Craving brains? We can help!
Login or Join The Infected with a FREE account!
User Name: Password:
NEWS REVIEWS COMING SOON INTERVIEWS BDTV VIDEO MOVIE PIT ARTICLES
FORUMS BLOGS USER GALLERIES THE INFECTED ABOUT US NEWS FEEDS PODCASTS

Chicago QUAKES During 'Unborn' Exorcism!
Tuesday, April 22, 2008


By: MrDisgusting
Comments

I received a CRAZY e-mail this morning from Platinum Dunes producer Brad Fuller, who had a terrifying experience on the set of their latest film, The Unborn, which is currently shooting in Chicago, IL. Under the watch of writer-director David Goyer, the team was shooting a scene involving an exorcism, when an earthquake hit! Read on for the insane story...

Platinum Dunes producer Brad Fuller e-mails us from Chicago with an amazing story:

"Greetings from Chicago - a wonderful place to make a movie and terrifying place to have an exorcism.

I am here shooting "The Unborn," which was born in David Goyer's brain and is being skillfully directed by him. Tonight we are shooting one of the climatic scenes in the film in which Gary Oldman and Idris Elba are conducting an exorcism. We are shooting on location at an old abandoned chapel with cracked stained glass windows, peeling paint and ruptured floors. The place feels like it belongs in a World War 2 aftermath scene.

Now before I go on, I want to remind you that I have shot films in unsettling places before. I am convinced that the house we shot the “Amityville Horror” in was haunted and the Hewitt House from “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre” had a total of nine people die in it - all by "natural causes" - or so I was told. But I digress. So tonight we are shooting this scene -- it's 3:30 in the morning and we are all exhausted. Lights are flickering, wind is blowing and Gary Oldman is trying to be heard above all the chaos. It feels so real that those of us seated in front of the monitors were freaked out and thrilled at the same time. Goyer painstakingly recreated this exorcism rite from the Old Testament. The words Gary Oldman is saying are directly from the Old Testament and since we are running the scene all the way thru in each take, I found myself completely wrapped up in the scene. For a second I forgot we were filming a movie, and then the room started to shake... I am not screwing around here, the room shook, chandeliers swayed, and our 25 foot long lighting balloon exploded - sending shards of glass raining down!

Chicago, along with neighboring cities throughout Illinois and Indiana, were experienced the second largest earthquake in the history of these parts.

Now you can say that it’s a coincidence that we had a 5.2 magnitude earthquake while shooting our exorcism scene - but when you finally see the scene, you’ll know why the actors look so freaked out, and why am writing this blog from the safety of a particularly hardy doorway.
"
Now that's a crazy story! Odette Yustman, Gary Oldman, Cam Gigandet, Meagan Good, Carla Gugino, Jane Alexander, Idris Elba, Rhys Coiro and James Remar all star in the film written and directed by David Goyer.

The psychological thriller follows an 18-year-old who is haunted by a Dybbuk - the soul of a dead person barred from heaven - in the form of a young boy who perished in Auschwitz.


Source: Bloody-Disgusting.com

Previous Story Print Story Send to a Friend Next Story

Read 18 User Comments
Zombie Hell
10:44pm, April 22, 2008
PROFILE - MESSAGE - REPORT

I was up when that quake hit, pretty cool shit. But that's awesome they're going to use that take in the final film. Cool story

cpanthers
10:56pm, April 22, 2008
PROFILE - MESSAGE - REPORT

You could fell it here too.

BloodFlow
11:49pm, April 22, 2008
PROFILE - MESSAGE - REPORT

it wasn't a quake...it was my dick hitting the ground

Klownzilla
11:53pm, April 22, 2008
PROFILE - MESSAGE - REPORT

The tremors of that quake woke me and I immediately thought of The Exorcist when I felt my bed shaking. When the whole building was shaking, I was somewhat relieved that the cause was natural and not supernaturally directed at me.

I'LLEATYOURFUCKINGFACE
12:31am, April 23, 2008
PROFILE - MESSAGE - REPORT

........it wasn't an earth quake.... it was chuck norris!!

Sarcastos
1:00am, April 23, 2008
PROFILE - MESSAGE - REPORT

No, no, no. it wasn't a quake, it wasn't chuck norris. Rosie O'Donnell's plane landed. True Horror

THE ledgend killer
4:02am, April 23, 2008
PROFILE - MESSAGE - REPORT

it was my cum hitting the ground

j.c
4:05am, April 23, 2008
PROFILE - MESSAGE - REPORT

The tremors reached all the way out here in Missouri. Cool story though. Hope they include it on the dvd.

thephantomk
4:55am, April 23, 2008
PROFILE - MESSAGE - REPORT

Oh for christ sakes... Well now we know what these guys will say on Jay Leno and during the press interviews. Yeah it was no cowinkidink. It was all you, Brad and Co... Pfffftttthpp. What's more important.. Did anyone die when this happened? Oh wait who am I kidding thats not news...

katiekat
8:13am, April 23, 2008
PROFILE - MESSAGE - REPORT

bloodflow u have to have a dick for it to hit the ground. :p - Heather

aerollica
11:31am, April 23, 2008
PROFILE - MESSAGE - REPORT

It wasnt an earthquake, it was horror fans all getting up at the same time and walking out of a screening of Prom Night...

horrorchick81
3:39pm, April 23, 2008
PROFILE - MESSAGE - REPORT

cool story, glad there was nothing to serious happened to anyone. hope they use it in the dvd. this movie sounds awesome ill have to check this one out.

Gargus
4:35pm, April 23, 2008
PROFILE - MESSAGE - REPORT

What a attention whore. Really now, he tries to make a earthquake sound like some bad omen for this movie, took him long enough to come up with the gag for it, quake was a week ago.

deathmatch fan
6:02pm, April 23, 2008
PROFILE - MESSAGE - REPORT

i felt the tremors here mo.

BloodFlow
10:39pm, April 23, 2008
PROFILE - MESSAGE - REPORT

Hey Heather...don't soak yor panties. No, you can't have none of this! ::taps her on the nose:: bad girl, bad girl!

DJ Hoodie
10:48pm, April 23, 2008
PROFILE - MESSAGE - REPORT

I love hearing about things like this that happen during movie shoots. Adds something extra to the finished product.

katiekat
8:02am, April 24, 2008
PROFILE - MESSAGE - REPORT

lol bloodflow sorry but i'm married :) but i just couldn't help myself, i always wanted to say something like that lol - Heather

SR143GO
3:40am, July 31, 2008
PROFILE - MESSAGE - REPORT

Well...whoa! I'm shocked! I of course don't believe it has anything to do with the exorcism scene....but whoa! An earthquake in chicago during the filming of a scene. I'm also surprised they're actually going to use it in the final cut of the movie. I'm also surprised and grateful that the earthquake didn't mess up the filming or anything! Whoa! I bet its very hard staying in character when you're acting and there's an earthquake...I'm sort of surprised they didn't cancel the filming that day. Also, I can't wait to see that movie even more now, Gary Oldman....he's brilliant in general....but in a horror movie...oh yea! I can't wait! I bet the movie is gooooooooooood!


You have to be logged in to comment!
If you don't have an account
register now for free! Your account allows you to post comments and reviews, upload videos and images, access or our forums, write personal blogs, and maintain your profile.


USERNAME:
PASSWORD:

The Unborn

STARRING: Odette Yustman Gary Oldman Cam Gigandet Meagan Good Carla Gugino Jane Alexander Idris Elba Rhys Coiro James Remar
DIRECTOR: David Goyer
WRITER: David Goyer


Related Headlines

Rogue Pictures Plans January Release for 'The Unborn'
September 10, 2008
Dybbuk box tale to be told first thing in 2009...

EXCLUSIVE SDCC '08: Full David Goyer Interview!
July 30, 2008
Talks Unborn and Invisible Man...

SDCC '08: Hi-Res Look at Unborn, Drag Me to Hell and Wolfman!!
July 21, 2008
Watch for interviews this weekend...

A Few More Details on 'The Unborn'
June 10, 2008
Nothing all too new here, but some twins do appear!

Platinum Dunes Blog: 'Unborn' Wraps, 'Friday' Going for Hard R
May 11, 2008
Plenty of nudity to go around on this camp...


Get More "The Unborn" News



Recent Headlines

FINALLY Some Truth Regarding 'Evil Dead 4'
October 7, 2008
Think 30 years from now....

Bloody-Disgusting & iKlipz Present: The Slaughter Sisters!
October 7, 2008
Episode one of special October series...

Take a Trip to 'Sorority Row' Next October
October 7, 2008
Summit's House on Sorority Row remake coming soon!

DVD/Blu-ray Review: Gorgon's 'Faces of Death' Returns'
October 7, 2008
A positive, and a negative review....

EXCLUSIVE BDTV: Jennifer Carpenter Talks 'Quarantine'
October 7, 2008
Exclusive video interview with star of [REC] remake...

EXCLUSIVE Tom Holland Plans Immortality With 'Eternal'
October 7, 2008
Is his family the key?

'28 Months Later' Director Rumor Shot Down
October 7, 2008
Nothing new to add, unfortunately....

Gorgon Video Label Relaunch, New 'Faces of Death' Website!
October 7, 2008
Check out Facesofdeath.com

BDTV: Head to the Backwoods in German Film 'Break'
October 7, 2008
Incredible trailer for new indie film...

WIN One of Ten 'The Strangers' Prize Packs!!
October 7, 2008
Loaded with all sorts of bloody goodness...


Get More Horror News
BLOODY-DISGUSTING.COM / GOHORRORMOVIES.COM © 2001-2007 BLOODY-DISGUSTING LLC
This site may contain rumors and speculation which should be read for entertainment purposes only.
News Feeds - Staff - Contact Us - Advertise - Privacy Policy - Terms Of Service - Site by KILLROBOT