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Cursed Films. Cursed Films is an American television documentary produced by Shudder, a streaming service owned by AMC Networks. [1] Written, edited and directed by Jay Cheel, the series covers alleged instances of curses surrounding films. It premiered April 2, 2020 on Shudder with mixed to positive reviews.
Sep 23, 2021 · Explore the list of troubled or "cursed" movies, looking at deaths, illnesses, and mysteries surrounding some of the most infamous film productions of all time. From Superman to Poltergeist, see how the cast and crew faced personal and professional tragedies after making these films.
Cursed Films is a five part documentary series that examines the legends and myths behind some of Hollywood's most notorious horror film productions. The series features interviews with experts, critics, and survivors of the cursed films, such as The Crow, Twilight Zone: The Movie, and Polanski.
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- 2020-04-02
- Documentary, Horror
- 30
Apr 17, 2020 · What better way to kick things off than with a movie that is a perfect Venn diagram of both concepts – “found footage” faux-real horror and supposedly cursed films. Antrum purports to be a documentary about a lost 1970s film that was only screened twice, because everyone who watches it dies. The movie opens with an 8-minute documentary ...
- 2 min
- Eric Alt
- The Omen
- Superman
- Poltergeist
- The Crow
- Atuk
- Rosemary’s Baby
- The Passion of The Christ
- Twilight Zone: The Movie
- Rebel Without A Cause
- The Exorcist
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The Omen is a film about a couple who unknowingly adopt a child who’s the Antichrist. Unexpected deaths and misfortune surround the child in the movie, but death and misfortune also surround the movie’s production. The producers were allegedly warned that if they were going to make a film about the devil, do not be surprised if the devil tried to s...
The Superman curse refers to violent tragedies for actors who played the famous DC Comics character. The curse was initiated when George Reeves played Superman in the 1950s television series The Adventures of Superman. In 1959, Reeves died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. The curse continued with ±, who played Superman in the late 70s and 80s in ...
Poltergeist continues to be a horror staple and encapsulates 80s suburbia while delivering constant chills, but the most chilling part of Poltergeist is what happened behind the scenes. The Poltergeist set is infamous for using real human skeletons in its memorable reveal that the Freeling family’s house was on a native burial ground. The irony is ...
The Crow’s curse is due to the death of its star, Brandon Lee. The movie is about a man returning from the dead who encountered the worst accident during production. Brandon Lee, the son of famous martial artist Bruce Lee, was killed on set after a bullet in a prop gun was fired and mortally wounded the actor. This horrific incident and the film’s ...
Unlike other cursed films that completed production, Atuk (Inuit for "Grandfather") and its curse have remained in development for forty years. The unfilmed American comedy is based on the novel The Incomparable Atukand is about an Inuit hunter who ends up in the big city. Urban legend claims that the film is cursed due to the deaths of many actors...
Filmmaker Roman Polanski’s personal tragedy afterRosemary’s Baby is possibly more famous than the film itself. Rosemary’s Babyis about a pregnant young woman who suspects her elderly neighbors of being part of a Satanic cult that wishes to harm her baby. The film received rave reviews but was overshadowed by an event eerily similar to another risin...
While The Passion of the Christ followed Jesus Christ’s last days alive, the biblical drama had many unfortunate accidents during its production that led to people thinking the film was cursed—the accidents on set primarily focused on Jim Caviezel, the actor who played Jesus. Caviezel suffered hypothermia, pneumonia, a dislocated shoulder and was s...
Twilight Zone: The Movie's set accident is one of the most tragic in film history. The movie was meant to be a tribute to the 1960s television series and had significant talent behind the scenes. Steven Spielberg, George Miller, Joe Dante, and John Landis directed four different segments for the film, with Spielberg and Landis also serving as produ...
Rebel Without a Cause is a cinema classic, but the James Dean film also carries the title of being cursed due to the premature deaths of its three main stars. The coming-of-age drama featured James Dean, Sal Mineo, and Natalie Wood as teenage outcasts who bonded in a world with parents and leaders that didn’t understand them. Rebel Without a Causew...
The Exorcist is considered one of the most frightening horror movies in history, but the set of The Exorcisthad its own share of terror. While anything can go wrong during a movie’s production, events seem to go especially wrong during a horror movie’s production. The movie about a young girl experiencing demonic possession suffered production dela...
Learn about the rumors and tragedies that surround some of Hollywood's most iconic films, from The Omen to The Crow. Find out the facts and myths behind the supposed curses that haunt these movies and their actors.
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Cursed Films is a five-part documentary series, which explores the myths and legends behind some of Hollywood’s notoriously "cursed" horror film productions. 33 2022 5 episodes 18+
Cursed Films is a documentary series that explores the myths and legends behind some of Hollywood's notoriously "cursed" horror film productions. From The Exorcist to Cannibal Holocaust, watch how these films were plagued by accidents, deaths, and supernatural events.
