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Oct 6, 2023 · It wasn’t all smiles on the set of “The Exorcist,” what with multiple deaths, a huge fire and a debilitating injury to one of the film’s stars. Alamy Stock Photo
Jan 11, 2020 · Check out these 6 paranormal events that happened on the set of “The Exorcist” and you decide whether evil entities may have been ‘hanging out’. Do you think that occult movies attract dark presences and influences? 1. The Original Home for the McNeil Home Was Destroyed by Fire
Jun 28, 2021 · A fire broke out on set after hours, delaying filming for six weeks. Cast and crew members got hurt left and right. Key props were lost at crucial moments. Eventually, director William Friedkin...
Sep 25, 2023 · Only 54 years old, MacGowan died of complications from the flu at the Algonquin Hotel in New York City, the New York Times reported in January 1973. Others on the set suffered lifelong injuries....
Sep 25, 2023 · Only 54 years old, MacGowan died of complications from the flu at the Algonquin Hotel in New York City, the New York Times reported in January 1973. Others on the set suffered lifelong injuries. A crew member lost his toe, while a carpenter chopped off his thumb, according to the Castle of Frankenstein.
Jul 28, 2021 · Deaths & the 'curse'. The deaths of at least four people have been linked to the film and some believe this is proof of The Exorcist “curse”. They included Jack MacGowran, who played the eccentric film director Burke Dennings and in the film, he was killed by demon-plagued Regan MacNeil.
Apr 19, 2020 · Cursed Films on Shudder discusses the curse surrounding 1973's The Exorcist. Real people died during the making of The Exorcist, and for many years the film was said to be dangerous, even to viewers.
Jan 14, 2022 · The brother of Max von Sydow (who plays Fr. Merrin) died on the first day of shooting. One of the technicians who worked on refrigerating the film's set (young Regan's bedroom was made to be so...
Sep 15, 2021 · The scariest room on set survived Warner Bros. After a pigeon flew into a circuit box and caused a fire on the set of "The Exorcist," the sets of the MacNeil family's house burned down.
Oct 15, 2023 · Warner Bros. Pictures. This may come as a shock to many, but two of the actors in the film, Jack MacGowran and Vasiliki Maliaros, who were written to have an on-film death, ended up dying in real...
