Summary

Manyhorror movieshave become so popular and influential that there are various misconceptions about them , lead the interview to swear some thing materialize one means when they were actually very different or did n’t happen at all . It ’s not rare for memories of specific flick moments to become distorted with time and most viewers remembering them one way , and some of these corrupted memory end up becoming part of pop culture , realize it harder to consider that , in realness , they were completely different or , merely , they never hap .

The revulsion musical genre is no exception to this , and there are many second , scenes , dialogues , and contingent that viewer swear bump in one specific way . The reason for these misconceptions vary , from misinformation , confusion with other similar whole kit , sequels , or extended media , famous lampoon that change key detail , and even urban legends . Many of these wrong retention are now so ingrained in pop culture and collective memory that it comes as a shock to learn or actualize that they did n’t go on or happened in a very different mode , but in all cases , the verity does n’t pretend the flick ’s character nor its bequest .

Many horror pic were the matter of myths , whether due to the musical theme in them , on - band tragedies , or rumor about the doer , among other thing .

Brandon Lee in The Crow next to Bela Lugosi as Dracula and Carol Anne in Poltergeist

10Bela Lugosi’s Dracula Never Said “I Want To Suck Your Blood”

There are many misconceptions around Lugosi’s Dracula

Bela Lugosi ’s Dracula is , arguably , the most famous variation of the famous vampire , but even though he was the stirring for subsequent portrayals of the Count , many inside information associated with him are incorrect . The big one is the impression that Lugosi ’s Dracula says “ I want to breastfeed your blood ” , with his heavy Magyar accent , but he never says that furrow . In fact , Lugosi ’s Dracula is n’t even evidence wassail his victims ’ stemma , and he did n’t say the line either in his subsequent appearances as the lamia . It ’s unclear when and where this mind start , but it might have been in Tim Burton’sEd Wood , as its version of Bela Lugosi sound out this argumentation .

9Heather Is Sorry, Not Scared In The Blair Witch Project

Heather’s speech is slightly different

One of the most memorable scene inThe Blair Witch Projectis when Heather films herself at night , scared and crying , leaving a message for her , Mike , and Josh ’s household in case they do n’t survive . Heather is believed to say “ I ’m so frightened ” , but the real pipeline is “ I ’m so dingy ” , as she apologizes to her colleague ’ family . The disarray might come from what Heather state short after about being scared to open up and close her eye , and was only made more popular whenScary Movieparodied the conniption with the occupation “ I ’m so scared ” .

8Gremlins’ Antagonist Is Stripe, Not Spike

Stripe’s physical appearance can be confusing

When the rules of how to take forethought of a mogwai are broken many metre inGremlins , a mogwai adversary is born . This monstrous creature has a white cartoon strip of fur on his promontory and is describe Stripe , but many citizenry believe his name is actually Spike . It ’s unreadable how this theme began , but it might be that Stripe ’s design evokes the name “ Spike ” rather than “ Stripe ” , and the former being a name more consort with villains than the latter .

7There’s Almost No Blood in Halloween

Michael Myers didn’t leave a trail

Despite being a slasher flick and introducing one of the most popular serial killers in the repugnance genre , Halloweenisn’t a bloodfest , as many believe or wrongly remember . astonishingly , Halloweenlacks graphic furiousness and blood , which allowed John Carpenter to focalize on the character and the threat that was Michael Myers , who could be hide in the shadows anytime , anywhere . Surely , subsequentHalloweenmovies did n’t take after this example and blend for blood and graphical scenes , but the movie that kicked off the franchise showed almost no pedigree and only had one graphic slaying ( Judith ’s ) .

6Billy Never Asks Their Victims To Play A Game In Saw

Billy will play the game whether you want it or not

When the victims of John Kramer ( Tobin Bell ) a.k.a . Jigsaw stir up up and find oneself themselves in one of his traps , they are given pedagogy and detail on a fipple pipe or a telecasting cover . In the font of the latter , the message is delivered through Billy , a marionette created by Kramer who has become the simulacrum oftheSawfranchise . Billy is incorrectly quoted as start out his content with “ Hello [ victim ’s name ] . Do you want to play a game ? ” , when in reality , Billy does n’t ask , he just states that he wants to play a game , pass the victim no option other than going through the game or face a painful demise .

5The Inside Of The Box Is Never Shown in Se7en

The insides are known but not shown

David Fincher’sSevenhas a perturbing game gadget when sequent killer John Doe takes detectives Somerset ( Morgan Freeman ) and Mills ( Brad Pitt ) to a removed location where a package for Mills is delivered . Doe was cheer by the seven deadly sins and his “ envy ” slaying consisted of killing Mills ’ pregnant married woman , Tracy ( Gwyneth Paltrow ) , and sending him her read/write head in a boxful . Somerset is the one who opens the box and sees what ’s within , but Fincher never express the audience Tracy ’s head inside the box .

Fincher has blab about this faulty idea as he has come across people who insist Tracy ’s head was shown , and shared withThe Guardianthat he once met a woman at a cocktail political party who complained to him about show the psyche in the box , with Fincher adding that “ the imagination , if properly prim , can do more than any U. S. Army of makeup artist ” .

4Regan Has A Feeding Tube in The Exorcist

The feeding tube has always been there

Regan MacNeil ’s ( Linda Blair ) condition quickly worsen inThe Exorcistdue to Pazuzu possessing her , to the full stop where , when Father Merrin ( Max von Sydow ) and Father Karras ( Jason Miller ) arrive , she ’s tie to her seam , her peel is grey-headed and with various cuts , and her oculus are yellow . Before the dispossession begins , Karras meets Regan to see if they are really dealing with a subject of demonic willpower , and it ’s during this sojourn that the infamous projectile vomit minute happen . What many do n’t call back is that , at that special instant , Regan has a nasogastric tube . This scene is also wrongly remembered as part of the exorcism , and during the genuine deal , Regan does n’t have the feeding tube , so it ’s easy to see where this misconception comes from .

3When Jason Voorhees Gets His Mask in the Friday the 13th Saga

Jason didn’t get his hockey mask right away

There ’s a popular but incorrect estimate that Jason Voorhees has always been the scoundrel intheFriday the 13thfranchise , when in the first movie , it was his female parent , Pamela , who committed the murder , and Jason ( as the decomposed corpse of a small fry ) only shortly appear at the end . Another misconception about Jason Voorhees is about his iconic hockey masque , as he ’s believed to have always had it , butit wasn’tuntil Friday the thirteenth Part IIIthat he got his hockey masque , which he took from one of his victims . Before this , Jason covered his head with a gunny bag with one eyehole .

Friday the 13th ’s Jason Voorhees is best known for wearing a ice hockey masque , which has changed a lot through the years . Let ’s take a look .

2Hannibal Lecter Never Said “Hello Clarice” In Silence of the Lambs

Hannibal greeted Clarice differently

When Clarice Starling ( Jodie Foster ) meets Dr. Hannibal Lecter ( Anthony Hopkins ) , the latter gives a round-eyed but scary salutation , which has been interminably misquote as “ hello Clarice” . Lecter just says “ beneficial aurora ” to Clarice when they first meet , and atthe end ofSilence of the Lambs , when he calls her , he start with “ well , Clarice ” . It ’s ill-defined when and how the idea of“hello Clarice ” began , though it might have to do with the many parodies of Lecter and the movie .

In the 2001 sequel , Hannibal , Lecter did say “ well , hello Clarice ” .

1Rosemary’s Baby Is Never Shown

Luckily, Rosemary’s demonic child was never revealed to the audience

All the suspense , tension , and horrors that Rosemary ( Mia Farrow ) and the audience go through inRosemary ’s Babyculminate with the confirmation that she is giving birth to the Antichrist . Atthe end ofRosemary ’s Baby , Rosemary finds the hidden memory access to the Castevet ’s apartment , where she finds her newborn child in a bassinet drape in black with an upside - down crown of thorns flow over it . Rosemary takes a look and is directly horrified , asking what ’s wrong with the baby ’s eyes . The baby is never shown , but many insist on seeing the baby ’s face or hooves , which is another example of the imaginativeness replete the blanks after all the anticipation and suspense viewers are put through .

Friday 13th Jason Voorhees mask changes evolution

Ben Affleck as Christian drumming his hand on the table while talking to Cynthia Addai-Robinson’s Marybeth in The Accountant 2

Jamie Lee Curtis as Laurie Strode in Halloween next to Bela Lugosi as Dracula and Stripe from Gremlins

Heather Donahue cries while holding a camera in The Blair Witch Project

Gremlins Stripe and Kingston Falls

A collage of Billy the Puppet from Saw

Brad pitt and Morgan Freeman in Se7en

Regan with a feeding tube and vomit on her clothes in The Exorcist

Sir Anthony Hopkins as Hannibal Lecter standing inside his cell in The Silence of the Lambs

Rosemary looks in the bassinet in Rosemary’s Baby.