Blood-Curdling Facts About Horror Movies

Horror movies are films that use brutality, scary imagery, and supernatural elements to scare or horrify the viewer. The horror film has evolved over the years, spawning many sub-genres and tough followings.

Here are 42 terrifying horror movie facts.


42. Slasher

The director of Scream Wes Craven would hide the voice actor who voiced Ghostface, Roger L. Jackson, on set during shoots. When the actors would get taunting calls from the killer, they were actually hearing Roger, hidden somewhere on set. Are we hearing voices?

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41. Nightmarish

In Evil D. II you can see Freddy Kreuger’s glove above the door in the tool shed. Gotta hand it to the director, we missed this the first time.

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40. Bloody Inferno

It took about a year of technical work to get the blood pouring out of the elevator just right for the iconic scene in The Shining; but it only took 3 days to film once they were able to consistently achieve the desired effect.

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The Shining, Warner Bros.

39. Bloody Inferno Part II

To avoid breaking continuity, Sissy Spacek decided to sleep in bloody clothes for 3 days while filming the prom scene in Carrie. Looks like she’s willing to bleed for her art.

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Carrie (1976), Red Bank Films