Soviet actors whose lives were cut short by ridiculous accidents

It's no secret that during the filming of dangerous episodes, actors are most often replaced by stuntmen, and it is their lives that are often threatened. They only manage to avoid injury thanks to their own professionalism and special training. However, in the history of cinema there have been such tragic cases when the actors themselves took on complex stunts and paid for it with their lives. This happened with three Soviet actors, whose lives ended prematurely and ridiculously ...

Still from the movie * Ivanna *, 1959

Inna Burduchenko's film career was cut short as soon as it began. The very first role in the film "Ivanna" (1959) brought her success, and the audience began to call the actress Ivushka by the name of her heroine. She played the daughter of a priest who denied God, which later became the reason for persistent rumors that this film was anathematized by the Pope. These rumors were born after Soviet footballers visited Rome for the Olympic Games and heard about the anathema there. Decades later, the press again started talking about the curse supposedly hanging over the picture - the death of the 21-year-old actress seemed too ridiculous.


Inna Burduchenko in the film * Ivanna *, 1959

Actress Inna Burduchenko

Her life was cut short just a year after the successful film debut. On the set of the film "Nobody loved so much," Burduchenko's heroine had to carry the banner out of the house, engulfed in flames. The actress worked without an understudy. They shot several takes, and during the last one a tragedy happened: Inna's heel got stuck in the wooden boards, and at that moment a burning beam fell on her. Miner Sergei Ivanov, who was filming in the crowd, rushed into the house and carried out the actress. Unfortunately, it was too late - she received 78% of burns, and it was not possible to save her. The director of the film was sentenced to 4 years in prison and suspended from filming.

Yevgeny Urbansky's film career was short, but very bright. After the first role, he won popularity and love of the audience. His film debut was the film "Communist" (1957), for his participation in which he received main prizes at festivals in Kiev and Venice. Two years later, he starred in the film Unsent Letter. After 36 years, Francis Ford Coppola took over the restoration of this painting and financed its rental in the United States. In 1961, the success of Evgeny Urbansky was consolidated by the film "Clear Sky", which was recognized as the best picture of the year in the USSR. It seemed that a brilliant future awaited him, but despite all the prerequisites, he did not succeed in becoming one of the first Soviet movie stars. he managed to star in only 9 films.


Evgeny Urbansky in the film * Communist *, 1957

Still from the movie * Communist *, 1957

In 1965, on the set of The Director, an accident took place that took the life of a 33-year-old actor. He had a permanent stunt double, a professional athlete, but the actor preferred to perform most of the stunts on his own. The first take was filmed without incident, but the director suggested making the stunt more difficult, so that the car would bounce higher, and shoot another take. The truck, which was driven by Evgeny Urbansky, jumped on a sand dune, unexpectedly overturned. The actor broke his cervical vertebrae and died on the way to the hospital. After the tragic death of Urbansky, the picture was closed, and 4 years later it was re-shot with another actor.


Still from the movie * Clear Sky *, 1961

Soviet actor whose life was cut short by a ridiculous accident

Urbansky's sudden death immediately gave rise to many ridiculous rumors that made his colleagues indignant. So, Alexei Batalov told with indignation: “When they said about Urbansky that he died because he was drunk, nothing more offensive could be imagined. Once I almost had a fight with the audience, which I never do, because gossip about Urbansky is monstrously unfair. I know that he was the most conscientious actor, that if he climbed into this car, which became his grave, it would only be so that these very spectators believed in his hero ... ”.

Andrey Rostotsky in the film * Days of the Turbins *, 1976

Still from the movie * Loop *, 1983

Andrei Rostotsky, the son of the famous director Stanislav Rostotsky, often starred in military and heroic adventure films, was engaged in staging stunts and himself participated in them without resorting to the help of understudies, since 1997 he worked as an instructor at the transnational school of survival "Vitalis", deputy general Director of the Foundation for Russian Expeditions and Travels, led expeditions to the Crimean caves, was a member of the jury of the Moscow International Stunt Festival. No one doubted his experience and professionalism.


Soviet and Russian actor Andrei Rostotsky

In 2002 Rostotsky went to the shooting of the film "My Border", which took place in the area of ​​the ski resort near Sochi. The places where the stunts were supposed to be filmed, he usually examined himself. Relying on his athletic training, he tried to climb the mountain slope near the Maiden's Tears waterfall without belay and fell down from a 40-meter height. It was not possible to save the actor - he died in the hospital without regaining consciousness. Rostotsky's widow said: “And the waterfall is called that for a reason: people died there before. There are many moving stones in this place - it seems that the boulder is firmly on the ground, but in fact it is hanging in the air. Andrei stepped on one of these. After his death, they set up some kind of fence and hung up a warning sign ... ".


Actor with his wife and daughter

On March 31, 1993, during the filming of the movie "The Raven," the leading actor, Brandon Lee, was shot and died a few hours later. On the anniversary of the artist's death, we decided to recall other tragedies on the set.

Bruce Lee's son, Brandon, was born on February 1, 1965 in Oakland, California. His father began teaching Brandon martial arts at the age of three. When Bruce Lee died, his son was eight years old, but the boy did not give up kung fu.

In addition to martial arts, he studied music, played the guitar and wrote songs himself, was fond of chess, table tennis and cinema. While still a schoolboy, Brandon performed on the stages of small theaters. At the beginning of his career, Lee was confident that he would become a dramatic actor. However, according to the directors, the only genre possible for him was an action movie. It was in the action films that Brandon had to show his skill and skill in all its brilliance.

Bruce Lee's son was first talked about in 1990, after the release of Operation Laser. Two years later, Brandon starred in the action movie Showdown in Little Tokyo, this film was a breakthrough for the young actor. fire "itself will come up with the scenes of all the battles.

In 1993, Lee Jr. landed the lead role in the film adaptation of James O's comics "The Crow Bara." Eric is shot, knives are thrown, cut with a sword, but the hero remains unharmed.However, by the time the film is released, viewers will know that who played the invincible rock musician Brandon Lee, died during one of the scenes of the murder of his character.

The tragedy took place on March 31, 1993, eight days before the end of filming. During the episode in which Eric Dravan walks home and finds a scene of violence against his girlfriend, one of the criminals played by Michael Massia, according to the script, shoots Brandon Lee. By a mystical coincidence, a plug got stuck in the barrel; when fired with a blank cartridge, it flew out. The bullet hit the stomach of Lee Jr., about 12 hours the doctors fought for the life of the actor. Brandon died eighteen days before his own wedding. Filming of "The Crow" was completed by his understudy. Shocked crew members destroyed the recording of the tragic episode. Bruce Lee's son was 28 years old.

Martha Mansfield

Martha Mansfield was another victim of a tragic accident. The popular American actress of the early 20th century died on November 30, 1923. During the filming of The Warrens of Virginia, Martha's dress caught fire. Mansfield's partner on the set, Wilfred Lytell, threw an overcoat over her. Thanks to this, the face and neck of the actress did not suffer.

Mansfield was taken to the San Antonio hospital in Texas. The doctors were unable to save Marta, the body burns were too serious. The 24-year-old actress passed away a few hours after being hospitalized.

Steve Irwin

Nature has played a cruel joke with Steve Irwin. The famous Australian naturalist "crocodile hunter" was killed on September 4, 2006 while filming a program entitled "Deadly Ocean Creatures". The purpose of the broadcast was to show the world that marine animals are not as dangerous as they seem.

During one of the dives, the 44-year-old TV journalist was attacked by a stingray. When the leader was above the fish, the stingray raised its tail with a poisonous sting at the end and hit it in the chest of Irwin. The cameraman who followed Steve filmed the death of the TV journalist.

"You can see how he rose above the ramp, whose tail shot up and pierced his chest. He pulled out a spike, and after a minute he was gone. That's all. The operator had to stop filming," - said producer and director John Stainton, who watched the deadly attack.

John-Eric Hexam

American actor and model John-Eric Hexam, who gained fame in the early 1980s for his roles in TV series, died on the set of the seventh episode of the serial film "The Hidden Fact". Hexam's character had to fire a 44 caliber Magnum pistol, during breaks the actor played with the weapon, knowing that the pistol was loaded with blank cartridges.

On October 12, 1984, John-Eric decided to joke, put a pistol to his temple and pulled the trigger. The blank shattered part of the actor's skull, causing extensive bleeding. Six days later, doctors diagnosed the 26-year-old actor with brain death. Apparently, Hexam did not take into account the fact that even blank cartridges are covered with metal, a shot made by such a cartridge from ten meters away is not dangerous, but fired at close range can be fatal.

Harry L. O "Conner

Vin Diesel's backup Harry L. O "Conner was killed while filming an episode in which his character had to jump off a bridge cable to a submarine. The stuntman miscalculated the timing and jumped too quickly. As a result, Harry L. O" Conner crashed on the bridge ...

The death of the stuntman was videotaped, and director Rob Cohen decided to include the first footage from the filmed episode in the final version of the film.

Sarah Elizabeth Jones

Operator assistant Sarah Elizabeth Jones was run over by the wheels of a train. The tragedy struck on February 14, 2014, on the first day of filming of the Midnight Rider biopic about Greg Ellman. In the midst of the filming process, which took place on the railway bridge, a train appeared.

The film crew rushed to the platform, erected across the railway bridge to rescue the actor who was there. At this time, cameras filmed Sarah caught on a fuel tank mounted on a locomotive, and she fell onto the rails. A second later, a 27-year-old girl was run over by the wheels of a train.

Director Randall Miller was found guilty of manslaughter and criminal misuse of a transport facility. He was sentenced to two years in prison. Executive producer Jay Sedrish, also found guilty, received a 10-year suspended sentence.

While watching films, viewers often admire the skillful tricks that the actors perform. In the most dangerous moments, the main actors are often replaced by professional stuntmen, but sometimes the artists insist on independent work in all scenes without exception. But sometimes actors have to pay the highest price to be able to film without stunt doubles. In our review, domestic actors who died on the set.

Andrey Rostotsky

The son of Stanislav Rostotsky and Nina Menshikova was not only an actor, but also a stuntman and stunt director. He was very talented and always worked carefully, calculated possible dangers in advance, and was collected and focused during work. And he died during the filming of the film "My Frontier", in which he acted as a director.

Andrei Rostotsky, when choosing a nature for filming the next scene of the film, fell off a cliff near the Maiden's Tears waterfall near the Krasnaya Polyana ski resort. The 30-meter cliff left no chance of survival. The actor and director received many injuries, including a head injury. Andrey Rostotsky died on the operating table.

Evgeny Urbansky

The creative biography of the actor was very bright. Evgeny Urbansky, after graduating from the Moscow Art Theater School, was accepted into the troupe of the Stanislavsky Theater. On the theatrical stage he sometimes played 28 performances a month. The debut of the actor in the cinema was also successful. He made his debut in Yuri Raizman's film "The Communist" and instantly became one of the most popular and recognizable actors in the country. Later, Yevgeny Urbansky starred with Grigory Chukhrai, Andrei Konchalovsky, Vasily Ordynsky and other directors.

While working on Alexei Saltykov's film "The Director" Yevgeny Urbansky had to rush through the dunes in the frame and overtake the convoy. The first take seemed to the second director not quite effective, and he suggested reshooting the scene. Evgeny Urbansky supported the director and again got behind the wheel of the car. This time, a kind of "flight" by car through the dunes was unsuccessful. The car turned over, the actor received many injuries. He was not taken to the hospital. He was only 33 years old.

Alexander Chekaevsky

Alexander Chekaevsky was one of the most sought-after actors at the Pushkin Leningrad Theater. In addition to serving in the theater, the actor acted in films and, according to the recollections of his colleagues, was very talented. In 1963, during the filming of the film "Hamlet" directed by Grigory Kozintsev, he was hit by a train and instantly died.

Inna Burduchenko

Shooting in the film "Flower on a Stone" was supposed to be the second work in the cinema for the young talented actress Inna Burduchenko. Inna's heroine had to carry the banner out of the burning building. But at some point, a wooden burning barrack fell on the young actress. It was pulled out of the fire by a simple miner Sergei Ivanov, who himself received multiple burns.

Inna was brought to a burn center in Donetsk (filming took place in a mining region). For 15 days, doctors fought for the life of the young actress, and numerous donors donated blood and skin for the girl. It was not possible to save Inna Burduchenko, who was also three months pregnant. The director of the film "Flower on a Stone" was sentenced to two years for the death of the actress.

Mikaela Drozdovskaya

The actress, who starred in Mimino and The Volunteers, The Run and Seven Nurses, was popular and loved by audiences and directors. She could have played many more bright roles, but an accident on the set in Ordzhonikidze took the life of a talented actress.

When the entire film crew left for the city, the actress was left alone in the house where the filmmakers lived. It was November, it was already quite cold, and the house was not heated. Michaela hoped to keep warm with the lighting fixtures, but she didn't think that the heat from the lamps could cause a fire. The actress woke up when a blanket caught fire and slid onto one of the spotlights, but she could not get out of the fire on her own due to carbon monoxide poisoning. When the door was opened, the fire began to spread even more rapidly due to the draft. The actress, who received severe burns, was urgently sent to Moscow, but even the best specialists in the country were unable to save the life of Mikaela Drozdovskaya.

Yuri Gusev

The remarkable actor did not immediately find his calling. He managed to graduate from an electromechanical technical school, serve in the army and work in his specialty in various research institutes. In his student years and during his work, Yuri Gusev was an active participant in amateur performances. And then he decided to change his profession and become an actor. On his account there are about 90 films, he starred in the films "Eternal Call" and "Long Road in the Dunes", "Winter Evening in Gagra" and "Return of the Resident".

An absurd accident caused the death of Yuri Gusev in 1991 while filming in Tashkent. The actor simply stumbled and fell, but so unsuccessfully that he received an open head injury, from which he died on the spot.

Sergey Bodrov Jr.

The talented actor and director died in 2002 while working on the film The Messenger in the Karmadon Gorge. After the end of the shooting day, the whole group was heading to the city when the glacier began to descend rapidly. Ice and stones, moving at a speed of about 180 kilometers per hour, covered the entire gorge for a short time. 125 people were buried under the 60-meter layer. Together with Sergei Bodrov, more than 40 people from his film crew were killed. All of them are listed as missing, the bodies of the dead have never been found.

Cinema is a small life that an actor lives in the frame. It would seem that there is nothing wrong with playing a tragic role. But when this role turns out to be not played, but already lived in real life, it becomes clear

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10 actors who died during filming

The death of a favorite actor is always a surprise, shock and tragedy. Once we unfold the page of a newspaper or magazine, click on the news link - here they are, sad headlines that inform about the passing of a great man. Can you imagine a situation when an actor literally gives his life for the sake of his beloved work? That is, the director, scriptwriters and the entire film crew are trying to realize what happened when the ambulance picks up the body of an actor who has just played the planned scene.

Often times, screenwriters have to rewrite the storyline so that the character of the deceased actor can be carefully "removed" from some of the planned scenes. But the person will forever remain in the hearts of fans and spectators, who are left with sorrow to participate in the mourning procession. Those fans who are far from the place of farewell to the star have to be content with the final TV show or biopic.

Consider the reasons why 10 famous actors left this world prematurely, for the last time devoting themselves to art.

10. Harry L. O "Conner

The actor did not have time to pave his own path in the film business, and he could not, because he played the role "in the backyard" - Vin Diesel's understudy. Yes, this bald man with biceps and powerful cheekbones did not perform dangerous stunts himself - for this, stuntman Harry L. O'Conner was hired. Instead of the main character, he was supposed to, being on the cable of the bridge, jump down onto a submarine. Harry, unfortunately, jumped off too quickly and crashed to death on the bridge, which was recorded by the camera operator. Sad footage of this episode was added to the final cut of XXX.

9. Brandon Lee

The talented heir to Bruce Lee, as fate would have it, also died at work at the age of only 28. The young Hollywood and Hong Kong actor just starred in the gothic and rather dark film "The Raven", the script of which was written based on the comics. During the filming of one of the final takes, where the main villain shoots the avenger "The Raven", Brandon was actually wounded in the stomach. The fateful shot from a revolver pierced the peritoneum with a blank cartridge, which then stuck in the vertebrae and caused severe bleeding. Brandon died 12 hours later at the clinic from a hemorrhage. The sad event happened 17 days before the actor's scheduled wedding. The shots with the real shot were not included in the film, and the scene was re-filmed with an understudy. After the closed funeral, the son was laid next to the famous father.

8. Paul Muntz

The brave racer pilot, part-time stuntman for Hollywood films, served in the Air Force and even received a "colonel". While working on the famous film "Flight of the Phoenix", the plane piloted by the actor crashed into a hill. It happened in July 1965. The aircraft fell apart in 2 parts in the crash, and Paul, at the age of 61, died on the spot. The co-pilot of the vehicle was taken to hospital with serious injuries. Unfortunately, the primary cause of the plane's crash was the alcohol found by the commission in the blood of stuntman Mantz.

7. Marilyn Monroe

Norma Jeane Mortenson, who conquered the world, was so imbued with the life of her heroine that she even died during the filming. It happened on the set of the movie with the prophetic title "Something must happen" in 1962. The woman abused drugs, which led to an overdose and subsequent death. The film was never completed. The seductive blonde, who had an affair with President Kennedy and even starred for Playboy, could not contain her vices. Rumor has it that the abuse of antidepressants and drugs has developed against the background of a strong inferiority complex, which, in theory, should not have formed at all in an actress of this magnitude and popularity.

6. John Eric Hexum

The attractive actor drove many female fans crazy, also thanks in large part to his modeling career. On the set of the popular TV series Hidden Fact, fate played a sad joke with John. When he inadvertently directed a firearm to his temple and pulled the trigger, he fired a blank cartridge, which was previously covered with a metal sheath. The fragile bones of the skull were pierced, due to which the actor died from extensive bleeding. An unexpected tragedy for all happened in 1984, and its "culprit" was a charged "magnum" 44 caliber.

5. Bruce Lee

The famous Hong Kong actor, master and director of spectacular battles and simply the smartest man in 1973 worked on the film with the mystical title "The Game of Death". In the process of working inside the pavilion, Bruce fell sharply, to which the film crew immediately reacted and sent him to the hospital. Doctors made an unexpected diagnosis of cerebral edema, which developed according to one of the versions against the background of the use of a pill with meprobamate and aspirin in the composition. However, they did not take analyzes from the star, which casts doubt on this information. After that, rumors spread that the death was set up by Lee's rival, however, they were not confirmed. The farewell to the actor was large-scale - thousands of fans, friends and acquaintances attended the citywide mourning. The body was then transported to Seattle, where Bruce's family could say goodbye one last time and bury it.

4. Vic Morrow and two young actors Mika Ding Lee (7 years old) and Rene Shin-Yi Chen (6 years old)

A terrible tragedy happened to the participants during the filming of the famous film "The Twilight Zone". The actor and a couple of schoolchildren, according to the script, portrayed Vietnamese, who were fleeing by helicopter from American pursuers during the war. Unexpectedly for the entire film crew, the helicopter with the actors exploded, which led to their death on the spot. So in 1982, the famous actor of "Charlie's Angels" and "Obnoxious Bears" passed away, as well as two children who were just starting their careers in show business.

3. George Camilleri

The ill-fated film "Troy" became iconic for several Hollywood actors at once. The well-known Brad Pitt managed to damage the Achilles tendon - you must agree, it is very symbolic. But this incident faded before the real tragedy. A colleague on the set, George Camilleri, managed to break his leg right in the process. Everything would be fine, only in the hospital a couple of days later he had a heart attack against the background of a blood clot that had come off in his injured leg. This was followed by another attack, which ultimately led to the death of the actor.

2. John Ritter

The talented actor of the film "Three is a Company" starred in one of the series in the fall of 2003. During the filming of the next take, John began to complain of bursting chest pain and severe nausea, fainted, after which he was sent to the hospital. There, the actor was diagnosed with a "heart attack" and prescribed an emergency operation that same evening, during which he, unfortunately, did not survive.

1. Paul Walker

Many fans of the movie "Fast and the Furious" heard about this sensational death, as fate played a cruel joke with the main actor. During his lifetime, an experienced racer, Paul, along with a friend got into a car accident on the way from filming. The car caught fire, which led to the death of passengers (Walker and Roger Rodas). Filming was postponed, but the picture was still released. Paul had to replace his brother.

The talented actors mentioned in the review were devoted to their favorite work to the last, delighting fans with their creativity for the last time. Let's remember the kindest and most pleasant moments of our career in memory of worthy people.

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We often see the dangers of heroes in films. Filming has become so difficult that, of course, production injuries cannot be avoided. The use of powerful technology and explosions can lead not only to injury, but also to the death of people. But shooting continues, films are being made, and we remain in the dark as to how they went.

1. The Twilight Zone (1983) Vic Morrow died. The worst tragedy that happened on set is the death of Vic Morrow. The film "The Twilight Zone" consists of small mystical stories. Actor Vic Morrow in one of the scenes runs across a shallow lake. In his hands he holds two children (a girl - Mick Ding Lee, who was 7 years old and a boy - Rene Chen, who was 6 years old). Explosions rang out in the background, and a helicopter circled over the lake. It was because of the helicopter that the tragedy happened. A pyrotechnic explosion damaged the tail rotor. The pilot tried to keep the helicopter in the air, but he failed, and he began to fall directly into the lake. The helicopter's propeller blades hit the actors. Girl Dean Lee and actor Vic Morrow had their heads chopped off. The boy also died on the spot from a terrible blow.

2. "The Raven" (1994) - Brandon Lee died. The film "The Raven" from the very beginning of filming brought only trouble. On the first day, the carpenter sustained burns when the hoist he was driving hit the electrical wires. After a while, the storm destroyed part of the scenery. The film crew's truck burned down. There would be another carpenter who screwed his hand with a screwdriver. But the worst remained ahead. There was a scene where actor Michael Massey, as Fanboy, shot the main character The Raven, played by Brandon Lee. The weapon was serious, a 44 caliber Magnum. There was a live round in the barrel of Magnum and the bullet hit right in the stomach. The actor died under the spotlight without receiving qualified help. At that time, Brandon Lee was only 28 years old.

3. "Messenger" (2002) - Sergei Bodrov Jr. died. The most serious accident in the domestic cinema is the death of Sergei Bodrov Jr. On the set of the film "Messenger" in the Karmadon Gorge, he died. The film crew also died with him. It all started when a boulder fell from Mount Dzhimara. The Kolka glacier also collapsed after it. Stone avalanche 5 km long. and more than 200 meters wide, demolished everything in its path, burying 130 local residents underneath. 23 people were from the film crew. Rescue work began immediately, but only one local resident was saved, who was found two days after the tragedy. In total, 17 bodies were found, among which Bodrov Jr. was not. And they are unlikely to find it already.

4. "Conqueror" (1956) - the film crew is contaminated with radioactive rain. The film "Conqueror" about Genghis Khan was filmed in desolate Utah. There is a nuclear test site nearby. During the filming, radioactive rains took place, which came from the places of nuclear explosions. As a result, many of the filming participants fell ill with cancer and died. In total, 220 people worked on the set, 91 were diagnosed with cancer. Before the 1980s, 46 people had died. Among them was actor John Wayne, who played the main role, Susan Hayward, Agnes Moorehead, director Dick Powell. Actor Pedro Armendariz committed suicide after learning about his illness.

5. "Director" (1969) - Evgeny Urbansky died. On November 5, 1965, the life of Yevgeny Urbansky was cut short right on the set of the film Director. In the scene where the car was supposed to jump from the dune. The first take was good, but we decided to repeat it and make the jump higher. The car turned over and the actor received numerous fractures and injuries, after which he could not be saved. If he had bent his head and not leaned back, he would have remained alive.

6. "My Border" (2002) - Andrey Rostotsky was killed. Director Andrei Rostotsky began filming the film "My Border" in 2002. The film tells about the life of Russian border guards. On May 5, 2002 Rostotsky chooses a location for subsequent filming near the Maiden's Tears waterfall. He climbs onto a rock and falls from a 30-meter height. Having received multiple fractures, he died without regaining consciousness. He was only 45 years old.

7. "The Expendables 2" (2012) - death of a stuntman. The incident took place at the Ognyanovo reservoir, 15 miles from the capital of Bulgaria, Sofia. There is a scene where an explosion is to take place in an inflatable boat with two heroes. The explosion was arranged by specially hired pyrotechnics, but for some reason the system malfunctioned, which led to disaster. As a result, one stuntman died, two more were taken to the hospital in critical condition. Sylvester Stallone, who plays the main role in this film, was at that time in a different place, as he was filming in a different scene.

8. "The Exorcist" (1973) - mystical events. There is still no exact figure for the number of deaths that occurred during the filming of The Exorcist. Different sources say different things: from 4 to 9 people. Jack McGowran passed away immediately after playing his part. He had a heart attack. In general, the process of filming this film was accompanied by mystical events. The film crew even brought in an exorcist to "exorcise the demons." The son of the actress Mercedes McCambridge, who voiced the demon in the film, killed his wife and child in 1987, and then himself. At the premiere of the film in Spain, lightning struck the cross of a nearby church. The cross was 400 years old.

9. "Poltergeist" (1982-1988) - death of actors. For six years of filming, 6 people died. The most memorable incident was the death of 12-year-old Heather O'Rourke, who was admitted to the hospital. There were suspicions that it was the flu. The next day she was gone. Dominic Dunn, who was 22 years old, died at the hands of her fiance, who was a terrible jealous. Julian Beck (60) died of stomach cancer. Will Sampson, who played the medic, died of kidney failure a year after filming. He was 53 years old. It is said that this happened due to the fact that during the filming, real human bones were used as props, and so the spirits of the dead took revenge.

10. "Superman" (1951 onwards) - a damn movie. It is believed that after filming the movie "Superman" the actors are sure to be overtaken by misfortune. In 1950, George Reeves played Superman. In 1959, he was found murdered with firearms eight days before his wedding. Christopher Reeve fell off his horse in 1995 and was paralyzed. In 2004, he died of a heart attack. Margot Kidder suffers from bipolar disorder. Marlon Bardot went to prison, and then his son Christian died. Richard Pryor suffers from multiple sclerosis. Kirk Allen and Dean Kane's careers went downhill.