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Poll: The Movie, The Myth, The Legend

These movies may be based on fictional stories and facts but what happened behind the scenes remains a mystery to this day.

An urban legend is defined as "a humorous or horrific story or piece of information circulated as though true, especially one purporting to involve someone vaguely related or known to the teller."

Which of these movie urban legends do you find to be the most fascinating?

Discuss the list of urban legends here!

Note: Many of these have since been proven wrong but judge these based on the premise that you had no prior knowledge on the validity of any of them.

Results of 1,310 votes:

  1. 1.

    JoBeth Williams in Poltergeist (1982)

     
    The Poltergeist Curse in the "Poltergeist" Franchise (1982-88) "The Poltergeist" film series is cursed and has seen several strange deaths occur among its cast members. Four cast m…
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    Danny Lloyd in The Shining (1980)

     
    Stanley Kubrick and the Moon Landing The Documentary Room 237 (2012) had several conspiracy theories regarding legendary director Stanley Kubrick, among them: 1. Kubrick filmed the fake Apollo 11 moon…
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    Harry Earles, Jackie Gerlich, and Jerry Maren in The Wizard of Oz (1939)

     
    Munchkin Suicide In a scene in The Wizard of Oz (1939) when Dorothy, the Scarecrow, and the Tin Man head down the yellow brick road, on their way to Emerald City, a dark figure can be seen deep in the…

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