Making movies can be dangerous business. There are so many things that can go wrong on set, everything from cameras not working to well-timed stunts not going as planned. Throughout cinema history, some individuals who make films have been hurt, maimed and even killed. On today’s morbid episode of Slums of Film History we’ll be focusing on those films where someone met their unfortunate demise. We discuss whether or not these fatalities brought about change or if the show simply went on. Today we’re “Dead on Set.”
LINKS TO SOME OF THE MOVIES WE DISCUSS
Hell's Angels (free on Youtube)
Twilight Zone : The Movie ($3.99 on Amazon Video)
Top Gun (free with Amazon Prime and streaming On Netflix)
Braddock: Missing In Action 3 (free on Youtube)
The Bodyguard ($3.99 on Amazon Video)
The Hobbit ($3.99 on Amazon Video)
BONUS!
"Charge of the Light Brigade" scene:
"Twilight Zone: The Movie" Helicopter Crash
Documentary about "Twilight Zone" onset deaths
William Friedkin talks about the car chase from "French Connection"
Video of Train Accident During Filming of "Midnight Rider: The Greg Allman Story"
