43 Fascinating Behind The Scenes Photos From Classic Horror Movies

Classic horror movies have made lasting impressions on us throughout the years.

Who could really ever forget the Exorcist? It surely freaked out many people for a good while but did you know there are some pretty awesome things that happened behind the scenes of some of the most iconic horror films around?

These are some of the scariest characters ever created and it’s interesting to see them in such a vulnerable state when they’re not performing on screen. Who will ever forget Linda Blair in what was easily her most recognizable role — The Exorcist.

So every now and again, it’s fun to pull back the curtain and see what these frightening characters were like before they scared the crap out of us.

1. Linda Blair from The Exorcist

2. Pinhead

3. Predator

4. The Shining

5. Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2

6. Taking a break on the set of Aliens

7. The Shining

8. Leonardo DiCaprio on the set of Critters 3

9. Freddy Krueger stretching his face

10. Jaws

11. Pet Sematary

12. Alfred Hitchcock grabs Janet Leigh’s face on the set of Psycho

13. The twin girls on the set of The Shining

14. Frankenstein

15. King Kong vs. Godzilla

16. Drew Barrymore gets bloodied up during the filming of Scream

17. The Omen

18. Johnny Depp smoking and holding a super-soaker on the set of Sleepy Hollow

19. Silence Of The Lambs

20. Tim Curry on the set of IT

21. The Incredible Shrinking Man

22. Special effects artist, Tony Pantanella, gets a zombie ready on Night Of The Living Dead

23. Pennywise chillin’ on a porch

24. The Birds

25. Hannibal Lector eating a french fry

26. Steven Spielberg in the jaws of Jaws

27. Young Frankenstein

28. The Fly

29. Rosemary’s Baby

30. The Exorcist

31. Saw

32. Wes Craven shows Drew Barrymore a butcher knife on the set of Scream

33. Halloween

34. The Gate

35. Freddy chillin’ with his walkman on the set of Nightmare On Elm Street

36. Child’s Play

37. Gremlins

38. Nick Castle as Michael Myers

39. Carrie

40. 1941’s The Wolfman

Jason Voorhees on the set of Friday the 13th Part 3

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