1000 Facts about Horror Movies

To prepare for the Here's Johnny scene, Jack Nicholson would hop around shouting, AXE MURDER KILL! When The Blair Witch Project was released, the actors' parents kept receiving sympathy cards from people who believed they were actually dead. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde was the first horror film to win an Oscar. Dracula was the first horror film to have sound. The Exorcist was nominated for 10 Oscars. Freddy Kruger's father is played by Alice Cooper. In the novel, Frankenstein, it is never explained how the Monster is created. The Michael Myers mask in Halloween only cost $1.80. Jaws was the first film to earn $100 million. The poster for The Mummy is the most expensive film poster ever. It is worth nearly half a million dollars. Some critics worried that Night of the Living Dead would inspire cannibalism. In Hungary, Aliens is called The Name of the Planet is Death!