These terrifying tales transpired off - camera on the set of your favourite cinematic nightmares .
If you’re ahorror moviefan, the phrase “based on a true story” is one you’ve probably heard over and over in conjunction with your favorite fright flicks.
But sometimes, the scariest stories associated with on-screen scare fare come from their respective sets, from macabre mishaps to chilling happenings that just can’t be explained.
With this in mind, I’ve assembled 18 true nightmares that you’ll be shocked to hear actually transpired behind-the-scenes of various horror films.
Ready? Here we go:
1.A catastrophic nightmare on-set ofA Nightmare on Elm Street, Part 4: The Dream Master:
2.Director Ti West’s unsettling experiences at the Yankee Pedlar Inn duringThe House of the DevilinspiredThe Innkeepers:
3.A creepy crawler nearly derailedSinister II:
4.IsThe Exorcista cursed film franchise? Many seem to believe so:
5.The truly ghastly incident on-set ofIncident in a Ghostland:
6.The horror of makingThe Texas Chain Saw Massacre:
7.And was there really a haunting on the set ofThe Possession? The evidence appears to point to yes:
8.Cost-cutting creepiness brought an eerie authenticity toPoltergeist:
9.Life imitated art on the set of theFriday the 13thremake:
10.The Amityville Horrorremake was plagued by creepy coincidences:
11.Bad omens raised hell on-set ofThe Omen:
12.Annabelle Comes Homehad a myriad of macabre mysteries:
13.Odd radio silence (or lack thereof) on-set ofThe Exorcism of Emily Rose:
14.The set ofThe Shiningmet a fiery demise:
15.They used real witchcraft for a fictional deity inThe Craft:
16.Wes Craven struck real fear into Miko Hughes on-set ofNew Nightmare:
17.Was there a ghostly presence on-set ofThe Lords of Salem? It sure sounds like it:
18.And finally — the cast and crew ofThe Pope’s Exorcistwitnessed a firsthand fright:
