10 Horror Movie Moments More Terrifying When You Know The Truth

3. Most Of The Cast Had Diarrhea During Shooting - Predator

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Predator is a gut-wrenchingly suspenseful sci-fi horror-action film, and one that somehow becomes even more nervously anxious once you know the dire straits the cast went through during the shoot.

Most of the cast and crew suffered severe bouts of diarrhea while filming due to drinking contaminated water in their Mexican hotel, and in recent years Arnold Schwarzenegger even admitted that on one occasion he soiled himself while working out before the day's shoot.

It's been said that the cast's constant fear of following in Arnie's footsteps created a tense atmosphere on set throughout shooting, in turn only amplifying the palpable fear felt by the central characters facing off against the titular creature.

At any moment, you're watching a group of muscle-bound grunts petrified that they're about to drop an involuntary deuce mid-scene. Schwarzenegger should probably count himself lucky that he spent most of the movie's third act covered in mud, then.

And like that, you'll never, ever watch Predator quite the same way again.

 
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