10 Horror Movie Sets On Which Actors Were Nearly Killed
Ghostland is an indie horror movie directed by Pascal Laugier and shot in Canada. In the shooting, actress Taylor Hickson, who plays the role of young Vera, got severely injured when a glass door shattered, causing Hickson to fall through the door and glass shards. The actress was facially disfigured and had to be rushed to the hospital, where she received 70 stitches.
The Omen is an American-British 1976 supernatural horror movie. Although it received mixed reviews from critics, it was a
definitive commercial success, becoming
one of the year's highest-grossing movies. Unfortunately, the movie was surrounded by deaths. From Gregory Peck's son's suicide to a car accident that left a crewmember decapitated. But, while in production,
Peck almost met a sad destiny himself when his plane got struck by lightning. Peck's wasn't the only plane to get struck by lightning; producer Harvey Bernhard also experienced this scare.
Leatherface's weapon was a chainsaw, and Hansen's prop was actually a real, running saw. Yes, you read this correctly. The actor had a real chainsaw to shoot the scenes and threaten the actors, which could have ended in an enormous tragedy. Luckily, no one died, but Hansen got close to it when shooting the last scene when he throws the chainsaw at the teenagers.