There is a horror film cliché that goes something like this: there are eerie happenings throughout production, and there are hints of a ghostly presence. Though there have been instances where the unexplainable has occurred on a horror movie set, the majority of these alleged curses are virtually invariably the product of the movie's marketing department. Six people died in the most notorious event of this 1982 masterpiece.
The cursed, haunted film that used real human remains
Steven Spielberg wrote the screenplay for the horror movie Poltergeist in 1982 in cooperation with Michael Grais and Mark Victor. Tobe hooper ended up directing the movie. The Poltergeist, which centers on a suburban family whose daughter is kidnapped by evil spirits after their home is invaded, had a problematic production. There were rumors that many performers would perish under a Poltergeist curse. The incident in the conclusion where JoBeth Williams, who plays Diane, the mother, had to leap into an unfinished pool with human remains is connected to the beginning of the curse. Williams was unaware that the skeletons utilized in the scenario were actual skeletons.
In 2022, Williams stated to Vanity Fair, "I always assumed that the prop department made the skeletons." I told one of the special effects guys, "You guys making all those skeletons, that must have been really amazing," a few years later. "Oh, those weren't made by us; they were real," he remarked. Real cadavers and skeletons were utilized in many movies back then as they were less expensive than artificial ones. The theory goes that the movie was cursed because the skeletons that were utilized in it were thought to be haunted.
How ‘the Poltergeist curse’ claimed six lives
During the filming of The Poltergeist or soon after its release, four members of the cast passed away. In november 1982, Dominique Dunne, who portrayed Dana, the oldest daughter, was killed by her lover. Her age was 23. The youngest daughter Carol, played by Heather O'Rourke, passed away at the age of 12 from cardiac arrest after receiving a false diagnosis of a sickness. In 2009, Lou Perryman, another cast member, was brutally killed. He was murdered, according to his killer, who claimed not to even know him. Julian Beck, who portrayed a priest in the movie's sequel, was one of three tragic fatalities linked to the franchise. 1987 saw his cancerous death.
When The Poltergeist’s makers exorcised the set
In Poltergeist II, actor Will Sampson portrayed a shaman. Being a shaman in real life, the actor informed the producers that he thought the set was haunted. He was persuaded of it by the actors' deaths as well as other "strange" events that occurred on set. After he conducted an exorcism ritual on the sets, the filmmakers saw that no weird happenings continued to occur. Fascinatingly, renal disease claimed Sampson's life a year later.
The cursed, haunted film that used real human remains
Steven Spielberg wrote the screenplay for the horror movie Poltergeist in 1982 in cooperation with Michael Grais and Mark Victor. Tobe hooper ended up directing the movie. The Poltergeist, which centers on a suburban family whose daughter is kidnapped by evil spirits after their home is invaded, had a problematic production. There were rumors that many performers would perish under a Poltergeist curse. The incident in the conclusion where JoBeth Williams, who plays Diane, the mother, had to leap into an unfinished pool with human remains is connected to the beginning of the curse. Williams was unaware that the skeletons utilized in the scenario were actual skeletons.
In 2022, Williams stated to Vanity Fair, "I always assumed that the prop department made the skeletons." I told one of the special effects guys, "You guys making all those skeletons, that must have been really amazing," a few years later. "Oh, those weren't made by us; they were real," he remarked. Real cadavers and skeletons were utilized in many movies back then as they were less expensive than artificial ones. The theory goes that the movie was cursed because the skeletons that were utilized in it were thought to be haunted.
How ‘the Poltergeist curse’ claimed six lives
During the filming of The Poltergeist or soon after its release, four members of the cast passed away. In november 1982, Dominique Dunne, who portrayed Dana, the oldest daughter, was killed by her lover. Her age was 23. The youngest daughter Carol, played by Heather O'Rourke, passed away at the age of 12 from cardiac arrest after receiving a false diagnosis of a sickness. In 2009, Lou Perryman, another cast member, was brutally killed. He was murdered, according to his killer, who claimed not to even know him. Julian Beck, who portrayed a priest in the movie's sequel, was one of three tragic fatalities linked to the franchise. 1987 saw his cancerous death.
When The Poltergeist’s makers exorcised the set
In Poltergeist II, actor Will Sampson portrayed a shaman. Being a shaman in real life, the actor informed the producers that he thought the set was haunted. He was persuaded of it by the actors' deaths as well as other "strange" events that occurred on set. After he conducted an exorcism ritual on the sets, the filmmakers saw that no weird happenings continued to occur. Fascinatingly, renal disease claimed Sampson's life a year later.
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