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5 min read“Seventy crew members injured. Not a single person died. That’s the amazing thing.” That’s how co-host Gavin sums up the 1981 film Roar, a movie that used untrained big cats running loose on set. The director was scalped by a lion and needed over 200 stitches to reattach his scalp. He went back to finish the film. This episode of Seventh Sanctum Paranormal doesn’t set out to prove that certain movies are genuinely cursed. Instead, hosts Kerri Ann and Gavin walk through several famous “cursed” films — The Exorcist, Poltergeist, The Omen, and Roar — and weigh the supernatural explanations against the psychological and practical ones. The throughline is a question: when bad things happen on a film set, is it a curse, or is it something more mundane that we’re primed to interpret as one?
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What you'll learn
- 1 (01:25) **Introduction & Banter** - Hosts Kerri Ann and Gavin catch up on their busy bank holiday weekends, including a May Day event and a two-day festival.
- 2 (05:29) **Topic Introduction & Link to Previous Episode** - The hosts introduce the night's topic: cursed films and unfortunate events on movie sets.
- 3 (10:44) **The Exorcist (1973)** - The hosts begin with the most famous "cursed" film, discussing the line between genuine tragedy and marketing.
- 4 (17:00) **Live Chat & The Poltergeist Formula** - A listener comment sparks a discussion on the psychological theory behind poltergeist activity.
- 5 (21:29) **Poltergeist (1982) & Real Skeletons** - The hosts reveal that the film used real human skeletons as props because they were cheaper than fakes.
- 6 (33:29) **Roar (1981) - The Most Dangerous Film** - Gavin introduces a film neither host had heard of, which resulted in 70 crew injuries from untrained big cats on set.
- 7 (40:03) **Segment Shift: AI & Ghost Hunting Tech** - A listener question about AI in future ghost hunting leads to a discussion on equipment reliability.
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