Most Startling Films Ever Made

The House That Jack Built

This movie is so disturbing that it verges on comical. With an all-star cast and a director with a seriously disturbing vision for his films, this movie is a borderline masterpiece. Matt Dillon plays Jack, a brilliant serial killer who’s been on a spree for 12 years. Some of the depictions of violence chased people away from the theaters.

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The More You Know

  • In the first draft of the Back to the Future screenplay, the time machine wasn't a Delorean, it was a refrigerator.
  • Natalie Portman dislocated her rib while shooting Black Swan and had to give up her trailer so the low budget film could afford a medic for the rest of shooting.
  • Disney wanted Robert De Niro as Captain Jack Sparrow, but he declined the role because he thought the movie was going to bomb.
  • Stanley Kubrick had all the sets and models from the filming of 2001: A Space Odyssey destroyed to prevent a sequel from being made.
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