Weekend Horror Trivia

Reader and contributor Gemma St. Clair returns this weekend with a new list of horror trivia:

1. Dracula (1931): Universal had purchased the rights to the Dracula broadway play with the intention of casting Lon Chaney as Count Dracula. Lon Chaney was expected to sign on in August of 1930, when he passed away unexpectedly.

2. Thinner: Stephen King has a cameo in this movie, playing the man behind the counter at the pharmacy.

3. The Serpent and the Rainbow: At the time Bill Pullman was a newly-wed and his wife was an extra in the film. She appears on screen as a women who pushes a long needle though a mans cheek.

4. Hell Night: The mansion property had no hedge maze so one was bought in for filming.

5. The Raven: Boris Karloff, who stuck very closely to the original script, was annoyed with Peter Lorre and Jack Nicholson's constant ad-libbing. However, it must not have bothered Boris Karloff too much, as he agreed to star with Jack Nicholson in The Terror afterward.

6. Creepshow: Stephen King's son Joe King (also known as author Joe Hill), played the role of the kid collecting Creepshow comic books in the film.

7. Jacob's Ladder: Although Macaulay Culkin played an important role in the film, he is not credited.

8. Two Evil Eyes: Dario Argento originally wanted the film to be a collaboration with George A Romero, John Carpenter and Wes Craven.

9. Basket Case: The crew got so offended during the ending death scene that they walked off set.

10. The Frighteners: The movie was originally planned as a Tales from the Crypt movie, but Robert Zemeckis liked the script so much, he decided it should be a stand-alone film.