Four Of The World's Most Cursed Movies

 

Hollywood has been making movies for our entertainment since 1911. Most of the time, these films are completely normal without a sordid past or a disturbing creation. Other times, some movies undergo some very unfortunate circumstances that mark them as haunted or cursed movies. So, without further ado, here are four of the worlds most cursed movies.

4. The Exorcist (1973)

William Friedkin’s 1973 Film The Exorcist is an American supernatural horror film that, in its original run, grossed $193 Million. All these years later, after numerous re-releases, it has reached $441 million.

 The movie is about 12-year-old, Regan who gets possessed by a demon after talking to it on an Ouija board. Known for classic and yet disturbing scenes, the film has always been considered a classic. However, sometimes the subjects of these films can bring bad things towards those involved. It is believed that the nature of the subject matter of this film is the origin of why it is cursed.

How is the movie cursed? Well, after a series of misfortune, accidents, injury, and even death during filming and afterward, it’s hard to believe that the film is not cursed. These events were explainable, such as the fire that burned down the set of the McNeil home during filming that spared only Regan’s room. There were several injuries on set, which included Linda Blair fracturing a vertebrae and Ellen Burstyn’s back injury. Several people who were involved in production died during or shortly after filming. Some strange events connected, like a bird flying into a fuse box that started the fire and an extra being a suspect in a series of unusual killings.

3. Poltergeist (1982)

Poltergeist is an American supernatural horror film from 1982, written by Steven Spielberg among others. The film became the eighth highest grossing film of the year, and has since been known as a classic. The movie, follows the Freeling family, living in the planned community of Cuesta Verde, California, and the haunting they experience in the newly built home.

If you are a horror fan, or a movie buff chances are you have seen this movie, but do you know the dark history surrounding the film? It quickly is revealed that the community was built on a relocated burial ground, and to make things more authentic, the creators were rumored to have used real life skeleton’s in the iconic pool scene.

Because of this, and the nature of the film’s subject, the movie has been deemed as cursed. Why? Well, like the movie before, there have been a series of misfortune, injuries, and unexplained deaths during or shortly after the filming of the movie and that of its sequels. Firstly, the star, Dominique Dunne who played Dana Freeling, was murdered by her ex-boyfriend in 1982.  Heather O’Rourke who played Carol Ann, died after complications with bowel obstruction, four months before the release of the third instalment.

Julian Beck, who played the evil preacher Kane in the second movie died of stomach cancer shortly after the filming of the second movie. To make things even worse, Will Sampson, who played Taylor the Native American Shaman, died in 1987, after undergoing a heart-lung transplant. Besides death, another unusual event was connected to the movie. Will Sampson, who was a real-life medicine man was said to have performed an authentic exorcism after filming one night. Could these things just be a mere coincidence, or is there something more going on here?

2. The Crow (1994)

The Crow is an American supernatural superhero movie, that was filmed in 1994 depicting actor Brandon Lee’s final role. The movie is about a rock musician who is resurrected from the dead to seek vengeance on the gang that killed him and his fiancée.

Fom the beginning of filming the filmmakers had received voice mail messages that bad things would happen if they went ahead and filmed the movie. Shortly, after on the first day of filming, an electrician drove a cherry-picker truck into a high tension wire on the power lines above him.

He was of course electrocuted and caught on fire. He survived the incident but lost his ears. Shortly after that, a hurricane destroyed the back lot set, and whispers of a curse started circulating in the media. Many people believed that the Lee family was cursed, as Bruce had died under mysterious circumstances.  The accident that killed Brandon Lee during the filming of this movie was enough to confirm the family curse.

There was a dummy round that was jammed in a prop gun, that was loaded with blanks for the movie. However when the gun was fired, the blanks dislodged the blockage, which shot towards Lee at the same velocity as a real bullet, it struck Lee who later died in hospital. These incidents deemed The Crow one of the worlds most cursed movies.

1. The Wizard of Oz (1939)

The Wizard of Oz is an American Musical Fantasy from 1939 that was based on the 1900 novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Even though noted as a classic today, the film did not see a profit until 1949. The film follows Dorthy and her dog Toto who live in Kansas and are carried away by a Tornado.

Unlike other films in this category, The Wizard of Oz does not have disturbing subject matter or filming techniques. So why does this film make the list?

Truth is there were so many serious accidents and other incidents, that makes it easier to assume the film might be cursed.  For instance some of the Oscar Nominated Special Effects had nearly cost cast members their lives. Like two, who played flying monkeys who had crashed to the ground when their wires broke. Or leg injuries caused by exploding broomsticks. There is a long list of events that took place during filming of the movie.

For instance, the make-up used in the movie made the actors sick. The first actor, who was supposed to be the Tin Man, named Buddy Ebsen was actually poisoned by the makeup which was pure aluminum dust. The second actor to take his place, Jack Haley had a similar fate. This time, however, they mixed the dust into a paste and painted it on him, but it ended up giving him a bad eye infection. While Margaret Hamilton got burned, and they had to quickly remove her makeup before it seeped into her wounds and became toxic.

An actor that played one of the wicked witches soldiers actually stepped on Toto and sprained the dogs foot. Yet, while there were many rumours, there was not an actor that hung themselves on set, and it is also unlikely that Judy Garland was molested by actors on the set.  It is however, very likely, that the movie was cursed, and that’s why the actors experienced some unexplained events.

That concludes our list of four of the worlds most cursed movies. For more Chillin stories, please be sure to check out our Podcast, Crimes & Haunted Chatter, which is available on Spotify, Apple, I heart, Amazon, and so many other places. Just google us to find us. You may also follow us on Facebook, or Twitter as well.