Horror Movie Trivia

[Scaremonger]

Give us some trivia tidbits that some of us might not know about. It doesn't have to be anything amazing. Just something that sort of made you go "oh", when you found out about it.

Here are two to start..

Fright Night - I've read that the character, Peter Vincent, is an homage to both Peter Cushing and Vincent Price.

Dawn of the Dead (2004) - This one I noticed myself. Heather Langencamp of 'Nightmare on Elm Street' fame is credited as part of the production crew.

[ASoron0424]

Evil Dead 2 - Because Wes Craven showed Nancy watching Evil Dead in A Nightmare on Elm Street, in ED2, the Raimi's hung a copy of Freddy Krueger's glove in a back corner of Ash's tool shed.

[violent d]

Bela Lugosi only starred as Dracula twice. The first movie was of course Dracula and the second was Abbot and Costello meet Frankinstein.

He was in other vampire movies but he was never Dracula in them.

[K.I.N.G]

Sam Loomis from Halloween is named after a character in Hitchcock's 1960 film Psycho.

[BooBerry]

Supposedly real skeletons were used in the production of the "pool scene" in Poltergiest. I never did find any actual statement says this was true or wasn't.

In the Twilight Zone movie, actor Vic Morrow and two kids were killed when a helicopter crashed, decapitating 2 and crushing the other.

[Joker]

Joel Schumacher put a poster of Rob Lowe in Sam's bedroom because they were good friends and he was pokin fun at him.

The Spheres in Phantasm that are stuck in a persons head are printed in reverse.To get them to fly they used fishing line and a Baseball pitcher.

Thats all I can think of right now.

[//Neon_Maniac//]

In 1980 ruggero deodato was brought in front of a court to prove that all the death scenes where in-fact fake. He was able to prove every one except the impalement scene. They couldn't find the actress who was the victim because she was a native girl they found. They recreated the prop (bicycle seat on top of a log) and brought in many people including gymnasts to try it out. Not a single one could hold still for more then a few seconds. How could a local do so is still unknown. Some people think that she was actually killed for the film.

[skybrick]

Sam Loomis from Halloween is named after a character in Hitchcock's 1960 film Psycho.

John used a lot of names about names in his movies.

Laurie Strode was actually the name of Johns first girlfriend
Tommy Doyle was named after a guy in Rear Window

Besides this is my favorite.... Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee was asked to play Sam Loomis but turned it down. Christopher Lee a couple of years ago announced that it was the biggest mistake he's done in his profession.

[Scaremonger]

Rumor has it that one of the drafts by Nigel Kneale for 'Halloween III' had the Shamrock Masks being used for mind control, rather than mass murder. This would have arguably made a connection with Michael Myers, perhaps owning one of these masks as a child.

[dead breed]

Rumor has it that one of the drafts by Nigel Kneale for 'Halloween III' had the Shamrock Masks being used for mind control, rather than mass murder. This would have arguably made a connection with Michael Myers, perhaps owning one of these masks as a child.

That would of made things interesting.

[ASoron0424]

In Saw, the second guy in the bathroom, the one with the white shirt, also wrote the script.

[Highwayman]

Alan Jackson had a pet Spider Monkey as a Kid; named Peanuts.

Opps, wrong thread but still true :nod:

[koolmike]

Lori Cardille:

Daughter of long-time Pittsburgh television personality Bill Cardille.

She was the star of George A. Romero's "Day of the Dead" (1985). Her father, Bill "Chilly Billy" Cardille, appeared as a reporter in the original "Night of the Living Dead" (1968).

[JerkyPuck]

In TCM, they only had like 8 feet of dolly track so they had crew guys running and placing the tracks in front of each other in order to do the do the dolly shots.

[Highwayman]

Rumor has it that one of the drafts by Nigel Kneale for 'Halloween III' had the Shamrock Masks being used for mind control, rather than mass murder. This would have arguably made a connection with Michael Myers, perhaps owning one of these masks as a child.

That would have been great.... like fucking yeah.... Fuck, why didn't they do that!

[motokops22]

On the VHS box for Dawn of the Dead, Ken Foree's name is printed as Ken Force.

That's all I have for now...

[steelba]

On the VHS box for Dawn of the Dead, Ken Foree's name is printed as Ken Force.

That's all I have for now...
Thats pretty good,
I have the Directors cut VHS and it doesn't say that.

[cmurdur]

on my copy of Friday the 13th part 3, its titled Friday the 13th.

[choptop2]

Fun Fact.

It wasn't until Friday the 13th part 4 that producers realized you didn't actually have to kill the actors, a special FX team was brought in.

[xxsic4slipknotxx]

This is more of a technical oops, but you can consider it a bit of trivia.

In The Evil Dead, when Ash shoots his possessed sister Shelley in the face through the hole in the door, you can clearly see the red tube through the demon's latex masking or make-up that is feeding the blood out from the wound.

Then again, there are alot of technical mistakes and errors in The Evil Dead, this just happens to be one of them.

[K.I.N.G]

In a nightmare on Elm Street, when Krueger falls over the railing you can see the matress he lands on.

[xxsic4slipknotxx]

This is more of a technical oops, but you can consider it a bit of trivia.

In The Evil Dead, when Ash shoots his possessed sister Shelley in the face through the hole in the door, you can clearly see the red tube through the demon's latex masking or make-up that is feeding the blood out from the wound.

Then again, there are alot of technical mistakes and errors in The Evil Dead, this just happens to be one of them.

His sister was actually Cheryl, sorry about that folks. I got the names mixed up.

[thrEE6MAfia]

in the 2nd friday teh 13th..during the scene when he kills the kid in the wheel chaire..u can see someone in the backround jerking off, well thats what it looks like to me..its only on the original VHS version

[choptop2]

in the 2nd friday teh 13th..during the scene when he kills the kid in the wheel chaire..u can see someone in the backround jerking off, well thats what it looks like to me..its only on the original VHS version

that's acutally a ghost!

[thrEE6MAfia]

i made it all up

[K.I.N.G]

Ichi The Killer: (from Wiki) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ichi_the_killer)

- Director Takashi Miike reveals on the US TokyoShock DVD release that the semen used in the close-up during the intro sequence, when the film's title raises out of a puddle of semen, is real. It was supplied by Japanese director Shinya Tsukamoto (Iron Man Tetsuo) who plays the muscle bound mastermind that controls Ichi. Miike gave a bucket to Tsukamoto to fill but was unable to provide enough material for the shot. He passed the bucket to three other crew members to add the remaining amount.

- Director Takashi Miike was supposed to have the pimp beat up a prostitute with three punches. However, in the end, he increased the number to fifteen because he could not stand the actress, Mai Goto

[skybrick]

Little more Halloween trivia

It was not til recently that John Carpenter said that he regrets Michael having a brother sister connection between Laurie and Michael. I cant find it right now, but I remember reading it.

[hackerslacker]

ichi the killer sucks.

[Officefan]

TCM was real, a documentary.

The remake that is.

[Dessico]

Hellraiser's original title was "Sadomasochists From Beyond The Grave".

[choptop2]

i made it all up
:sure:


No there really is a ghost jerking off in that scene, by ghost I mean reflection from a car's windshield. Guy is definately jerkin it.

[K.I.N.G]

ichi the killer sucks.

It's not for everyone, but it's in my top 10.

[xxsic4slipknotxx]

This doesn't come from a horror film, but I still found this pretty interesting

In The Simpson's Season 7 episode, "Lisa The Vegetarian", Apu takes Lisa onto the rooftop of the Quik-E-Mart to show her his vegetarian garden. He tells Lisa that from his rooftop he can watch Drive-In movies for free. When the camera cuts to the Drive-In movie sign, there are two movie titles listed. One of the movie titles listed on the sign is "I Spit On Your Grave."

[myersgirl13]

In the original Halloween, the license plates on the cars are California plates even tho they are supposed to be in Illinois!

[koolmike]

Haddonfield is really in NJ, where one of the writers lived all her life.

[choptop2]

Frank Henenlotter the director of BasketCase and Frankenhooker was offered the chance to do the live action Casper the Friendly ghost movie.

Audio interview with fangoria radio (http://www.fangoriaradio.com/AudioClips/042007/Hennenlotter.mp3)

[brennan]

In the first Child's Play at the end, you can see the puppeteers in the fireplace when they throw Chucky inside.

[cmurdur]

Van Helsing is a prequel to The Evil Dead.

[choptop2]

:spit:

Classic quiz. If you failed you don't know shit about the genre.

[K.I.N.G]

Psycho:

If you put Master before Norman's name it's Master Bates.
Oh and they used chocolate sauce for blood.

[skybrick]

A lot of famous actors/actress first/lead movies came from horror movies.
Tom Hanks- He Knows Youre Alone
Jamie Lee Curtis- Halloween
Kevin Bacon- Friday the 13th
Johnny Depp- Nightmare on Elm Street
Leonardo DiCaprio- Critters 3
John Trovolta- Carrie
George Clooney- Return to Horror High
Josh Hartnett- Halloween H20
Brooke Shields- Alice Sweet Alice

[JerkyPuck]

Friday the 13th - Sally Field auditioned for and lost the role of Alice to Adrienne King.

[thrEE6MAfia]

friday the 13th part 3

When Debbie is reading a magazine in the hammock, there is a page that reads "Tom Savini"

part 2
The mask that Jason wears in this film is based on the Zodiac Killer's mask during his lake Berryesa attack in 1969.
his mask is suppost to look like the one in the town that dreaded sundown

part 7 new blood
According to interviews in the book Crystal Lake Memories, a large percentage of the cast was homosexual, including Kevin Blair, Jeff Bennett, William Butler, and Craig Thomas. During filming, the cast and crew jokingly referred to the film as "Fri-gay the 13th."

freddy vs jason
Due to the movie's excessive number of violent scenes, Freddy vs. Jason was banned in Malaysia.

Wrestler Rey Mysterio has an uncredited role as Freddy's stunt-Double.

[koolmike]

The sound of the knife penetrating Janet Leigh was actually a watermelon being stabbed and recorded.

[deathslasher666]

In Audition. the scene where Asami throws up in the tin bowl, that was her actually throwing up in it. Eihi Shiina a method actress, and prefered it this way.

Actor Charlie Sheen, after watching it, was convinced that Guinea Pig: Flowers of Flesh and Blood was an actual snuff film. Afterwards, there was an investigation on it.

The band Skinny Puppy also thought the movie was real at first, and they wrote a song about it.

Japanese seriel killer Tsutomu Miyazaki used Guinea Pig: Flowers of Flesh and Blood as a template for one of his killings.

In the movie, Uzumaki, in the scene where Kirie and Suichi ride past the cop on the bike, the cop looks back at a wanted poster. The person on that poster was Junji Ito, the author of the Uzumaki mangas.

The movie, Marronnier, which was co-directed by Junji Ito, is a movie about dolls. In the movie, they show one doll/puppet that looks like a Japanese man, but has spirals in his eyes, and has his body spiraled up at the bottom. This doll was, of coarse, modeled after Junji Ito because of his Uzumaki books. He also makes an appearance in the movie as a man in a hat in the forest drawing.

[TacK]

freddy vs jason
Due to the movie's excessive number of violent scenes, Freddy vs. Jason was banned in Malaysia.

Wrestler Rey Mysterio has an uncredited role as Freddy's stunt-Double.

Link?

[Highwayman]

The sound of the knife penetrating Janet Leigh was actually a watermelon being stabbed and recorded.

Kinda on topic... I fucking love watermelon. I wonder if the two are connected?

Oh and for Trivia.. umm... Wolf man has Nards.

http://www.fright-rags.com/images/medium/wolfman_nards_MED.jpg

[BmovieJosh]

In Friday the 13th Part III, right after Andy dies his girlfriend gets out of the shower and goes into the other room for the night. She grabs a magazine and lies down in the hammock and opens to a random page. She opens to an article about Tom Savani who did the special effects in the first one and "The Final Chapter." I thought that was ind of cool.

[cmurdur]

Bill Mosely is credited as the Deadite Captain in Army of Darkness.

[ASoron0424]

Bill Mosely is credited as the Deadite Captain in Army of Darkness.

Bill Mosely's a baddy-daddy-lamma-tie-tabby-chi!

[thrEE6MAfia]

Link?

imdb.com

friday the 13th

The scene with the snake was not in the script and was an idea from Tom Savini after an experience in his own cabin during filming. The snake in the scene was real, including its on-screen death.

[cmurdur]

on certain episodes of Seinfeld, you can see a copy of Child's Play 2 on Jerry's shelf of VHS tapes.

[Darkgod]

The sound of the knife penetrating Janet Leigh was actually a watermelon being stabbed and recorded.

Actualy it was a casaba melon as per imdb, and a book on the making of.