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45 Horror Movie Tidbits That Your Subconscious Will No Doubt Block to Protect Itself

October 29, 2024

We’re not fully sure, but this list was most likely “the horror” that Marlon Brando was mumbling about in Apocalypse Now.

Sadly, since that movie isn’t considered a horror movie, we don’t have facts about it here. There’s definitely some facts about it somewhere on the site, but let’s focus on these horror movie facts before venturing off to other movie genres, shall we?

No rush, though. Your nervous system is definitely gonna need a little break after these shock-inducers.

45

A Nightmare on Elm Street

'80S HORROR CLASSICS A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET FREDDY KRUEGER HAS SEVEN MINUTES OF SCREEN TIME. We tend to forget how restrained Wes Craven's original movie was. Freddy was a mysterious figure of fear, not a goofy prankster like in the sequels. CRACKED.COM — Source: Screen Rant

44

Us

Us There are loads of A Nightmare On Elm Street easter eggs in the movie. Its tape is seen during the opening scene, the underground world features a boiler room much like the one in which Freddy Krueger was killed, Pluto's face covered in burn scars, and the Krueger gloves. Jordan Peele said he even picked Luniz's I Got 5 On It because the song reminds him of the Nightmare On Elm Street soundtrack. CRACKED.COM — Source: 14 Easter Eggs And Hidden Meanings In Jordan Peele’s ‘Us’

43

Chucky

Jessica Walter was the original voice of Chucky. Inspired by The Exorcist, Tom Holland (not that one) decided to get his own veteran actress to voice the evil doll in his new film, Child's Play. Walters recorded lines for the entire film, but test audiences hated it and called Chucky gay.OM — 4 Goofy Alternate Takes On Iconic Characters (That Somehow Work)

42

The Hills Have Eyes 2

The opening ofThe Hills Have Eyes 2 played instead of The Last Mimzy in one movie theater. CRACKED.COM Audiences eager to watch the children's film in 2007 were instead assaulted by the horror movie which be- gins with a chained naked woman giving birth to a deformed baby. — NME

41

Annabelle Comes Home

BTS STORIES FROM HORROR MOVIES 2019 ANNABELLE COMES HOME The set for the third Annabelle installment was so spooky, a priest had to intervene. A piano bench would move by itself, door knocks would be randomly heard, and performers saw shadowy figures on the set. CRACKED.COM — Source

40

Poltergeist

BTS STORIES FROM HORROR MOVIES 1982 POLTERGEIST Tragedy followed this film. Actress Dominique Dunne was strangled and died in the same year the film came out, and Heather O'Rourke died of cardiac arrest at age 12, in 1988. A priest exorcized the set of the 1986 sequel, so maybe it all comes from the original using actual human remains for the pool scene. CRACKED.COM — Warner Bros. Home Entertainment
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39

Pet Sematary

Stephen King Movies Original vs. Remake 1989 PET SEMATARY One major change is precisely who dies. In the remake, the roles are reversed and it is the older sister, who is run over by a truck. We're not big fans of this change. 2019 CRACKED.COM

38

Child’s Play

11 people were needed to operate Chucky in Child's Play. And the puppeteers under the set had reversed monitors for some reason, so they'd make Chucky — Source: Mental Floss

37

Cujo

Easter Eggs in stephen King Movies Pet sematary (2019) Jud discusses cujo Jud Crandall (John Lithgow) talks about a killer dog going on a murder spree to a guest at a birthday party. Unless that happened twice, Jud is referring to Cujo. Melia CRACKED.COM — Source: Screen Rant

36

Poltergeist

THE CLOWN REALLY TRIED TO STRANGLE OLIVER ROBINS IN POLTERGEIST. Tho're ho:' POLTERGEIST inesy Kat Robins explained that while shooting the scene whe

35

The Shining

Pop culture inspirations The Shining Stanley Kubrick was inspired by A DIANE ARBUS PHOTOGRAPH to cast the Grady sisters as twins. The original book by Stephen King does not feature twins. CRACKED — Warner Bros., Diane Arbus
The Art Newspaper

34

Stephen King

Castle Rock, Maine STEPHEN KING NOVELS FROM THE WORLD OP STEPHEN KInG CRACKED.COM Stephen King's often-used fictional town is based off his hometown o — Source: The Stephen King Story

33

Betsy Palmer

FRIDAY THE 13TH Right after Betsy Palmer read the script for Friday the 13th, her car broke down. She says she accepted the role as Mrs. Voorhees so she could get a new Volkswagen Scirocco. CRACKED.COM — Source

32

Get Out

BEHIND-THE-SCENESP PFACTS THE ARMITAGE FAMILY WASN'T ALWAYS PART OF THE MOVIE. GET OUT Peele says that when he first started developing the idea for the film, it was centered around a guy going to his girlfriend's high school reunion party. Rather than dealing with race, the movie was going to — The Ringer

31

The Shining

GRACKED.COM Initial reactions to the Shining were mixed to the point that... Stanley Kubrick was nominated for the first-ever Worst Director Razzie Award. — Source: 24 Pop Culture Iconic Things (That Bombed Initially)

30

Halloween

45 Horror Movie Tidbits That Your Subconscious Will No Doubt Block to Protect Itself — Source: Halloween Daily News

29

Friday the 13th

Movie Trivia Everyone Gets Wrong - Myth Quentin Tarantino almost directed a Friday the 13th movie. Reality He had no intention of ever doing such a th — Source: Digital Spy

28

The Exorcist

Horror movies on streaming HBO max The Exorcist When the film was first released, police in Washington, D.C. were arresting people who sold tickets to anyone under 18 years old. CRACKED.COM — Warner Bros.
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27

Get Out

BEHIND-THE-SCENESFACTS JORDAN PEELE PURPOSELY HIRED LIBERAL ICONS AS THE PARENTS. GET OUT Peele says he specifically wanted Bradley Whitford and Catherine Keener for the film because they were considered the liberal elite god and goddess. CRACKED.COM — Source: 16 Behind-The-Scenes Facts About Jordan Peele Films

26

Halloween

The 1978 Halloween poster features a hidden screaming face. HALLOWEEN The Night He Came Home!

25

Friday the 13th

Sally Field almost starred in Friday the 13th. Field turned down the role of Alice in the summer camp slasher, leaving Adrienne King to get the part. CRACKED.COM — Source

24

Paul Schrader

Original Directors Paul Schrader's The Exorcist prequel We actually know how Schrader's Exorcist prequel would have been, as his Dominion cut came out right after Renny Harlin's Exorcist: The Beginning. Both were panned, but Dominion just a bit less. Still, we wonder what it would've been without the backstage drama (that is, had Schrader reined in his artsy sensibilities and added just a bit more fireworks). CRACKED.COM — Source: CBR, Screen Rant
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23

Little Shop of Horrors

Amazing effects made without CGI Little Shop of Horrors The carnivorous plant Audrey II is animatronic, which makes her fluid, smooth lip motions amazing. To achieve that, the animatronic was shot at 12 to 16 frames per second, then sped up to the regular 24. CRACKED.COM — Source

22

An American Werewolf in London

Amazing effects made without CGI An American Werewolf in London The iconic, game-changing werewolf transformation used prosthetics, animatronics, reverse photography, and a fake floor. FX wizard Rick Baker worked for months on these two minutes - and got an Oscar for it. CRACKED.COM — Source

21

Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer

'80S HORROR CLASSICS HENRY: PORTRAIT OF A SERIAL KILLER THE MOVIE EXISTS BECAUSE ANOTHER PROJECT FAILED. John McNaughton was supposed to direct a documentary about Chicago's wrestling scene during the '50s, but the project fell through. With almost $110,000 available, producers told McNaughton he might as well make a horror movie. CRACKED.COM — Source: Wikipedia

20

A Nightmare on Elm Street and The Evil Dead

'80S HORROR CLASSICS NIGHTMARE/EVIL DEAD CRAVEN AND RAIMI KEPT REFERENCING EACH OTHER. In Nightmare, Nancy watches The Evil Dead because The Evil Dead featured a poster of Craven's The Hill Have Eyes. Raimi nodded back by putting Freddy's glove in a shed on Evil Dead II. CRACKED COM — Sources: Wikipedia, Screen Rant

19

Linda Blair

Linda Blair CRACKED.COM At only 14, she blew audiences away with her iconic performance as possessed Regan MacNeil in The Exorcist. She suffered a broken back on set, serious emotional traumas, and received hate and death threats for her association with the devil. — Slash Film / The Dissolve

18

Videodrome

'80S HORROR CLASSICS VIDEODROME DAVID CRONENBERG HAD THE IDEA IN HIS CHILDHOOD. His TV would pick up signals from Buffalo, New York, and he was afraid it'd pick up something forbidden -say, like Videodrome's snuff films. CRACKED.COM — Source: Screen Rant

17

Scanners

Tired Tropes (And The Movies That Pulled Them Off) Scanners (1981) PSYCHIC NOSEBLEED Stranger Things uses nose bleeding as a sign of psychic activity because it's a totally '80s thing - in fact, it almost started with the '80s, first appearing in David Cronenberg's movie. CRACKED.COM — Source

16

Prince of Darkness

'80S HORROR CLASSICS PRINCE OF DARKNESS JOHN CARPENTER WAS PARTICULARLY FASTIDIOUS. It's one of my most-controlled films visually, he has said. Every shot to a purpose, where in some films I will let things go. (...) Every shot in here is specifically designed to communicate something. CRACKED.COM — Source: Wikipedia

15

Carrie 2

Failed Sequels The Rage: Carrie 2 Just another teen-filled horror flick. In 1976, a blood-soaked teen drama was groundbreaking, but by 1999, we'd seen it all. Critics called it a tired, boring rehash with less horror and more annoying teen angst. CRACKED — Source

14

Jordan Peele

Jordan Peele Some of his horror influences are Rosemary's Baby and Rear Window. Не has also being influences by Funny Games, Martyrs, A Tale of Two Sisters, and The People Under the Stairs. CRACKED.COM — Source: Hollywood Insider

13

Jamie Lee Curtis

Scream Queens Jamie Lee Curtis doesn't like horror movies. As she herself has admitted, she even got scared with Jafar in Disney's Aladdin! What does she like, though? Video games, especially World of Warcraft. CRACKED.COM — Sources: Cinemablend, Eighties Kids

12

Dead of Night

18 Horror Movies That Did It First - The first creepy doll in a horror movie was in the 1945 anthology Dead of Night.
Martin Scorsese has said that it — Source: Bloody Disgusting

11

The Lawnmower Man

18 Horror Movies That Did It First - The first horror movie to use body motion capture suits was an adaptation of Stephen King’s The Lawnmower Man (19 — Source: Popcorn Horror

A Tale of Two Sisters

18 Horror Movies That Did It First - The first Asian horror to be screened in the United States was A Tale of Two Sisters in 2003.

9

The Evil Dead

15 Early Drafts For Horror Movies That Are Totally Bonkers - The Evil Dead remake almost ruined Mia’s entire fight with its alternate ending - The ori — Source: Bloody Disgusting

8

Dawn of the Dead

15 Early Drafts For Horror Movies That Are Totally Bonkers - Dawn of the Dead almost ended with Peter and Francine taking their own lives - The origin — Source: Screen Rant

7

The Amityville Horror

BTS STORIES FROM HORROR MOVIES 2005 THE AMITYVILLE HORROR Before production for this remake began, a dead body washed up on set. During filming, Ryan Reynolds and the rest of the team would wake up at 3:15am, the same time around which Ronald DeFeo Jr. killed his family in the events that inspired the franchise. CRACKED.COM — MGM
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6

The Wolf Man

Horror movies on streaming peacock The Wolf Man Bela Legosi auditioned for the part, but lost it to Lon Chaney Jr. (But he's Dracula, so he's already a horror icon.) CRACKED.COM — Source

5

Scream

CRACKED TOKFZA SCREAM INCLUDED A SOLID NOD TO THE EXORCIST. Director Wes Craven brought in The Exorcist star Linda Blair for a cameo as a reporter. It's a clear tribute to one of the best horror films of all time. — Scream Thrillogy / Reddit

4

You’re Next

15 Early Drafts For Horror Movies That Are Totally Bonkers - You’re Next almost had a bleak ending where Erin dies - The movie plays out like a horror — Source: Daily Dead

3

The Exorcist

18 Horror Movies That Did It First - The first horror feature film to be nominated for Best Picture at the Academy Awards was The Exorcist in 1974. — Source: L.A. Times

2

Scream

Wes Craven references his other popular franchise in Scream. The horror director briefly appears in his own movie as the high school janitor wearing F

1

Beetlejuice

15 Early Drafts For Horror Movies That Are Totally Bonkers - Beetlejuice was almost completely devoid of comedy - The fantasy comedy horror was origin — Source: 6 Classic Movies That Were Almost Ruined By Horrifying Ideas

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