shocking death was Heather O'Rourke who played Carol Anne. She passed away from complications of Crohn's Disease.
18 Rosemary's Baby: A Crew Member Died The Same Way As A Character Did In The Film
Rosemary's Baby is another scary movie in which the cast and crew experienced mysterious coincidences after filming, from illness to death. Krzysztof Komeda composed the score for the film and according to Vanity Fair, he fell to his death off a balcony at a party, mirroring a scene from the movie.
17 The Exorcist: A Fire Engulfed The Entire Set... Except Regan's Bedroom
According to CBS News, the entire set of The Exorcist was ravaged in a huge fire during the filming of the movie. Oddly enough, the only room left untouched by the flames was Regan's possessed bedroom. Filming was delayed for six weeks and a priest came to bless the set.
16 The Exorcism Of Emily Rose: Jennifer Carpenter's Radio Would Turn On By Itself
Things got creepy for Jennifer Carpenter when she was filming The Exorcism of Emily Rose. She told Dread Central, "Two or three times when I was going to sleep my radio came on by itself," she said. "The only time it scared me was once because it was really loud, and it was Pearl Jam's 'Alive.'"
15 The Conjuring: Vera Farmiga Discovered Mysterious Marks On Her Body
Vera Farmiga played psychic, Lorraine Warren in The Conjuring. According to Cinema Blend, Vera revealed she discovered a mysterious line of three scratches on her thigh. "It was these three, very distinct, what looks like claw marks, that long nails or long fingertips, like thin fingertips could make." she said.
14 The Conjuring 2: A Priest Was Called On Set To Bless Possessed Drapes
According to ABC News, Patrick Wilson that a priest was invited to bless a set of demonic drapes on the set of The Conjuring 2. "It was a huge curtain that went from the floor to the ceiling, which was just sort of waving violently and there was no door open or no fan on; no nothing," Patrick said.
13 Annabelle: Mysterious Marks On A Set Window Matched Those The Film's Demon Would Make
John R. Leonetti, the director of Annabelle told The Hollywood Reporter, "We went into the apartment where we were shooting, and in the transient window above the living room window. It was a full moon, and there were three fingers drawn through the dust along the window, and our demon has three fingers and three talons."
12 Twilight Zone: The Movie: A Deadly Helicopter Crash Happened During Filming
Filming of a scene from Twilight Zone: The Movie ended in tragedy on the set. According to History.com, Vic Morrow and two child actors, Renee Shinn Chen and Myca Dinh Le, were killed in an accident involving a helicopter. The pyrotechnics caused the helicopter pilot to crash on top of the actors.
11 The Crow: Brandon Lee Was Shot On The Set
Brandon Lee, son of Bruce Lee, was accidentally shot during the filming of The Crow. According to Variety, the police said in a statement "Lee was carrying a grocery bag that contained a small explosive charge used to simulate gunfire when another actor fired a shot at him from a blank pistol about 15 feet away."
10 A Girl Walks Home At Night: Props Moved On The Set
Natalie O'Brien, costume designer for the film A Girl Walks Home At Night told Cosmopolitan that props were mysteriously removed from the set. "We talked to the art department and it wasn’t them at all. I feel like either someone was down there, or it could have been a spirit or something like that," she said.
9 Ghost Of Goodnight Lane: Ghosthunters Declared The Set To Be Haunted
Despite the fact that it wasn't a huge box office hit, The Ghost of Goodnight Lane is a movie about a film being shot in a haunted studio. According to CBS Local, art imitated real-life as crew members claimed that they saw lights flickering, ceiling fixtures dropping and mysterious voices calling their names.
8 The Lords Of Salem: Cast And Crew Heard Unexplained Buzzing While Filming
Things got creepy in an old hospital in Las Angeles during the filming of The Lords of Salem. Jennifer Spence, a production designer on the movie told Cosmopolitan, "On the second or third floor, the buzzer to one of the rooms would go off all the time when nobody was up there."
7 The Amityville Horror: The Cast Kept Waking Up At 3:15 AM... The Same Time All The Events Happened At Amityville
Ryan Reynolds starred in the 2005 remake of The Amityville Horror and revealed to Movie Web that some spooky stuff happened to the crew. "A lot of the crew were waking up at 3:15 in the morning which was when all these atrocities in the house took place each time. I think it was a subconscious thing," he said.
6 The Ring Two: The Entire Set Flooded
The Ring 2 had many strange occurrences on the set but the most ironic incident was when the set flooded. According to The Age, the director of the film, Hideo Nakata, revealed, "Because we were making a film about cursed water, evil spirited water, when we had the floods the crew freaked out," Nakata said.
5 Insidious: A Mysterious Illness Plagued The Cast And Crew
Jennifer Spence, production designer on Insidious told Cosmopolitan about a strange occurrence that happened when the crew was working on the set, "Everybody in the room started feeling sick and weird and heavy. We had to take a break because everyone felt overwhelmingly unwell," she said.
4 The Innkeepers: The Cast And Crew Reported Paranormal Activity On The Set
The Innkeepers was filmed in an actual hotel that is said to be haunted. The cast reported seeing flickering lights and having vivid dreams during filming. The director, Ti West, told Indie Wire, "The vibe was there. Sara Paxton would wake up in the middle of the night thinking someone was in the room with her."
3 The Possession: Cold Breezes Followed The Actors Around
The Possession is another horror movie that had paranormal activity on the set. Actor, Jeffrey Dean Morgan told The Hollywood Reporter that the cast felt cold breezes on the closed set. "It always happened in the middle of doing key scenes,” he recalled. “It didn’t happen in between takes or doing scenes that didn’t have a big story impact.”
2 The Nun: Ghostly Apparitions Appeared On The Set
The director of The Nun, Corin Hardy, saw two vanishing figures in the background while filming, He told USA Today, “This was a particularly surprising and haunting moment, but it also happened in a working day and I didn't really have time to stop and go, ‘I need to take a break. I just encountered some Romanian ghosts.’”
1 The Shining: Shelley Duvall Was Terrorized By Stanley Kubrick's Directing
Shelley Duvall was pushed into madness when Stanley Kubrick directed her in The Shining. According to The Daily Mail, Duvall revealed to Dr. Phil that Kubrick isolated her from the cast. "Stanley pushed me and prodded me further than I’ve ever been pushed before. It’s the most difficult role I’ve ever had to play." she said.