13 Movie Hoaxes That Completely Fooled Everyone

1. The Omen Was A Cursed Production

There are several instances of classic horror movies being claimed to be "cursed", though none are quite as pervasive and infamous as the eerie happenings surrounding Richard Donner's 1976 genre classic The Omen.

For starters, star Gregory Peck’s son committed suicide two months before shooting began. Once production actually started, separate planes carrying Peck, producer Mace Neufeld and writer David Seltzer were almost downed by lightning strikes, and Peck cancelled a flight reservation last-minute which ended up crashing and killing everyone on-board.

From there, Donner's hotel was bombed by the IRA, he was hit by a car, and an on-set car accident injured a number of crew members. Dog trainers were mauled by their canine pals, and an animal handler even ended up eaten by a lion two weeks after shooting wrapped. Yikes.

And the most haunting aspect of the "curse"? The year after shooting The Omen, set designer John Richardson was involved in a car crash which led to the decapitation of his assistant, Liz Moore, in a fashion eerily similar to David Warner's famous decapitation death in The Omen, which was designed by Richardson himself.

A horrible and ridiculously coincidental set of circumstances? Absolutely, and though those who retain a belief in the Devil still swear blind he had some involvement in these incidents, to anyone with a sensible belief system, they're clearly nothing more than an improbable confluence of tragic events.

Which of these movie hoaxes fooled you? Got any others to add? Shout them out in the comments!