10 More Movies With Creepy On-Set Stories
5. Multiple Maulings - Roar
Typically, even with potentially dangerous stunts going on, movie sets are made as safe as they possibly can be. However, if you look back through history, the same couldn't always be said.
There are few greater examples of this than Roar, a 1981 movie that wasn't ultimately released theatrically until 2015. The danger that director and star Noel Marshall, and his wife and co-star Tippi Hedren, put themselves and their entire crew through to make the film is unprecedented and downright absurd.
The premise of the film is almost similar to that of The Birds, but swapping out the titular attackers for lions, tigers, and other unbelievably dangerous animals. Some of the moments that wound up on screen required no acting whatsoever, as the cast and crew were truly attacked by these beasts, with little to no concern for safety taken.
The abhorrent working conditions saw Melanie Griffith, Hedren's daughter, need plastic surgery after her eye was attacked, Hedren herself needed skin grafts, Marshall was mauled so much he got blood poisoning, and cinematographer Jan de Bont had his scalp ripped off and required stitches. These are life-threatening, life-changing injuries that shouldn't happen anywhere near a film set.