The Exorcist (1973)

This horror classic had quite the troubled production!

On screen we see desperate mother Chris MacNeil (Ellen Burstyn) trying to save her daughter Regan (Linda Blair) from demonic possession.

William Friedkin's movie was plagued with mysterious occurrences from the start.

Filming had to be delayed because the set for the family house had burned down. Then, Ellen was injured by a harness during a scene where she is thrown backwards by the demon.

Tragically, the picture was also plagued with deaths.

Actors Jack MacGowran and Vasiliki Maliaros passed away shortly before the movie premiered. Jack died from the flu in 1973, and Vasiliki of natural causes. As well as this, both Linda Blair's grandfather and Max Von Sydow's brother passed away during production.