While watching horror movies , fans often have to reassure themselves that what they are subjecting themselves to is a piece of work of fiction . fan recite themselves that the moving-picture show is n’t real and all the horrors on - CRT screen are a result of ' flick magic .

This is not the case for those who work on the movie during production . There are countless tales from conductor , actors , and crew members of strange goings - on during cinematography . Some people work on the set even go as far as to have the movie set sign due to fear of ghosts or curse word .

update on March 18th , 2021 by Kristen Palamara : Horror motion picture have been a popular genre of pic for decades and continue to be one of the most darling . Typically , the horror stay on the movie screen and disappears when the movie terminate , but some moving-picture show have had upshot of mysterious decease , injuries , or unexplained occurrences that happened on lot that brought the horror movies into the real domain . There is a surprising amount of horror movie sets that have been plagued with odd and grave occurrences that are unexplained and , in some cases , creepily concurrent .

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Rosemary’s Baby (1968)

Rosemary ’s Babyis an iconic horror picture show starring Mia Farrow as an increasingly terrified female parent in a movie that builds tension and paranoia without being to a fault sanguineous . There were multiple creepy occurrences on setfrom one of the producers receiving an anonymous note that he would die from a painful unwellness , and in short after he needed emergency surgery after conk on readiness .

The picture ’s composer died on set while another producer had a CVA and the entire cast got terrible intellectual nourishment poisoning .

Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983)

During the helicopter scene of theTwilight Zonemovie one of the primary actors , Vic Morrow , was pour down while film . It was a tragical event in and of itself , but the full account lead up to his last makes it creepy-crawly and similar to aTwilight Zonestory itself .

Although it ’s undecipherable if the hearsay about the coincidental nature of his death are true , there are tarradiddle of Morrow telling his friend and family that he had been dream of something bad happening to him on the exercise set of a picture and that he took the omen in earnest and settle to take out a life-time policy insurance policy before filming begin .

The Crow (1994)

The Crowisabout Eric Draven ( Brandon Lee ) and his fiancée being murdered and Eric rising from the grave a twelvemonth later to take his retaliation on the group that murdered them and has become a furore classic since its release in 1994 .

Brandon Lee , Bruce Lee ’s son , was killed while shoot when a prop gun unexpectedly released a existent bullet and the player tragically pop off from a gunfire wound . The peculiar connecter to his father   do in a standardized scene inGame of Deathdecades earlierwhere a prop master explains how to apply the property ordnance and Bruce Lee ’s graphic symbol pretends to be dead on the set of a movie .

Psycho (1960)

Although this terrifying death did n’t pass on set , it does have a connective to the originalPsycho . Myra Davis was killed in 1988when she hired a handyman and there ’s been speculation that it was due to the grampus ’s obsession with thePsychoshower aspect .

Davis was one of actress Janet Leigh ’s stand - ins to check the lighting for the shower bath scene , and although there ’s no cogent evidence that her murder was straight off connect toPsychothere has been surmise about a connectedness since she worked on such an iconic horror movie .

The Innkeepers (2011)

The Innkeepersis a humbled - budget repulsion flick that follow two hotel employee who decide to expect into the haunted fib they ’ve hear about and the two begin to regain actual evidence of ghosts . The odd occurrences on this picture solidification were because of the location where the team abide .

The entire team stay at the literal Yankee Pedlar Inn in Torrington , Connecticut , which is said to be a real haunted location . Cast , bunch , andskeptical director Ti West said singular inexplicable typical supernatural things happened like Inner Light flickering , odd dreams , and door slamming , but gratefully no one was reportedly harmed on set .

The Possession (2012)

During 2012’sThe Possession , a repugnance motion picture base on the dead on target report of a cursed   dybbuk box , actorJeffrey Dean Morganreported several creepy-crawly stories on set . Morgan report creepy occurrent such as burst lights , moth-eaten breezes rushing   past him on deserted corridors , and even a fire in a storage facility .

An probe into the fire even creepily ruled out any electrical faults or arson as the cause of the flak so the fire stays a mystery . The police detective of the ardor described the cause of the blaze as ' undetermined ' which really begs the interrogation of whether it was related to the Dybbuk box in the movie .

The Exorcist (1973)

The Exorcistis one of the shivery and most influential revulsion movies of all time . However , while it is a terrifying picture to watch , it was also a terrific exercise set to work on . Several creepy and tragic events during production run some to believe that there was a swearing around the movie .

Irish worker Jack Macgowran died shortly after fill out his part on the film , as did a crew appendage and a security sentry go . If these events were not enough , the moving-picture show set also burn down down without any account . The strange occurrence lead the managing director William Friedkin to quest a non-Christian priest do a blessing on the set .

Poltergeist (1982) & Poltergeist III (1988)

ThePoltergeistcurse isone of the most celebrated movie cuss . The first illustration of this curse occurred day after the release of the pic , with one of the stars of the picture , Dominque Dunne , being murdered by her ex - fellow .

In add-on , Heather O’Rourke , the actress who portrayed young Carol Anne , tragically die during surgery whilePoltergeist 3was in production . Both O’Rourke and Dunne are buried in the same California cemetery . tragical death were not the only unusual example of thePoltergeistcurse . During product on the secondPoltergeistmovie , the manufacturer was convinced that the Seth was evil and drafted in a priest to channel a blessing .

The Amityville Horror (1979 & 2005)

The Amityville haunting was a cultural phenomenon in the 1970s . The ghostly events were investigated by the Warrens and the terrifying story even go to a book and pic deal . One specially creepy-crawly event occur before the first movie had even start filming .   James Brolin , the lead actor in the 1979 movie , only accept the part in the pic after his gasp fell off a hanger while he was reading the script , make him to jump to his feet in fright .

This is not all , during the filming of the 2005 remaking , a dead body washed onto the shore next to the film location . to boot , Ryan Reynolds and other crew members reportedly woke up at 3:15 am , the time of the DeFeo execution .

The Conjuring (2013)

Another motion picture based on a true narration . The Conjuringtells the history of the Perron family who locomote into a haunt star sign in the seventies and had theircase investigate by the famous Ed and Lorraine Warren . During the filming ofthe Conjuring , the Perron family actually visit the set and upon their visit , some uncanny upshot hap .

During one particular visit from the Perron family , a flatus began to whirl around the Perrons , with several members of the crew also claiming that the nearby trees remain in-situ by this fart . Additionally , director James Wang call back a fib in which his hotdog was barking at an unobserved entity while Wan was working of late in his office .

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Collage of Rosemary from Rosemary’s Baby, the doll from Annabelle and Carol Anne from Poltergeist

Mia Farrow in Rosemary’s Baby

Twilight Zone The Movie with Vic Morrow

The Crow

Shower scene in Psycho

Claire and Luke standing at the top of the basement steps and shining a flashlight down in The Innkeepers

Em being controlled by the dybbuk box in the parking lot in The Possession

Father Merrin stands outside the house in The Exorcist

Heather O’Rourke behind a blanket in Poltergeist and on the bed in Poltergeist III

James Brolin and Margot Kidder huddled together outside the house in The Amityville Horror 1979 and Ryan Reynolds huddled by a projector in The Amityville Horror 2005

Lorraine looking into the music box in The Conjuring

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