Behind the Scenes
How the scenes were made: casting, stunts, cut scenes, what the actors gave up and what they got paid.
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Director Boris Sagal Was Fatally Injured at the Shining’s Real Overlook Hotel in 1981
On May 22, 1981, director Boris Sagal suffered fatal injuries from a helicopter’s spinning tail rotor in the parking lot of Timberline Lodge on…
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Mike Flanagan Considered 1,400 Actresses for Carrie but Only Looked at One for Margaret White
Mike Flanagan says they considered 1,400 actresses for Carrie but “only looked at one” for Margaret White, Carrie’s abusive mother. He expected to have…
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Chris Columbus Says Executives Suggested Mel Gibson to Play Count Orlok in Robert Eggers’ Nosferatu
Chris Columbus says executives suggested Mel Gibson to play the vampire Count Orlok in Robert Eggers’ Nosferatu while the project was still seeking backing.…
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Why Inde Navarrette Made a No-Friends Rule on the Set of ‘Obsession’
Inde Navarrette made a rule for herself walking onto the set of “Obsession”: no friends. She told an audience at a Focus Features screening…
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Sinister’s Bughuul Got His Face from a $500 Flickr Photo Called “Natalie”
Sinister’s Bughuul got his face from a Flickr image called “Natalie,” a photo director Scott Derrickson has said he bought for $500. The character…
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Curry Barker Wants to Release 20 More Minutes of Obsession, Though He Calls the Theatrical Cut His Director’s Cut
Curry Barker is happy with the edit of Obsession that reached theaters, and he’d still like audiences to see about 20 minutes more. He…
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Green Room Was About to Shut Down Until Patrick Stewart Said Yes, Its Director Remembers
Green Room was close to shutting down, with its skinhead leader still uncast, when Patrick Stewart expressed interest. Writer-director Jeremy Saulnier says Stewart’s decision…
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Before He Was Freddy Krueger, Robert Englund Spent a Day Throwing Dead Leaves on the Set of Halloween
Robert Englund helped turn springtime California into Halloween in Illinois by tossing dead leaves past Jamie Lee Curtis. His contribution to John Carpenter’s 1978…
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Danny Lloyd Played the Boy in the Shining, Then Left Acting to Become a College Professor in Kentucky
Danny Lloyd traded child acting for a college classroom, and a faculty catalog dated July 1, 2026, lists him as an associate professor at…
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Wil Wheaton Apologized to Patrick Stewart for His Teenage Years on Star Trek, and Stewart’s Answer Was Gentler Than He Expected
When Wil Wheaton finished his cameo in Star Trek: Nemesis, he apologized to Patrick Stewart for having been “such a dick” during his teenage…
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Patrick Stewart Recorded Narration for ‘The Nightmare Before Christmas’, but He Can Only Be Heard on the Soundtrack Album
If you’ve listened to the soundtrack album for The Nightmare Before Christmas, you’ve probably noticed that the opening narration sounds different from the movie.…
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Brian Cox Says Playing the New York Ripper in Dexter: Resurrection Made Him Think He Should Go to Therapy
Brian Cox says playing the New York Ripper in Dexter: Resurrection made him think he should go to therapy. He says a side of…
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The Sorority House Where Ghostface Kills Cici in ‘Scream 2’ Is Alison’s House from ‘Hocus Pocus’
The staircase Sarah Michelle Gellar runs up to escape Ghostface in Scream 2 is the same one Vinessa Shaw walks down as Alison in…
