Alien, the eighth passenger
This anecdote of the cinema is well known by many, but it never hurts to remember it. To make the death scene of the character played by John Hurt even more believable, Ridley Scott did not tell anyone about what he had planned to do.
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To do this, he put a device that would explode a bag full of blood and pork viscera. At the right moment, the filmmaker told the actors to lean over John Hurt's body to automatically burst the bag and cover the entire cast with blood, to the astonishment, bewilderment and, above all, fright of the audience. Without a doubt, a scene from Alien, the eighth passenger that has become one of the most iconic moments in film history.
Prometheus
33 years later, Ridley Scott was still just as roguish with his actors. We have good proof of this in Prometheus, a prequel (or rather we should say, a prelude to a prequel) of the first installment of Alien.
In order to continue showing the true terror in his interpreters, Ridley Scott followed the same trend as in Alien, that is, to hide his intentions from the rest of the cast to surprise them and obtain the most credible reactions at key moments in the film. . Like the scene where an alien snake shoots out from inside a body, completely scaring the actors.
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre is one of the greatest references of horror cinema. But not only for its viewers, but also for the actors who starred in the film. To give it more realism, the director of it, Tobe Hopper, prevented the actors from seeing the murderer Leatherface in his human skin mask before shooting the corresponding scenes. As you can imagine, the reactions of its protagonists upon meeting the murderer are completely real.
The Blair Witch Project
Without a doubt, we have an example of realism in The Blair Witch Project, a film that even in its promotions tried to make it seem as if it were a totally true story, since the story is recorded from the video cameras of a group of hikers lost in a forest.
To emphasize the sense of perdition of their protagonists, the directors gave the actors cameras, a map to reach a certain meeting point and everything necessary to survive for three days, leaving them completely alone in the forest. Or so they were led to believe, as the film crew secretly followed them unseen, causing various noises through the woods.
To top it off, in the last days of filming they hardly gave them food and at night they did not let them sleep, shaking the tent and playing the recordings of the children laughing. So, if you play the movie again, know that the reactions of its protagonists are absolutely real.
The Godfather
Even in great classics like The Godfather there were actors who had a really bad time during filming, although in this case it was a three-year-old boy. Before the iconic death of Don Corleone as a result of a heart attack, the character was with his grandson.
Marlon Brando had all the weight of the scene and knew that he had to connect with the little boy in some way, so he decided to put an orange peel in his mouth and start growling like a monster. The boy, far from laughing, began to scream and the actor was forced to comfort him.
An amazing gang (The Monster Squad)
This classic 80's movie told the story of a group of teenagers who have to face the most emblematic monsters in film history, such as the werewolf, the mummy or Dracula, who wanted to seize an amulet that would It would help take over the world. Said artifact was in the hands of a five-year-old girl (played by Ashley Bank).
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The young woman later revealed in an interview that she was really scared when she saw the actor Duncan Regehr dressed as Dracula. Also, during the scene where the monsters are sucked into a portal, the little girl had a really hard time, as she felt that the air from the six giant fans that were used to make the vortex suction effect was dragging her down. so was she, clinging tightly to whatever was closest to her to keep from being blown away.
