Bonus Episode: Movie Curses and Other Weird Happenings

Happy Halloween! We talk about (in)famous movie curses, weird happenings pertaining to movies, and more!

Show Notes:

• Introduction
• Topics:
  • The Poltergeist Curse (0:01:26)
  • Strange happenings while filming The Exorcist (0:06:28)
  • The curse of Atuk, the unproduced comedy script (0:09:48)
  • Bad omens from The Omen (0:12:13)
  • God doesn’t want The Passion of the Christ made (0:16:22)
  • Radiation plaguing The Conqueror (0:18:20)
  • The terrible accident on the set of Twilight Zone: The Movie (0:22:26)
  • Tragedies surrounding the stars of Rebel Without a Cause (0:28:34)
  • The ghost in Three Men and a Baby (0:30:50)
  • Alex’s irrational fears of Three Men and a Baby and The Wizard of Oz and more (0:36:16)
  • Max Schreck from Nosferatu is a vampire! (0:40:16)
  • The Lee family curse and the death of Brandon Lee while filming The Crow (0:43:21)
  • Gojo’s close-call with The Ring (0:46:46)
  • More of Alex’s irrational fears (0:50:55)
  • Nick’s unfinished X-Files episode (0:52:52)
  • Willie’s nightmares (0:54:21)
  • Nick’s fear of Twister (0:56:40)
  • Willie met Tom Atkins! (0:59:10)
  • The man in the field after Nick saw Signs (1:05:38)
  • Halloween movie suggestions and what scares us (1:12:28)
  • Jump scares v. genuine horror (1:14:40)
  • Nick’s seen seasons 1 and 2 of American Horror Story (1:20:35)
• Outro (1:25:44)

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