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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Guillermo Del Toro Promised the Monsters in His Childhood Bedroom He’d Be Their Friend Forever, and a Hallway He Feared Became the Devil’s Backbone
The ghost at the end of the corridor in The Devil’s Backbone grew out of a fear Guillermo del Toro carried through his grandmother’s…
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How the Blair Witch Project Convinced Viewers Its Stars Had Really Vanished
The Blair Witch Project’s actors used their real names in a story about filmmakers who vanished, and the illusion reached their families. Joshua Leonard…
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Bryan Fuller and Don Mancini Have Cameos in Carrie, and They Both Have Connections to the Series
Bryan Fuller and Don Mancini’s cameos occur at the same time in the seventh episode of Mike Flanagan’s Carrie series. Titled “Romantic Literature,” it’s…
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Matthew Lillard Says He Thought Scream Was “Lame” and Planned to Become a TV Star Instead
While speaking at New York Comic Con, Matthew Lillard recalled a moment when he was contemplating his future while covered in fake blood after…
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Hannah Waddingham Spent a 10-Hour Day Strapped to a Table for Her Game of Thrones Torture Scene, and It Left Her with Claustrophobia Around Water
Hannah Waddingham spent a roughly 10-hour filming day bound to a wooden table with heavy leather straps while liquid was repeatedly poured over her…
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Hokum’s Director Cut an Ending Where Adam Scott’s Novelist Never Makes It Out of the Basement
Damian McCarthy, who wrote and directed Hokum, cut an earlier ending in which Adam Scott’s novelist dies in the basement. “He doesn’t make it…
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James Mcavoy Says Split Is the Only Movie That Still Sends Him Steady Residual Checks, and the First One Arrived on Opening Weekend
James McAvoy says his first payment from Split arrived at the end of its opening weekend. Nearly a decade after the 2017 psychological thriller’s…
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Carrie’s Blood-Soaked Prom Scene Gets Compared to a Gustave Moreau Lady Macbeth Painting, but Sissy Spacek Named a Different Artist as Her Reference
Sissy Spacek’s blood-covered stillness in Carrie (1976) has a striking parallel in the pale figure of Lady Macbeth painted by Gustave Moreau. The pairing…
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Before Gremlins Used Puppets, Joe Dante Tested a Real Monkey in a Gremlin Head, and It Went Badly
A terrified monkey helped settle how Joe Dante’s Gremlins (1984) would bring its creatures to life. During a test with a Gremlin head, the…
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Betsy Palmer Invented a Tragic Backstory for Mrs. Voorhees That Was Never Shared Onscreen
A class ring helped Betsy Palmer find her way into playing Pamela Voorhees in Friday the 13th. With only a few personal details in…
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Samantha Sloyan Worried Her Margaret White Would Repeat Her Midnight Mass Fanatic. Mike Flanagan Told Her What Would Set Them Apart
Samantha Sloyan, who plays Margaret White in Mike Flanagan’s Prime Video Carrie, worried the role would repeat Bev Keane, the religious fanatic she played…
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Ron Perlman Says He’d Still Make Hellboy 3 with Guillermo Del Toro at 86. Here’s Why It Never Happened
Ron Perlman is 76 and still campaigning for the Hellboy ending he never got to shoot. In a new Deadline Q&A, the actor said…
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Vinessa Shaw Says the Hocus Pocus Cast Felt “Ridiculed” When the Movie Bombed in 1993
Vinessa Shaw says the Hocus Pocus cast felt “ridiculed” when the film bombed in 1993, years before it became a cult favorite. Shaw remembers…
