Your Brain on Facts by Moxie LaBouche

Author:Moxie LaBouche [LaBouche, Moxie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781642502541
Publisher: Mango Media
Published: 2020-05-08T01:53:07+00:00

Arsonists come in many forms.

Both Blair and Ellen Burstyn, who played her mother, were badly injured during the shoot. One scene had the demon violently throwing Reagan around on her bed. The rig the film crew used to create the convulsive movements broke during one take, injuring Blair’s back. Another scene called for the demon to throw Burstyn across the room and into a wall, which the crew achieved with a wire rig. Director William Friedkin was unhappy with the first take and told the crewman operating the rig to use more force. He did not warn Burstyn. Her cry of alarm and pain in the film is genuine. Colliding with the wall at speed injured her lower spine, leaving her in permanent pain.

They were comparatively lucky. Actors Jack MacGowran and Vasiliki Maliaros, whose characters die in the movie, both died while it was in post-production. At least four other people, including a night watchman, died during filming. Max Von Sydow’s brother died on Sydow’s first day on set. Actress Mercedes McCambridge, who provided the voice of the demon Pazuzu, had to face a monumental tragedy when her son murdered his wife and children before committing suicide.

Many believed that the physical copies of the film were cursed and that showing it in a theater was an open invitation to evil. A church across the street from an Italian theater was struck by lightning during a showing. One movie-goer was so frightened they passed out in the theater and broke their jaw on the seat in front of them. They sued the filmmakers, claiming that subliminal messages in the film had caused them to faint. Warner Brothers settled out of court for an undisclosed amount. Not everything bad can be blamed on demons, though. People sent thirteen-year-old Blair so many death threats that the studio had to provide her with bodyguards for six months after the movie came out.

Speaking of demonic possession, the 2012 movie The Possession centers on a young girl who falls under the control of a malevolent spirit that lives inside an antique box called a dybbuk and is based on an alleged true story. Even though director Sam Raimi would not let the dybbuk box’s owner bring it anywhere near the set, strange and frightening things started happening. Lights exploded directly over people’s heads, strange smells and cold air blew in from nowhere, and, immediately after filming wrapped, all the props were destroyed in a fire; the fire department could not determine the cause.

Whatever Happened To…

Sometimes, a movie’s bad karma takes time to manifest, and the misfortunes only crop up after the film is released. Horror classic Rosemary’s Baby, released in the summer of 1968, was based on the premise that God is dead, but the Devil is alive and returning to Earth with the aid of a cult. The film’s composer, Krzysztof Komeda, fell off a rock ledge at a party that fall. He lingered in a coma for four months before finally dying. His death

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