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Originally, Nick Castle was on the set of Halloween (1978), just to watch the movie be filmed. It was at the suggestion of John Carpenter that he took up the role of Michael Myers. #TheGoreYouKnow #MutantFam @themutantfam.bsky.social
December 13, 2025 at 3:58 PM
The voice of Queen Camilla in Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer & the Island of Misfit Toys (2001) was done by Jamie Lee Curtis. #TheGoreYouKnow #MutantFam @themutantfam.bsky.social
December 13, 2025 at 3:36 PM
The 2 actors in the mini car scene of How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000) are Caroline Williams (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2) and John Short (Maximum Overdrive). #TheGoreYouKnow #MutantFam @themutantfam.bsky.social
December 13, 2025 at 3:35 PM
The Christmas Carol (1949) has the first known screen appearance of actress and future Bond girl, Jill St John (credited under her birth name of Oppenheim). #TheGoreYouKnow #MutantFam @themutantfam.bsky.social
December 13, 2025 at 3:34 PM
How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1966): Dr. Seuss disputed casting Boris Karloff for fear that he would make the Grinch too scary. #TheGoreYouKnow #MutantFam @themutantfam.bsky.social
December 13, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Rich Little's Christmas Carol (1978) was the third time that Rich Little had told 'A Christmas Carol' in this manner. First in 1953, he recorded it on a record. Later he did it on The Ed Sullivan Show (1948) in four minutes flat. #TheGoreYouKnow #MutantFam @themutantfam.bsky.social
December 12, 2025 at 2:49 PM
In Spirited (2022) during the musical number "Good Afternoon", the man carrying packages for Dame Judi Dench is her grandson, Sam Williams. #TheGoreYouKnow #MutantFam @themutantfam.bsky.social
December 12, 2025 at 2:43 PM
The flying shark in Doctor Who A Christmas Carol (2010) was inspired by Steven Moffat's childhood fear of sharks rising out of water. #TheGoreYouKnow #MutantFam @themutantfam.bsky.social
December 12, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol (1962) is the first of the animated Christmas TV specials that were run annually by the major networks and are now run by various cable channels. #TheGoreYouKnow #MutantFam @themutantfam.bsky.social
December 12, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Henry Mancini wrote the theme music for Carol for Another Christmas (1964), which later appeared on his album A Merry Mancini Christmas. #TheGoreYouKnow #MutantFam @themutantfam.bsky.social
December 12, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Silent Night, Bloody Night: The Homecoming (2013) is a remake of 1974 film Deathouse (1972). #TheGoreYouKnow #MutantFam @themutantfam.bsky.social
December 11, 2025 at 3:01 PM
The placenta shown at the end of Red Christmas (2016) is real. #TheGoreYouKnow #MutantFam @themutantfam.bsky.social
December 11, 2025 at 2:50 PM
The cast & crew of Dismembering Christmas (2015) stayed on location for the entire shoot and nearly half the cast also helped out in various crew positions. #TheGoreYouKnow #MutantFam @themutantfam.bsky.social
December 11, 2025 at 2:46 PM
A Cadaver Christmas (2011): Jessica Denney (Kristen Stable) originally auditioned to play a smaller role as a reporter. #TheGoreYouKnow #MutantFam @themutantfam.bsky.social
December 11, 2025 at 2:39 PM
The portrait studio sequence in I'm Dreaming of a White Doomsday (2017) was filmed in director Mike Lombardo's living room. The portraits on the wall were real family and school photos of various cast and crew members. #TheGoreYouKnow #MutantFam @themutantfam.bsky.social
December 11, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Night Train to Terror (1985) was given an X rating by the MPAA after it was screened for them. #SplatterDay #TheGoreYouKnow #MutantFam @themutantfam.bsky.social
December 10, 2025 at 2:31 PM
The 3rd story in Night Train to Terror (1985), The Case of Claire Hansen, is from the unreleased film Cataclysm (1980) directed by Phillip Marshak, Tom McGowan, & Gregg C. Tallas, it had the alternate working titles The Nightmare Never Ends and Satan's Supper. #SplatterDay @themutantfam.bsky.social
December 10, 2025 at 2:22 PM
The second segment in Night Train to Terror (1985), "The Case of Gretta Connors", was originally a feature film titled Death Wish Club (1983), which had the working titles The Dark Side of Love, Carnival of Fools, and Gretta. #SplatterDay #TheGoreYouKnow #MutantFam @themutantfam.bsky.social
December 10, 2025 at 2:16 PM
The first story in Night Train to Terror (1985), "The Case of Henry Billings", features footage from the unfinished film Scream Your Head Off (1981) #SplatterDay #TheGoreYouKnow #MutantFam @themutantfam.bsky.social
December 10, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Night Train to Terror (1985) was created using the salvaged footage of three other unreleased horror films that had been shot years prior. #SplatterDay #TheGoreYouKnow #MutantFam @themutantfam.bsky.social
December 10, 2025 at 2:09 PM
13 Slays Till X-Mas (2020): The couple in "The Scareionette" was originally written as a husband and wife, but the filmmakers changed the script to two females when auditioning a strong male lead became increasingly difficult. #TheGoreYouKnow #MutantFam @themutantfam.bsky.social
December 9, 2025 at 2:38 PM
All the gore f/x in Secret Santa (2015) were done practically. #TheGoreYouKnow #MutantFam @themutantfam.bsky.social
December 9, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Violent Night (2022): Mr. Scrooge was originally going to be called Mr. Grinch, but the filmmakers had to change his name to Mr. Scrooge because they couldn't clear the rights for the Grinch name. #TheGoreYouKnow #MutantFam @themutantfam.bsky.social
December 9, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Christmas Bloody Christmas (2022): The story was initially conceived for a remake of Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984). #TheGoreYouKnow #MutantFam @themutantfam.bsky.social
December 9, 2025 at 2:15 PM
The climactic shootout sequence in Fatman (2020) took four days to film, with the temperature hitting as low as 36 below zero Celsius. #TheGoreYouKnow #MutantFam @themutantfam.bsky.social
December 9, 2025 at 2:06 PM