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Final Destination 3 - 2006

1. The movie was renamed as "Final Deadcoaster" in Japan.

2. The part in the home improvement store was filmed in a real store. The crew could only film after the store closed plus they had to leave it how they found it. When different parts were being filmed, other crew members were cleaning up and putting stuff back on shelves. They also had to turn objects around so brand names wouldn't show, bring in other brand names and use things to block a brand name. This was because the store didn't want their name or products being associated with a "teen death movie."

3. The actors on the roller coaster at the start of the movie had to ride it 26 times the same night in order to shoot the premonition scene. The on-ride footage was filmed on the "Corkscrew" at Playland which is part of the Pacific National Exhibition in Vancouver, Canada.

Dracula-

1. Over 160 actors have played Count Dracula in the movies, more than any other horror character. The most famous was Bela Lugosi, but others include Christopher Lee, Frank Langella, Gary Oldman, Jack Palance, Gerard Butler and George Hamilton

Psycho -

1. This was the first American movie to show a toilet flushing

2. The book which the movie was based off was inspired by the true story of Ed Gein, a serial killer

3. If you look carefully you see that almost every time a driver gets out of his car he will get out through the passenger side 4. The blood from the shower scene was actually chocolate syrup

5. The shower scene is easily the most infamous onscreen murder in movie history. It consists of over 90 individual shots delivered in just 45 seconds--and no single shot ever shows the knife entering Janet Leigh's body

Amityville Horror-

1. James Brolin was undecided when he was first offered the role of George Lutz because he was told he must get a copy of Jay Anson's novel since there was no script. When he started reading the book around 7pm and was still reading at 2am! Earlier he had hung up a pair of pants and when he was at a really creepy part of the book the pants suddenly fell down. He was so startled that he jumped out his chair. He then decided that "There's something to this story." So he agreed to do the movie

2. For the outdoor scenes of the movie they were filmed in Toms River, New Jersey instead of Amityville, Long Island. Local police and ambulance workers played extras. A fire truck was used to be the rain during on scene. If you look closely you can see that it is a sunny day and not really "raining" in the background of the street over

Poltergeist -

1. Amazingly with all the horror during the making of the movie just one scene really frightened Heather O'Rourke(she played Carol Anne) : the one where she holds onto the headboard while a wind machine blows toys into the closet, She broke down during the filming and Steven Spielberg stopped the scene and held her. He told her she didn't have to do it again.

2. They used real corpses for the pool scene, they did not tell the actors until after they finished scene

3. JoBeth Williams (she played the mother) was worried about filming the pool scene. There was a lot of electrical equipment over and around the pool, Steven Spielberg got into the pool with her to do the scene again. He told her "Now if a light falls in, we will both fry." This worked perfectly and JoBeth got into the pool.

4. While filming the scene where Oliver Robins (he played Robbie) is chocked by the clown the arms got really tight and Oliver started to choke for real! He screamed out, "I can't breathe!" Steven Spielberg thought he was improvising and reminded him to look at the camera. But when Steven Spielberg saw Oliver's face turning purple he ran over and took the arms from his neck

5. Both Heather O'Rourke(she played Carol Anne) and Dominique Dunne (she played the teenage daughter) are buried in the same cemetery: Westwood Memorial Park in Los Angeles. Dominique Dunne was murdered by her boyfriend in 1982 (the same year the movie was released). Heather O'Rourke died of cardiopulmonary arrest and intestinal stenosis in 1988

Stephen King's IT-


1. The scene when Beverly is hearing voices in the drain a boy says his name is Matthew O'Conner which is the name of the Supervising Producer of the movie. A girl says she is Vicky Burrows. Victoria Burrow did the casting for the movie.

2. Pennywise was inspired by John Wayne Gacy a real serial killer who would dress up as a clown when entertaining children.

3. Through out the movie we heard "Beep beep, Richie". The book explains this is a way of telling Richie to shut up.

4. A night guard at the asylum is called Koontz, named after Stephen King's rival author Dean Koontz.

The Exorcist-

1. The sound you heard of the demon leaving Linda's body was the real sound of pigs being herded for slaughter

2. The director 'Friedkin William' went to some bizarre lengths to abuse the cast. He'd fire guns off behind the actors to make them jump. During the scene where Father Dyer (played by Reverend William O'Malley) tries to give last rites to Father Karris the director wasn't happy even after several takes. He took Fr. Omalley to the side and asked him if he trusted him. Fr. O'malley answered yes then got slapped across the face. The director then shouted "Action". The director also went as far as putting Linda Blair and Ellen Burstyn into harnesses and made the crew members yank them around fiercely. Both Linda Blair and Ellen Burstyn were injured during the filming of the movie.

3. Reverend William O'Malley who played Father Dyer is a real priest. As of 2004 he teaches theology and English at Fordham Preparatory School, Bronx, New York. He has told his students that the movie is 80% true. The main differences between the true story and the movie are that it was a boy who was possessed and it happened is MD. He says most everything else in the movie really did happen.

4. A guy who saw the movie back in 1974 during the original release fainted and broke his jaw on the seat in front of him. He sued Warner Brothers and the filmmakers stating that subliminal imagery in the movie caused him to faint. The law suit was settled out of court for an undisclosed sum

5. Regan’s bedroom was cooled by air conditioners to temperatures of around 30-40 degrees below zero—so cold that sweat on the crew and cast would freeze. At one point, there was so much moisture in the air that a flimsy layer of snow began to fall on the set.

6. In the original script, Burstyn’s character stated “I believe in the devil.” She would only agree to make the film if the line was removed.

7. Ellen Burstyn suffered a permanet spinal injury when a harness pulled her away from Regan’s bed too quickly, throwing her to the floor... The scene remains intact.

8. The Exorcist crew was the only Amercan film crew ever allowed to shoot in Iraq
Directorial duties for were first offered to John Boorman, who declined because he thought the film was cruel to children... Boorman later directed its sequel, The Exorcist II: The Heretic.

Halloween-

1. The movie had such a small budget that the prop department had to use the cheapest mask they could find. It just happened to be: a Captain Kirk (William Shatner) mask. They painted it white, made the hair stick up and made the eye holes larger

2. Due to the small budget and no money for the costumes all the actors wore their own clothes. Jamie Lee Curtis went to J.C. Penny and spent less than $100 for her wardrobe

3. Haddonfield, IL is a fictional town created for the Halloween movie

4. The "Myers" house is found in South Pasadena

5. John Carpenter was the voice of Annie's boyfriend who you hear on the phone talking to Annie.

6. The original title for the film was "The Babysitter Murder's"

7. The movie was filmed during the spring, so all the leaves you see are Really painted pieces of paper.

8. Laurie Strode was named after John Carpenter's first girlfriend.  I think It’s time to let go.

9. Halloween's musical score - John Carpenter and assorted musical friends.

10. The film is set in Haddonfield, Illinois, but all of the cars have California license plates

11. The entire film was shot in 21 days

12. Halloween is one of the most successful independent films ever made

Nightmare on Elm Street-

1. When Johnny Depp's character is lying in bed listening the radio listen to the DJ. The DJ announces that it is station KRGR. KRGR is Krueger without the vowels

2. At the hospital where Nancy's dreams are "examined" (the part where her hair turns white) the nurse is played by Wes Craven's wife, Mimi Craven.

3. The only times you see the words "Elm Street" are during the opening and closing credits. The word "Elm Street" is not mentioned at all during the movie

4. One of the deleted scenes explained that Nancy and her friends were not only children. Their brother or sister had been killed by Freddy. This scene is from the basement scene before Nancy's mom shows her Freddy's glove. - featured on Laser Disc or VHS from Anchor Bay.

5. Johnny Depp's first film. He came to the audition with his friend Jackie Earle Haley where he was spotted by director Wes Craven, who asked him if he'd like to read for the part. Later when Wes Craven was at home his 14yr old daughter spotted Johnny Depp's head shot. She asked her father about him and when he asked why she replied as a 14yr old would "Dad, Johnny Depp? That's COOL!" Just think with out a 14yr's input he may never have appeared in the film! - As Wes Craven described in "Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film".

Childs Play-

1. Charles Manson, Lee Harvey Oswald, and James Earl Ray are indirectly responsible for the naming of the infamous “Chucky” doll, whose full name in the film was Charles Lee Ray.

BLAIR WITCH PROJECT-

1. Before the film was released, the three main actors were listed as “Missing—Presumed Dead” on IMDB.com

2. One of the video cameras used by the actors was bought at Circuit City. After filming was completed, the producers returned the camera for a refund, making their budget money go even further.

3. The filmmakers placed flyers around Cannes for the film festival that were "Missing" posters, stating that the cast was missing. All the flyers were taken down by the next day. It turns out that a television executive had been kidnapped just prior, and they were taken down out of respect. The executive was since recovered safely.

4. The film was marketed as a documentary

5. The three lead actors shot much of the film

6. Nearly all the dialogue was improvised 

7. The movie made the Guinness Book Of World Records for budget/box office ratio

28 Days Later-

1. Most of the film was made using digital cameras

2. Horror novelist'Stephen King bought out an entire showing of the film in New York City

3. Leonardo DiCaprio (Titanic) was offered the role of Jim.

4. Tilda Swinton (Constantine)was offered the role of Selena,but passed.

5. Robert Carlyle (Eragon) was offered the role of Major Henry West

6. Ewan McGregor (Star Wars) was the original choice to play Jim.

The Evil Dead (1981)-

1. The famous “eyeball-in-the-mouth” scene was inspired by the Three Stooges?

2. Raimi and actor Bruce Campbell began their collaboration in high school, where they made many Super8 films with Sam’s brother, Ted

3. The film’s title was changed from Book of the Dead, as producers feared that kids wouldn’t see a movie with the word “book” in the title

4. The Arabic passages read from The Book of the Dead translate to: “Rob Tapert and Sam Raimi are the men on the side of the road”

5. To film the opening sequence, Raimi shot from a dingy while Campbell pushed him

Evil Dead 2-

1. Originally, Bobbie Joe gets killed with vines pull her legs apart and gets rammed with a tree between her legs. It wascut out in order to obtain the R-rating.

2. The movie was filmed on the set of "The Color Purple".

3. Most of the film was shot on a set built inside a high school gymnasium in North Carolina.

4. Sam Raimi's brother Ted played the possessed Henrietta

Friday the 13th-

1. Tom Savini was called in to be special effects artist

2. The British video version sucked

3. Betsy Palmer was hired to play the part of Jason's mother purely due to the fact that she could provide her own transport to the set.

4. Opened Friday the 13th 1980, the same day as "The Shining" was released

5. Sally Field (Mrs. Doubtfire) auditioned for the role of Alice Hardy After she read the script, Jason’s mom called the film "a piece of shit".

6. Composer Harry Manfredini has said that contrary to popular belief, the famous "chi chi chi, ha ha ha" in the film's score is actually "ki ki ki, ma ma ma". It is meant to resemble Jason's voice saying "kill kill kill, mom mom mom" in Mrs. Voorhees' mind

7. During the first few weekends of the film's release, makeup/effects artist Tom Savini would go into theaters for the last five minutes of the show to see the audience react to Jason emerging from the lake and grabbing Alice.
 

Children of the Corn-

1. In the original ending of the story Linda Hamilton's character Vicki was killed by the children. She joined "the blue man" on a cross and had her eyes cut out.

Dawn of the Dead-

1. Director George A. Romero played the Santa Claus biker (briefly visible in biker raid).

2. Tom Savini plays a Zombie who breaks a window of a truck then is shot by Roger with revolver

3. Extras who appeared in this film were reportedly given $20 in cash, a box lunch, and a Dawn of the Dead t-shirt.

The Shining-

1. The line "Here's Johnnny!" was completely ad-libbed by Jack Nicholson.
 
CARRIE-

1. Interestingly, the filming of the prom scene took days and Sissy Spacek refused to wash off the fake blood so that the continuity of the movie was not harmed. She actually slept in the "bloody" clothes for three days of filming.

2. In Carrie's house, the statue of a religious figure shot with arrows represents St. Sebastian. It is not a crucifix and does not represent Jesus Christ.

3. The student at the prom being knocked unconscious by the gym fire hose, was a shot of the actress truly being knocked out by the pressure of the water. It was kept in the final cut for being realistic.


THE RING-

1. Subliminal frames from the Ring video are inserted in the film. For example, the 'Ring' image can be glimpsed for a fraction of a second in the transition between the ferry/horse sequence and Rachel's car drive to Anna Morgan's farm on Moesko Island.

2. When Noah and Rachel return to the inn, at the end of the movie, there's a sign that reads "Closed until further notice", under the "Shelter Mountain Inn" sign. In an earlier cut of the film, the cabin manager dies from watching the tape (see "Alternate Versions"). Probably that's the reason for the inn being closed.

3. An interesting feature on the VHS release: rewind the tape to the very beginning. (Or just put the tape in the VCR when fully rewound.) When you play it, you see the cursed video. After the segment ends, you hear a phone ringing twice, then it goes into the previews. Also after the movie has ended, you see additional scenes that help explain the mystery of the cursed video.

MOTHMAN PROPHECIES-

1. The film is based on actual events that occurred between November 1966 and December 1967 in Point Pleasant, West Virginia.

2. The clock radio in John Klein's motel room reads: 6:14. It's a biblical reference to John Chapter 6 verse 14, which reads, 'This is indeed the prophet who is to come into the world.'

The Blob (1958)-

1. In the script, the blob is called “the mass”

2. This was the last film in which Steve McQueen was credited as Steven McQueen

3. The blob was created with a weather balloon early on, and colored silicone gel later

4. In some of the promotional materials, Aneta Corsaut’s character is referred to as “Judy,” though her name in the film is “Jane”

5. During the drag race, exhaust can be seen going back into the car’s exhaust pipe

Eraserhead (1977)-

1. The film took five years to complete

2. John Nance kept his hair in “Eraserhead” fashion for the duration of the project

3. The original script was only 20 pages long, making financing a difficult task

4. David Lynch still will not reveal how the baby was created

5. It was one of Stanley Kubrick favorite films

6. Lynch headed up nearly every department on the film, with credits for the music, editing, art direction, sound and special effects

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)-

1. Leatherface is based on serial killer Ed Gein

2. The film was shot in chronological order

3. Hooper had intended to get a PG rating

4. Many of the actors claim that, because of the shooting conditions, much of the blood in the film is real— their own!

Night of the Living Dead (1968)-

1. Tom Savini was originally hired to do the make-up, but was called for military duty in Vietnam

2. Duane Jones is the first African-American to play a lead role in a horror film

3. Columbia Pictures passed on the film because it was in black and white... In 1990, however, the studio released the colorized version.

4. The zombies were paid $1 for their work—along with a T-shirt that claimed “I was a zombie in Night of the Living Dead”

5. One of the film’s investors was a butcher, who paid Romero in blood and guts

Scream (1996)-

1. Drew Barrymore was originally cast in the lead... She dropped out because of scheduling conflicts, but offered to play the role of “Casey.”

2. When the MPAA asked Craven to cut the stabbing of Casey, he claimed (falsely) that he had only shot it once? The scene remains intact.

3. Approximately 50 gallons of fake blood were used during the production?

4. In his role as Fred, the janitor, Craven wears the same outfit as Freddy Krueger

5. The film’s original title was Scary Movie

The Sixth Sense (1999)-

1. The movie was shot in sequence

2. Shyamalan pitched The Sixth Sense as “The Exorcist meets Ordinary People”

3. The film was 2000’s top video and DVD, with more than 80 million rentals
Candyman -

What was the Candyman's real name? Daniel Robitaille.

1. Daniel Robitaille was an ex-slave who was punished for falling in love with a rich (white) land-owner's daughter. He had his hand cut off, was covered in honey, then stung to death by bees. Tony Todd was the actor who played Candyman, Xander Berkley played Helen's unlikable husband Trevor, and Phillip Purcell was a professor in the movie. Read more about Candyman>
 		  
 
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