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Time to separate fact from fiction in your favorite scary movies! Join us as we debunk the most persistent myths and misconceptions about horror classics. Our countdown includes who really directed "Poltergeist," what Hannibal Lecter actually said to Clarice, and whether Robert Shaw was really drunk during that famous "Jaws" monologue. Which horror movie myth surprised you the most?
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00:00Then you should know Jason's mother, Mrs. Voorhees, was the original killer.
00:03Jason didn't show up until the sequel.
00:05Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we're looking at common misconceptions about famous horror movies,
00:10regarding both production myths and aspects of the movie itself.
00:14Wendy?
00:14Say wait!
00:15Darling, light of my life, I'm not gonna hurt you.
00:21Number 10. Steven Spielberg directed Poltergeist.
00:25Poltergeist.
00:30They're here.
00:32Steven Spielberg's early output is legendary,
00:34and sometimes, people grew Poltergeist in with his other masterpieces of the time.
00:38However, this is a common misconception.
00:41The movie was actually directed by Tobey Hooper,
00:43the same man who did the Texas Chainsaw Massacre.
00:46Of course, the mistake is easy to make.
00:47A terrible presence is in there with her.
00:52So much rage.
00:54So much betrayal.
00:56I've never sensed anything like it.
00:59Poltergeist has all the hallmarks of a Spielbergian movie,
01:03and he served as both producer and co-writer.
01:05However, Spielberg's involvement was so deep and hands-on,
01:09that many people, including cast and crew members,
01:11have long suspected that he was the film's de facto director,
01:14overseeing Hooper and making creative decisions on his behalf.
01:18So, officially?
01:19No, he didn't direct it.
01:21Unofficially?
01:21Now, clear your minds.
01:24He knows what scares you.
01:26It has from the very beginning.
01:29Don't give it any help.
01:30It knows too much already.
01:31Number 9.
01:32It's based on a true story,
01:34The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.
01:36I just can't take no pleasure in killing.
01:38And speaking of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre,
01:49there was an enduring myth,
01:51at least for a time,
01:52that it is based on a true story.
01:54It is not.
01:54There are multiple reasons why people think this,
01:57not least of all that the movie itself tells you that it is
01:59in that iconic opening scrawl.
02:01The film which you are about to see
02:03is an account of the tragedy which befell a group of five youths,
02:07in particular,
02:09Sally Hardesty and her invalid brother, Franklin.
02:12It is all the more tragic in that they were young.
02:15It lied.
02:16That was just another scare tactic.
02:17Toby Hooper also promoted the movie as being based on real events.
02:21He also lied.
02:22And yes,
02:23the story draws a very loose inspiration from real-life killer Ed Gein,
02:27who made masks and furniture from human skin and murdered two women.
02:30However,
02:31Gein acted alone,
02:32he didn't use a chainsaw,
02:34and he was in Wisconsin,
02:35not Texas.
02:36I got an uncle that works at a slowner house.
02:38Hey,
02:38my brother worked there.
02:40My grandfather too.
02:43My family's always been in me.
02:46My whole family attracted.
02:48Number 8.
02:49Jason is the Killer,
02:51Friday the 13th.
02:52I don't like it.
02:54Well,
02:54I'm Mrs. Voorhees,
02:56an old friend of the Christie's.
02:57There are multiple misconceptions around the Friday the 13th
03:00franchise.
03:01Jason hasn't always worn a hockey mask.
03:03In part 2,
03:04he wears a sack.
03:05Jason hasn't always been an immortal zombie.
03:07He begins as a human and actually dies in the final chapter.
03:10And best of all,
03:11Jason is not the killer in the first movie.
03:14It's his mother.
03:14Name the killer in Friday the 13th.
03:18Jason!
03:19Jason!
03:19Jason!
03:20I'm sorry.
03:21That's the wrong answer.
03:23This misconception is so popular,
03:25and so consistent,
03:26that it was parodied in Scream,
03:28with Drew Barrymore's character falsely attributing the killer as Jason.
03:31It's actually amazing going back to the original Friday the 13th,
03:35and seeing just how different it is to everything that came after.
03:37Did you know that a young boy drowned?
03:40The year before those two others were killed?
03:43The counselors weren't paying any attention.
03:45They were making love while that young boy drowned.
03:48Number 7.
03:49Brandon Lee's death is in the movie,
03:51The Crow.
03:51One of the darkest movie myths is that the footage of Brandon Lee's death is in The Crow.
04:07The famous accident happened while filming a scene,
04:10in which Lee's character,
04:11Eric Draven,
04:12is shot and murdered.
04:13An improperly loaded and checked prop gun ended up fatally wounding Lee on set.
04:17The devil stood and felt how awful goodness is.
04:22It's a virtue in her shape.
04:25How lovely.
04:26It's fornodly.
04:27However, the footage of that was immediately confiscated by authorities,
04:31and has never been released or seen by the public.
04:33Eric's death is still seen in the movie,
04:36perhaps leading some to believe that the footage came from Lee's accident.
04:39In reality, the filmmakers completed the scene using body doubles and digital effects,
04:44ensuring that none of the fatal footage remains.
04:46If the people we love are stolen from us,
04:49the way to have them live on,
04:51is to never stop loving them.
04:54Buildings burn,
04:55people die,
04:57but real love is forever.
04:59Number 6.
05:00Hello Clarice.
05:01The Silence of the Lambs.
05:02Good evening Clarice.
05:06I thought you might like your drawings back doctor.
05:11Just until you get your view.
05:14How very thoughtful.
05:16Everyone can picture it.
05:17Hannibal Lecter whispering,
05:19Hello Clarice.
05:20In that awful,
05:21slimy voice of his.
05:23Talk about a Mandela effect.
05:24Despite the slime being parodied in pop culture for decades,
05:27it is never once uttered in the movie.
05:29Hannibal says,
05:30Good morning.
05:30In that iconic tracking shot,
05:32the first time he sees Clarice.
05:34And he never greets her with a simple,
05:35Hello Clarice.
05:36He says,
05:37Good evening Clarice.
05:38At one point.
05:39And he greets her with,
05:40Well Clarice.
05:41In the ending.
05:42But that's as close as it gets.
05:43Well Clarice.
05:45Have the lambs stopped screaming?
05:48Laughter, laughter.
05:50Don't bother with the trace.
05:51I won't be on long enough.
05:52This mistake probably came from the cable guy.
05:54When Jim Carrey's character says the line,
05:56while pretending to be Hannibal.
05:58And that was improvised by Carrey.
05:59So really?
06:00We can all blame him for this one.
06:01Hello Clarice.
06:03It's good to see you again.
06:06No, no, no.
06:06Oh no.
06:08Oh lord.
06:09Number 5.
06:10The cast didn't know the chestburster was coming.
06:13Alien.
06:14How you doing?
06:17Terrific.
06:18Next silly question.
06:19The popular story goes,
06:20that Ridley Scott kept the chestburster secret from the actors,
06:23so their looks of shock and horror were completely genuine.
06:27Well, the truth is a bit more nuanced than that.
06:29The actors were fully aware that something was going to come out of John Hurt's chest.
06:33It was right in the script.
06:34And it'd be hard to keep such an elaborate special effects secret.
06:37What's the matter?
06:38The food ain't that bad, baby?
06:40They just didn't know exactly what it would look like,
06:42or how violent it would be.
06:43So, yes, the reactions were as authentic as Scott could get,
06:47especially when it came to the blood sprays.
06:48But everyone was fully aware that a small creature was going to be making a nasty appearance.
06:52Get your head sealed.
06:58Anybody want to say anything?
07:00Number 4.
07:00The staircase scene took 127 takes.
07:03The Shining.
07:04Okay.
07:06Let's talk.
07:17What do you want to talk about?
07:18Probably the most widely spread exaggeration in movie history
07:21is that the staircase sequence in The Shining took 127 takes.
07:26However, this legendary story was debunked by writer Lee Uncritch
07:30as he was writing a book on the movie,
07:32as he bluntly claims it's just not true.
07:34If I were to fail to live up to my responsibilities,
07:37has that ever occurred to you?
07:38Has it?
07:39Pay away from me.
07:41Why?
07:43I just want to go back to my room.
07:45Uncritched unearthed the movie's script supervisor notes
07:48and found that no single scene took more than 66 takes.
07:51And that wasn't even the staircase sequence.
07:53It was the tracking shot through the ballroom.
07:55This is backed up by numerous crew members,
07:58including steadicam operator Garrett Brown.
08:00The 127-take myth was likely born from Kubrick's notorious perfectionism,
08:05conflating rehearsals and setups with takes
08:07and good old-fashioned exaggeration.
08:09You didn't let me finish my sentence.
08:11I said, I'm not gonna hurt you.
08:13I'm just gonna bash your brains in.
08:17I'm gonna bash them right the f*** in.
08:19Number three, Everyone Thought It Was Real,
08:21The Blair Witch Project.
08:23Okay, I got you.
08:24This is my home.
08:25Okay.
08:27Wow.
08:27Which I am leaving the comforts of for the weekend.
08:30To explore the Blair Witch.
08:32Marketing played a huge role in making the Blair Witch Project a success,
08:36complete with a mockumentary,
08:37missing person flyers,
08:39and a detailed website.
08:40This led some,
08:41keyword some people,
08:43into believing that it was real.
08:44Mostly young people on the internet
08:46and those at its Sundance premiere.
08:48However,
08:48it is a huge exaggeration to say that everyone fell for it,
08:52or even that many people fell for it.
08:53Give me the map.
08:54Turn the camera off.
08:55Give me the map.
08:55Turn the camera off and get us home.
08:57No, I'm not turning the camera off.
08:58I want to mark this occasion.
09:00Film critics,
09:01journalists,
09:02festival goers,
09:03and most of the movie going public
09:04quickly recognized it as a marketing stunt,
09:06and were well aware that the movie was just that.
09:08Belief was strong and widespread enough
09:10to create some initial curiosity.
09:12But the illusion is ruined
09:13when Roger Ebert gives it four stars
09:15in a nationally syndicated review, you know.
09:17I'm scared to close my eyes.
09:20I'm scared to open them.
09:31I'm gonna die out of here.
09:33Number two.
09:34They were charged with murder.
09:36Cannibal Holocaust.
09:36Yes, but before I make any decision on this,
09:41I'd like to review all the film material,
09:43as yet we've seen none of it.
09:44Another found footage movie,
09:46another persistent myth.
09:47It has long been believed
09:48that director Ruggiero Diodato
09:50was charged with murder
09:51after the release of Cannibal Holocaust,
09:54as Italian prosecutors believed
09:55that the on-screen violence was real.
09:57Nonsense.
09:58This rumor largely started
10:00with a French magazine, Photo,
10:01which suggested that the movie
10:03was a real snuff film.
10:04Well, just to give you an idea
10:05how Alan and the others worked,
10:08everything you just saw was a put-on.
10:11You mean this wasn't...
10:12That was no enemy army approaching.
10:14Alan paid those soldiers
10:16to do a bit of acting for him.
10:17Yes, it's true that the movie
10:19was confiscated and heavily censored.
10:21And yes, Diodato was actually charged
10:22with obscenity,
10:23mostly owing to the real animal deaths.
10:25But there is zero evidence
10:26that he was ever charged with murder.
10:28And there are no contemporary accounts
10:30of a trial ever taking place.
10:31You must admit it's exceptional footage.
10:34I didn't expect such impact,
10:37such authenticity.
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10:54Number one.
10:55Robert Shaw was drunk
10:56during the Indianapolis speech.
10:58Jaws.
10:59Don't tell me.
11:00Mother.
11:07What is it?
11:13To who, but that's the USS Indianapolis.
11:16Perhaps the greatest enduring myth
11:18in the horror canon
11:19is that Robert Shaw was drunk
11:21while filming the famous Indianapolis speech.
11:23Quint was drunk, yes.
11:25But Robert Shaw was not.
11:26Ah, then you hear
11:27that terrible high-pitched screaming.
11:30The ocean turns red.
11:33In spite of all the pounding
11:34and the hollering,
11:35they all come in
11:36and they rip you to pieces.
11:39It's true that Shaw
11:40was frequently drinking on set,
11:42and it's true that he intended
11:43to film the scene
11:44while actually intoxicated.
11:45However,
11:46the results were such a mess,
11:48and they were so unusable,
11:49that Spielberg immediately
11:50dismissed the footage.
11:52Even Shaw knew it was crap
11:53and personally phoned Spielberg,
11:55begging him to do it again.
11:56So the very next morning,
11:57Shaw came to work stone sober
11:59and delivered the iconic takes
12:01which are now seen in the movie.
12:02Now that's a true actor right there.
12:03So, 1,100 men went into the war.
12:07316 men come out.
12:09The Sharks took the rest.
12:10June the 29th, 1945.
12:16Anyway,
12:17we delivered the bomb.
12:20Are there any horror myths
12:21you wish to dispel?
12:22Let us know in the comments below.
12:23You on the Indianapolis?
12:24Loved all the time.
12:25B entrepades Bohr's
12:26Loved all the time.
12:28Yeah,
12:28sorry I feel bad.
12:29Are there any sinning hes?
12:29No?
12:31场 Woman
12:32All the time.
12:34No.
12:35No.
12:35No.
12:38No
12:40No
12:40No
12:44mess
12:44No
12:49Ay
12:50No
12:51Not
12:51No
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