Poltergeist Curse and Rumors behind the Terrifying Deaths

The Poltergeist movie is based on a young family terrorized by ghosts. From a swimming pool full of ghosts, demons living in the children’s closet to a young child communicating with ghosts on TV set, the movie has horrific scenes capable of scaring everyone watching.

The Freeling family learns that their home was built on a Native American burial ground after the ghosts abduct their youngest daughter. They are now faced with the tough situation and have to join forces and rescue her. As the trailer and the reviews behind the movie would get everyone running to the cinema to watch it, there are rumors surrounding the mysterious deaths of several cast members. Four of the cast members died before and after the release of the successful movie.

It started with the untimely death of Dominique Dunne who casted as Dana Freeling, the older sister. The actress suffered an untimely death after she was chocked by her ex boyfriend John Sweeney after she refused to take him back.

The most shocking death that left the funs in great sorrow was that of Heather O’Rourke (Carol Anne Freeling). At the age of 12, nobody could think such a young girl’s life can just end unexpectedly. The youngster acted on the first release of Poltergeist when she was just six years. The actress captured the audience attention by her stunning look and good performance. However, six years later, she felt ill with symptoms associated with flu. The next day she collapsed and suffered a cardiac arrest and died on operating table in a desperate attempt to correct a bowel obstruction.

The other deaths, though expected, also fuel the curse rumor behind the movie. Kane, who played the evil spirit on the first Poltergeist, died a year before the release of the movie in 1985 after a serious battle with stomach cancer. The other death was that of Taylor (Will Sampson); the good spirit, who died in 1987 a year after the release of the Poltergeist II of the film. He heard undergone a lung transplant and his death was associated to pre-operative malnutrition and post-operative kidney failure.

The curses surrounding the mysterious deaths had been said to have resulted from directors using real skeletons to save money since plastic ones were so expensive. Another curse is associated with the real medicine man Will Sampson who is said to have performed an authentic exorcism one night after they finished shooting.

Following the death of these several members, rumors had since filled the air that all the cast members in the movie had since died. This is of course an exaggerated version of the curse as many of the members are still alive. The Poltergeist movie continues to hit in the horror movie industry despite the rumors and is one of the best movie one can ever watch.

All You Need To Know About The Curse Of Tutankhamun

The curse of the Pharaohs is believed to be an alleged spell that is cast upon those people who disturb the mummy of an Ancient Egyptian person, especially a Pharaoh or a king. One such curse is the famous Curse of Tutankhamun. The curse is an ancient belief among the local people of Egypt that the people who opened the tomb of Tutankhamun died mysteriously days after that.

Tutankhamun And His Death

Tutankhamun was an Egyptian pharaoh or The King of 18th dynasty. His original name was Tutankhaten and referred to as the King Tut. He ruled during the period of Egyptian history known as to be the New Kingdom. He ascended to the throne in 1333 BC, at the age of nine and ruled the empire for ten years.

Tutankhamun died at the age of 19 and still the cause of his death is a considerable debate. However, the observation taken in 2005 showed that he had fractured his leg, which later got infected. Also In 2010 the DNA analysis shows the presence of malaria in his boy and Kohler Disease that led to his death.

Discovery Of The Mummy

The mummy of Tutankhamun was discovered on October 28, 1925, by an English Egyptologist Howard Carter and his team. His burial chamber was found in the Valley of the Kings in the Theban Necropolis in 1922 but wasn’t opened until then. The mummy is about 3,300 years old. It was believed to be one of the most famous and significant discovery of modern times.

Curses

The belief in curse was followed by many people because of the mysterious death of few members of Howard Carter’s team who opened the King’s Tomb. The curse is believed to be thrown upon people who disturb the Ancient Tombs.

The first death was of Lord Carnarvon; he was bitten by a mosquito and later slashed the bite while shaving which got infected and he died. After his mysterious death, many people began associating his death with the infamous curse, owing to the fact that he had been found in King’s Tomb. Many such deaths followed by one after other, with a majority of them following the same fashion –victims dying mysteriously and within few hours of their infection.

King Tutankhamun’s Mummy is still present in his tomb in the Valley of Kings. Some people believe and some still feel the curse to be as a myth. There were 58 people present at the time when the tomb and sarcophagus were opened. But only eight died in a dozen years.