Shudder is streaming the last two episodes of their 5-part series Cursed Films. So far they have looked The Exorcist, Poltergeist and The Omen. Today, they start streaming what happened on the sets of The Crow and The Twilight Zone.
The Crow is infamous for Brandon Lee being accidentally shot and killed on the set while filming the movie. However, that was not the only reason why this comic book movie was cursed.
Before they even started filming, the production office got a warning that bad things were going to happen. And they did. On the first day of filming, two electricians were in a freak accident. One of the electricians raised the cherry picker on his van, and it hit a live wire. He suffered burns all over his body. He did not die, but he lost his ears.
Then there was Brandon Lee. They explain how the accidental shooting happened. They even demonstrate what went wrong. The docuseries also examined how people thought that the younger Lee was cursed like his father Bruce Lee.
Were both the movie and the actor cursed? That is up for you to decide after you watch.
The second episode deals with The Twilight Zone. Vic Morrow and two child actors were killed while filming a scene. The actor was holding the two kids, walking in the water, explosions going off around him, and a helicopter above him. One of the explosives hit the copter, causing it to crash down on the three actors. None of them survived.
While I don’t think this feature was cursed, I am glad they gave it its own episode. Richard Sawyer, who was a production designer on the film, described everything that led up to the night. Then he details what happened when they were filming the scene and immediately afterward. As he gets closer to the moment, he breaks down more and more. It is heartbreaking to see how that night from 1982 is still really raw to him.
Even though this movie was not cursed, this was my favorite episode of the five.
I really enjoyed the whole series, and I hope Shudder brings it back for a second season. It is always interesting to hear how they make movies even if there were deadly reamifications.
