Ok, you may have heard some. But others are going to make you rethink how scary those movies really are.
- The mask in “Halloween” was actually a Captain Kirk mask the crew painted white.
- Both Robert DeNiro and Robin Williams were considered for the role of Jack in “The Shining.” But Stanley Kubrick thought Robert wasn’t psychotic enough and that Robin was too psychotic.
- At one point “Texas Chainsaw Massacre” was going to be called “Cheese Head.”
- Tom Cruise was offered the role of Edward Scissorhands but he turned it down because he wanted a happier ending.
- The killer’s robe in “Scream” was originally going to be white but the directors changed it to black because they were worried it would look too similar to a KKK robe.
- The cocoons in “Silence of the Lambs” were made of tootsie rolls and gummy bears.
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