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16 Rad Behind-The-Scenes Facts About Your Favorite Horror Movies

We can totally picture some 911 operator doing the Pointing Rick Dalton meme back when "Scream" finally came out.

16 Rad Behind-The-Scenes Facts About Your Favorite Horror Movies

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We audiences go to horror movies for a myriad of reasons. Sometimes a high concept grabs us (Get Out). Sometimes it's an interesting twist on a legend (The Babadook). Sometimes we just want to see camp (Leprechaun 5: In The Hood). But more often than not, we just want to be scared out of our minds. There's something about the brief fear in a movie theater and the promise of going home that's exciting.

Well, the cast and crew don't always get to go home. They spend day after day going through those kinds of haunted houses that make you sign a waiver before you go, and not even the paycheck is enough sometimes. Read about which movie gave the entire cast and crew some serious headaches, which one gave its actor PTSD, and which one saw a guy on the loo being towed away in a trailer. Man, moviemaking is magical.

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TAIKA WAITITI SAID THE SCENE WHERE HE HAD TO BITE INTO THE WOMAN'S NECK IN WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS WAS PRETTY STRESSFUL AND UNPLEASANT. The blood went in my eye, actually in my eyeball, down my throat. CRACKED.COM — Source: Film School Rejects

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Drew Barrymore

DREW BARRYMORE REALLY PHONED 9!1 DURING THAT SCENE IN SCREAM The line was supposed to be disconnected, but wasn't Barrymore ended up dialling 911 for real without knowing it, screaming into the phone before hanging up. An operator eventually phoned back to find out why they were getting constant calls from a screaming woman. CRACKED.COM — Source: Looper

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ALEX WOLFF WAS SERIOUSLY SCARRED FILMING HEREDITARY. Wolff had to go to therapy and had serious issues sleeping after being emotionally screwed by the film. CRACKED.COM — Source: Looper

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HOUSEBOUND STRUGGLED TO SECURE THE RIGHTS FOR SOME POP CULTURE THEY WANTED TO USE. The New Zealand production couldn't get the rights to either Nancy Drew or The Bachelor to play on the TV in the background when Kylie fights with her mother. They also couldn't get the rights for a Sisters of Mercy song to use as Kylie's ringtone. CRACKED.COM — Source: Film School Rejects

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Bill Skarsgard as Pennywise

BILL SKARSGARD SKYPED HIS BROTHERS A LOT WHILE FILMING IT... IN HIS PENNYWISE MAKE-UP. The Skarsgard brothers were apparently psyched that Bill was playing the iconic clown. Brother Bill ended up skyping them a lot, so they could get a kick out of seeing him all done up. CRACKED.COM — Source: Cinemablend

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As Above, So Below

AS ABOVE, SO BELOW WAS THE FIRST FEATURE TO GET PERMISSION TO FILM IN THE OFF- LIMIT AREAS OF PARIS' CATACOMBS. The filmmakers said it was quite challenging to film down there, and that there were days where the water came up to their waists, adding to the already cold atmosphere. There were also parts that had absolutely no lighting, and the actors had to really do the lighting themselves. CRACKED.COM — Taking over this factoid to say that this is one of the best horror movies I've ever seen. Admittedly, it falls off towards the end, but there are so geniunely terrifying moments in this hidden gem.

Source: Entertainment Weekly

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The Dark and the Wicked

THE SHEEP AND GOATS GOT A BIT TOO COMFORTABLE ON THE SET OF THE DARK AND THE WICKED. The 2020 horror was shot on director Bryan Bertino's dad's farm in Texas, and the actors had about two days to familiarize themselves with their surroundings. Actress Marin Ireland said the animals got so comfortable with them that, at one point when she had to lay down on the ground, they just started walking all over her, trampling her head and becoming quite dangerous. CRACKED.COM — Source: Entertainment Weekly

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Chris Rock

CHRIS ROCK'S BEHIND-THE-SCENE JOKE IN SPIRAL. After filming his emotional outburst scene in the police station, Rock turned to the camera and said, Lest anyone forget, I was in Pootie Tang, so I have range. CRACKED.COM — Source: Film School Rejects

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The Return of the Living Dead

THE YELLOWISH SMOKE DURING THE OPENING CREDITS WAS PRETTY TOXIC IN THE RETURN-OF-THE LIVING DEAD. Apparently the only way to get yellow smoke was for the production team to use sulfur. It took a few minutes of pumping that smoke to give most of the people on set terrible headaches. CRACKED.COM — Source: Film School Rejects

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VINCENT D'ONOFRIO, BLACKED OUT DURING A SCENE IN THE CELL. While shooting his character Stargher's chain and hook scene, D'Onofrio apparently let out a big scream before passing out, terrifying the director. CRACKED.COM — Source: Film School Rejects

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Scream

ROSE MCCOWAN DID HER OWN SHOPPING FOR HER CHARACTER IN SCREAM. The actress said the original look for her character was very tomboyish and that the costume designer tried to put her in overalls and stacked Keds. So McGowan went to the mall and bought her entire wardrobe. CRACKED.COM — Sounds like they didn't hire a warbrobe department.

Source: ELLE

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Michael Myers’ Hands

MICHAEL MYERS'S HANDS IN HALLOWEEN: In the beginning of the 1978 film where Myers open a kitchen drawer to retrieve a knife, we're actually seeing the hands of co-writer and producer Debra Hill. CRACKED.COM — Source: Film School Rejects

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JEFFREY COMBS HAD TO HELP DAVID GALE SMOKE WHILE FILMING .RE-ANIMATOR.. Combs recalls how he had to assist Gale during the shoots where his character Dr. Hill's head sat on the table for hours on end. CRACKED.COM — Source: Film School Rejects

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KAT'S PIANO SONG IN THE BLACKCOAT'S DAUGHTER. The song was written by director Oz Perkins' brother, Elvis, who also did the score of the film. Perkins said he didn't hear actress Kiernan Shipka play the song until the day of the shoot. CRACKED.COM — Source: Film School Rejects

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THE WALRUS SCENES WERE FILMED-ALL-AT_ONCE.IN. TUSK. They did it so that Justin Long wouldn't have to get in and out of that costume over several days. CRACKED.COM — Source: Film School Rejects

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GRIFFIN DUNNE GOT TOWED INSIDE A TRAILER ON THE SET OF AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON. Dunne said he had to stop filming at one point to use the bathroom in the only trailer on set that had one, but halfway through, the trailer started getting towed with him still in it. CRACKED.COM — Source: Film School Rejects

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