12 Horror Movie Sets That Were Definitely Cursed

A strange incident or two on a busy movie production is to be expected – an on-set accident here, technical difficulties there, perhaps an older cast member dying before they get to see the finished movie. But sometimes, when these weird incidents pile up during a particular production, it gets you thinking that perhaps there’s something a little more sinister at work.

The idea of a cursed movie is now part of cinematic folklore and it seems the scarier the movie, the more likely its cast and crew are to experience some unusual goings-on. Hence a lot horror films that are already dabbling with dark subject matter allegedly become host to their very own curse.

For the cast and crew of the horror movies coming up life really did imitate art and they found themselves living their very own and very real horrors, plagued by otherworldly experiences and unexplained phenomena, demonic presences and even death.

The sceptic in you might say that these cursed movie productions and on-set hauntings are merely the product of coincidence, overactive imaginations and exaggerated movie lore.

But where’s the fun in being cynical? Embrace your inner believer and join us as we look at Hollywood’s most haunted films, ranked from possibly-maybe just a little bit haunted to one hundred per cent, undeniably beset by evil satanic forces.

While director Ti West was shooting his acclaimed horror homage The House of the Devil he and his cast and crew stayed at a real-life haunted hotel, the Yankee Pedlar Inn in Torrington, Connecticut.

Built in 1891, both staff and guests at the historic hotel have experienced supernatural goings-on over the years from ghostly apparitions and strange phantom smells to rocking chairs moving on their own and doors opening and closing by themselves.

Being a seasoned horror director, West lapped up the scary stories and got the inspiration for his next movie The Innkeepers. Set and filmed at the Yankee Pedlar Inn, it tells the tale of its final days in business during which two employees and paranormal enthusiasts are determined to uncover the mystery of its resident ghost.

Naturally, it made logistical sense for cast and crew to stay at to stay at the hotel once more and they too became victim to its paranormal activity. West’s TV would turn on and off spontaneously and lights would constantly burn out in his room and star Sara Paxton would wake up in the middle of the night, while many crew members were plagued with vivid dreams throughout filming.

Seems the spooks that reside at the Yankee Pedlar Inn weren’t quite ready for big screen stardom just yet.