Curses!! POLTERGEIST, THE FIRST (Cursed) FILM, Top "Curse" Movies... Oh, and FLESH EATERS

From The Stories We Tell in the Dark by Anywhere But Hollywood

August 28, 2025 · 27 min

About this episode

Adam explores some of film's most infamous curses and Hollywood lore.

Adam explores some of film's most infamous curses - from Poltergeist and its real skeletons to the eerie disappearance of the man who may have invented cinema before Edison. Also: a FLESH EATERS resurrection, some Hollywood lore, and the show's evolving format. Movies mentioned: FLESH EATERS, POLTERGEIST, THE FIRST FILM ( Roundhay Garden Scene/Accordian Player/Traffic Crossing Leeds Bridge), THE OMEN, ROSEMARY'S BABY, THE EXORCIST, CURSE OF THE CAT PEOPLE, DRAG ME TO HELL, CURSE OF THE DEMON, CURSE OF THE MAN WHO SEES UFOS

People in this episode

Host: Adam

Topics covered

film curses
Hollywood lore
infamous films
Poltergeist
Flesh Eaters
cinema history

Keywords

curses
Poltergeist
Flesh Eaters
Hollywood
infamous films
cinema history
horror movies

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: POLTERGEIST, FLESH EATERS, THE FIRST FILM ( Roundhay Garden Scene/Accordian Player/Traffic Crossing Leeds Bridge), THE OMEN, ROSEMARY'S BABY, THE EXORCIST, CURSE OF THE CAT PEOPLE, DRAG ME TO HELL, CURSE OF THE DEMON, CURSE OF THE MAN WHO SEES UFOS