Horror History #1: The Twilight Zone Movie Tragedy
June 27th, 2008 by MaT
Many horror fans have probably heard of the gruesome on-set decapitation deaths of Vic Morrow and two child actors while filming Twilight Zone: The Movie. What you might not know is that John Landis went on trial…and should have been convicted of manslaughter. It’s a fascinating story and if you aren’t familiar with it, then check out this site for the full scoop.
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Jeff said:
That’s such an upsetting, disturbing story. I don’t like watching The Twilight Zone because of this.
Not to mention that the movie sucks even without the tragic deaths.
MaT said:
have you seen the video of Morrow’s death?
Talk about creepy!
Jeff said:
Oh crap, the video is out there in the public? Yucky.
MaT said:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=NqFH8zZ85cE
Fake Larry said:
I saw that footage in the mid 90s on a compilation tape called Death Scenes 2. They showed more angles than that YouTube, and a little clearer. There’s one shot from higher up and in front where you can better see the moment of impact. The tape even does a repeat frame-by-frame. It’s all a spash and blur but you can tell what happened. The other angles look like the helecopter just fell on top of them, but it didn’t.
Lost a night of sleep watching that stuff.