Sometimes, what goes on behind the scenes of some of our favorite horror movies are much more terrifying than what winds up on the screen. That point is really driven home in the upcoming Shudder seriesCursed Films, which explores the tragic and strange coincidences during the productions of many classic movies. Ahead of the launch of the documentary series in April, Shudder has gone ahead and unveiled a trailer forCursed Films, and it does a fine job at letting us know what we can expect to see from the series. you may take a look at it below.
As seen in the trailer,multiple horror titles will be showcasedfor their supposed curses inCursed Films. That of course includes the Tobe Hooper horror moviePoltergeist, which is famous for an alleged curse which took the lives of several major cast members. Sadly, that includes the horrific deaths of child actress Heather O’Rourke and 22-year-old star Dominique Dunne. AsPoltergeisthas long been a prime example of a movie many people believe to be cursed, the “PoltergeistCurse” has been touched on many times in television previously, which includes getting its own edition ofE! True Hollywood Story.
Of course,Poltergeist is one of many movies labeled as cursedwith a production surrounded by unfortunate events. That’s why the series will also dive intoThe Exorcist,The Omen,The Crow, andThe Twilight Zone: The Movie. The episode featuringThe Exorcistwill kick off the series when it debuts on Shudder on Apirl 2, followed by thePoltergeistandOmenepisodes dropping on April 9. The final two shows, highlightingThe Crowand theTwilight Zonemovie, will then begin streaming on April 16. Additionally, thePoltergeistandOmenepisodes will also be screening at this year’s SXSW in Austin, Texas in March.
Several familiar genre stars will also be appearing in the series, which you might have noticed if you checked out the official trailer. This includes the popularJason Voorhees actor Kane Hodder,The Exorciststar Linda Blair,The Hills Have Eyesactor Michael Berryman,The Toxic Avengerdirector Lloyd Kaufman,The Omendirector Richard Donner,Poltergeist IIIdirector Gary Sherman, and Blumhouse VP of Feature Film Development Ryan Turek. Genre historians will be speaking about the cursed movies as well, and it will be entertaining to see these stories regaled from people on both sides of the production.
Cursed Filmswilldebut on Shudderstarting on April 2. Along with the official trailer, Shudder has also released a pretty slick poster for the series as well, courtesy of artist Matt Ryan Tobin. Who knows how many people will definitely be convinced that these curses are real once they watch the series, but in any case, it definitely looks very interesting. TheCursed Filmstrailer shown above comes to us fromShudder on YouTube.
