15 Horror Films That Traumatized Their Actors

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midsomaof Jack Raynor said, Regarding his role as a Christian in a folk horror film, “There was a psychological burden in making this film.” Especially the nudity and sexual scenes that I said couldn’t be dealt with until the end of the film occurred towards the end of the film. “It’s been a tough week after the end, you know?” He emphasized that “to get a decent shot, you have to really focus on your mental health throughout the shoot. “It really sat down on me.” Immediately Later I got on a plane and, because of that experience, I decided to hammer.

that also said It was difficult to shoot the scene in which the character was dressed in a bear suit just before he died. “It was dark and it was disturbing to watch all these people around you making it look like they were going to kill you in a basically horrible way. There’s nothing you can do about it and you’re paralyzed. You know? It was heavy.” said.

Raynor also said, “It was difficult to watch Florence Pugh (friend during filming), who lives with this character’s pain and trauma for a long time. said, They then agreed with the interviewer that actors could experience “emotional and physical harm” on set. “People don’t even think about it. A lot of people do. Oh, it’s just a movie. Just do it. not real … it’s fucking real when you’re there.”

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Will Poulter, who also appeared in the movie, had a nightmare after seeing it. “I had the worst sleep of my life the next night,” he said. said. “A terrifying, terrifying, complete nightmare… [The film] completely obstructed. And I think those kinds of anxious feelings outlive fear. Phobias have a very limited lifespan. The idea that humans can do what you see midsoma The most disturbing thing … I was still vigilant despite reading the script and knowing what to expect from getting inside and shooting.”

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possession Star Isabelle Adjani suffered a mental breakdown According to the film’s director, Andrzej Żuławski, after seeing the finished cuts from a horror film about a couple’s breakup, they are stained with blood. According to Rolling Stone, Żuławski “hypnotized and fuzzy the actors before filming certain scenes,” and Adjani himself took on the role “with a level of devotion close to religious devotion”. Adjani clearly said It took her years of treatment to recover from the role, including the graphic miscarriage scene.

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And another star of the movie, Sam Neill. called possession “It’s the most extreme film I’ve ever made, in every possible way,” Żuławski said. “I asked questions about what I can’t go on and what I can’t go on. And I think I just escaped the film with little to no damage to my sanity. ,” He continued.

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heredity star alex wolf told Weiss Being in that movie gave him PTSD. “When I started talking about it, all these flashes of light came back like a flood with all these disturbing things I had been through. It kept me awake at night, where I fell into the habit of emotional masochism just to the point of trying. “To accept every negative emotion I can elicit. I forced it on myself, contrary to what you normally do in life. It’s sitting in the heater until it starts to heat up and then jumping right away.” said.

“I had to do the opposite and absorb the pain and let it burn,” Wolff said. “It’s a tragic feeling. It’s hard to put into words. It’s just a feeling. I can’t help but have PTSD after going through something like this.”

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Psychoof Janet Lee stay Her character, Marion Crane, was forever scarred by the famous shower scene where she was stabbed by Norman Bates. In fact, she stopped showering completely and opted for a bath instead.

And if that’s not possible, “I make sure the doors and windows in my house are locked. I leave the bathroom door open as well as the shower curtain open. Wherever the shower head is, I’m always facing the door and watching,” Lee said.

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birds‘ Tippi Hedren says that in scenes where her character is attacked by birds, she sees mechanical birds. not working, so director Alfred Hitchcock used live birds instead. Hedren said that during her five days her live bird (her trained to peck her) was thrown at her and tied to her even to her. When someone almost pecked her eye, she collapsed And I had to spend a week in bed because of fatigue.

“It was cruel, ugly and ruthless,” Hedron said. said. “I was never scared, overwhelmed and shocked in any way and kept saying, ‘I won’t let him break me’.” “I just sat on the floor, unable to move, utterly exhausted, and began to sob. It took a few minutes before I looked up to discover that everyone had left me in the middle of that vast, serene sound field. Completely consumed and empty, I am alone.”

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Shiningfrom Shelley Duvall Explanation The experience of filming a classic horror film in an empty, remote hotel is “almost intolerable”. During filming, she said, “The stress on the role was so great that my health was really bad. Stanley [Kubrick] I pushed and pushed more than I had been pushed before. It is the most difficult role I have ever played.”

I was so stressed out that my hair started to clump. You can actually see it in Vivian Kubrick’s documentary. make it shiny. When Duvall shows it to the film’s director, Stanley Kubrick, he walks up and tells the staff, “Don’t pity Shelley.” in tribute to Kubrick, Cast Jack Nicholson admitted that Kubrick is a completely different director than Duvall, and the tribute shows a clip where Kubrick gets mad at Duvall on set, and Duvall says, “He can do some pretty brutal things when you’re filming.”

Kubrick took her baseball bat perform scene Number 127, she realizes the depths of her husband’s madness as he confronts her. report Kubrick also refused to praise her work and intentionally separated her from the crew, but this has not been confirmed.

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thatfrom Bill Skarsgard compare Play the iconic horror villain Pennywise in a devastating relationship. He was happy to let go of the clown after filming was over, but after returning home he said he had “strange, vivid Pennywise dreams” every night.

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and James McAvoy said He too had frequent nightmares about the clown after filming. “All I can really remember is that I was lying on my side on the bed and he was in bed with me. And he stroked my back softly and said, ‘Wake up, James, wake up.’ And I was just terrified and pretending to sleep. I have to pretend to sleep I have to pretend to sleep. I have had many nightmares about Pennywise, but the one I remember is one of them.”

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HalloweenKyle Richards was only 8 years old when she starred as Lindsey in the movie that introduced horror icon Michael Myers to the world. For Richards, it wasn’t about shooting a movie, it was about seeing himself in a movie that had a negative impact. It was a very, very different movie to see everything put together for the first time. She was really scared and after that, she slept with her mom until she was 15. It was scary,” she said. said.

“I think that’s the deal that got me out of horror movies. I slept all night in my mother’s arms because I saw myself in there and always thought there was someone hiding behind the curtains, out the window, or under the bed.” Richards said.

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Susperiaof Dakota Johnson said Starring Suzy, a dancer from a mysterious German dance school that turned out to be run by a witch, the film “troubled me so much that I had to get treatment.” She described the harsh shooting conditions in an abandoned hotel on a mountaintop.

she said later, “I occasionally find myself working on a project. I have no shame. I am very porous and absorb the emotions of many people. Sometimes when you’re working on a dark subject, it can be with you and talking to someone who’s really good about it later is a really great way to move around on a project.”

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‘black swan’Natalie Portman said She was physically and emotionally exhausted after filming a psychological horror film. “It was the first time I understood that you could be so immersed in a role that you could disappoint,” she said.

“There were nights I literally thought I was going to die,” she said about losing weight and preparing for the role. later she recognize when she started filming Thor“It’s gone,” she said.

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last house on the leftAccording to the documentary, Sandra Peabody (then known as Sandra Cassel) of ‘ was horribly abused by male actors in a film about a kidnapped teenager who was raped and tortured. Celluloid crime of the century and book Wes Craven’s last house on the left. Mark Schaeffler recognize He threatened to drop her off a cliff to upset her for the scene (in 2018 he decided She wasn’t in real danger), and David Hes presumed to be threatened To actually assault her in a rape scene.

Numerous actors and staff, including Hes herself, said how Hes believed the fear that he might actually hurt her, and that all of her reactions were real. It seems Peabody never commented on the matter, but she stopped making her films two years later and Go behind the scenes As a producer, agent and acting coach.

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Finally, let’s end with the TV example. american horror storyEvan Peters from the show has played numerous villains and scary characters during her time on the show. call “It’s really hard. It’s hurting my soul and Evan as a human being. It’s causing me a lot of anger.”

“It’s just tedious, it’s really mentally exhausting and you don’t want to go to a place like that in your life,” Peters said of filming scary and disturbing content. “So you have to go there for the scene, and it eventually integrates into your life somehow. You are in a traffic jam and you find yourself screaming and you feel like, why? this person is not me I fight really hard to get over it.”