The did you know thread

did u know that john carpenter came up with the idea for 'The Fog' when he was in england with his girlfriend...and they was at stonehenge...john saw the misty fog and he joked to his girlfriend and said 'i wonder what is lurking in the fog'
then he made a film about it............

thats a bit crap i know..sorry...

now its your turn
tell us a interesting fact about a horror movie

Did you know that the ending to A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddys' Revenge was a big mistake?
The writers didn't know that Freddys' powers were only effective in the Dream World.

Looks like those jackasses should have done their research.

Did you know Wes Craven considers ANOES 2 the homosexual ANOES because it's one of the few horrors starring a guy. He thinks that's the reason ANOES 2 did badly. Not that they messed up the concept of Freddy.

did u know that in the film halloween:

The mask of Michael Myers worn in the ist halloween, is a mold of William Shatner's face which he was going to use as a prop in a TV show but never did.

and....

John Carpenter and Debra Hill got the idea of Michael Myers from a serial killer in America Suburbia who watched people sleep until they would wake to see him, he would then kill them with a wrench.

That's nasty!

just a little

Found theses for the wonderful Freaks (one of my all time favourites)

The seal man with no arms or legs, developed a habit of lurking in dark corners and frightening passers-by with a blood-curdling yell.

The electrical equipment on the set was so badly grounded that crew members were frequently shocked.

did you know Sam Raimi uses the same type '68 Oldsmobile in all his movies, except for The Quick and The dead (obviously)?

yes.......he refers to it as "the classic".........it's not just the same "type" car. Raimi uses the EXACT same car. He keeps it in storage and uses the exact same car in his films. Since the classic no longer runs, Raimi uses other Oldsmobile's as "stunt cars" when the car needs to move in a scene.

Did you know that Bruce Campbell has tried several times to destroy that Oldsmobile to prevent Raimi from using it in future films?

Could the Oldsmobile be found in all his films? Even the Spider-Mans?

It is in Spiderman, can't remember in the sequel.

did u know that

John Carpenter approached Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee to play the Sam Loomis role but both turned him down.

Yes........the classic is in Spider-man. It's Uncle Ben's car.........I can't recall for sure if it's in the sequel........perhaps it's sitting in the drive way when Peter goes to visit his aunt.

Oh yeah! There was a scene in Spider-Man 2 when he's talking to Uncle Ben in a dream inside the car. I don't remember if we see the outside or not.

Did u know ....

Wes Craven claims to have named Freddy Krueger after a kid who bullied him in school and based freddys appearance on a disfigured person who scared him as a child.

Originally posted by Evil Dead
Yes........the classic is in Spider-man. It's Uncle Ben's car.........I can't recall for sure if it's in the sequel........perhaps it's sitting in the drive way when Peter goes to visit his aunt.

Correct! Although the car got rather messed up in Spider-Man 1 so it doesn't make that much sense. Still it keeps Raimi car-gag alive.

There wasn't too much damage if memory serves me right. Nothing a repair shop couldn't fix.

did you know that the name for Michael Myers in Halloween came from the british distributor of Assault on precint 13, he did such a good job of promoting and getting people to take the film seriously, that Carpenter had a great affection for him, his name was of course Michael Myers

did u during the making of the shining

Stephen King tried to talk Stanley Kubrick out of casting Jack Nicholson in the lead suggesting, instead, either Michael Moriarty or Jon Voight. King had felt that watching either of these normal-looking men gradually descend into madness, would have immensely improved the dramatic thrust of the storyline. Indeed, many fans of the book agreed with King, adding that Nicholson appeared fairly crazy from the very start, thus there was little or no surprise when Jack ultimately went totally overboard.

Pffft! everybody knows about Sam Raimis' classic.