Fuck Yeah Behind the Scenes

William Castle described the premise of the film to Vincent Price over coffee. Price liked the idea so much that it led to a two-picture collaboration, this and The Tingler.

House on Haunted Hill (1959)

On set, Alfred Hitchcock would always refer to Anthony Perkins as “Master Bates”.

Psycho (1960)

Funds earned by Pink Floyd’s album “The Dark Side of the Moon” went towards funding The Holy Grail. The band were such fans of the show they would halt recording sessions just to watch Monty Python’s Flying Circus.

Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1974)

After the departure of Jeffrey Katzenberg in 1994, the story was infused with a lighter touch and handed over to the fairly new Florida feature unit. Up till that point, they had been mainly responsible for the Roger Rabbit shorts.

Mulan (1998)

The only cast member who would initially commit to the project was Geena Davis. Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder, Catherine O’Hara, and Sylvia Sidney all said no at least once.

Beetlejuice (1988)

This marks the first time a Star Trek film has shot outside the United States, with shooting in Iceland for special effects sequences.

Star Trek: Into Darkness (2013)

There were 52 separate shooting units working at almost any given time during the production. If everything went well they would get two minutes of footage in two weeks.

Paranorman (2012)

Christopher Nolan’s first choice for the role of Leonard was Alec Baldwin.

Memento (2000)

The creepy mask Michael Palin wore in the film was based on a similar mask Terry Gilliam’s mother gave him once.

Brazil (1985)

The towers in the back of the intro are two dimensional pictures of chemical plants, etched in brass and then hidden by smoke.

Blade Runner (1982)