People That Have Made A Fake Scenario Become Real Life.
By Edtrader Oct. 19th, 2021
We all see movies/TV shows and have watched wrestling in our lives. Which stays on the screen and out of our real life. However, these fictional scenarios became all too real.
We all see movies/TV shows and have watched wrestling in our lives. Which stays on the screen and out of our real life. However, these fictional scenarios became all too real.
#9. Dead End Drive In Shots.
It was 1984 when director Brian Trenchard-Smith was filming Dead End Drive In. Which mostly takes place inside a drive-in. There was a residential housing area just a stone's throw away. And as filming progressed, it drove the residents crazy.
First off, Brian liked to have a lot of black smoke around. The best way to do this was to burn tires all around. It just so happened that the residents were hanging clothes out to dry. And every day they would bring them back in covered in black grime.
The lead character was in the middle of a shootout with the police. So, blanks and prop guns were on set to film the scene. As the guns were being fired, there was a Holocaust survivor living there. When the shots went off, it triggered his PTSD, and he was thrown back (in his mind) to the war. Having horrible nightmares, and eventually cops were called and came on set.
The crew was hit with an injunction ceasing all filming. A deal was eventually struck so that the guy would be paid compensation. The film resumed production shortly thereafter.
#8. Dogs in court.
Out of the thousands of horror movies, only one can say that dead dogs had to be brought into court. Lucio Fulci's 1971 film A Lizard in Women's Clothing had a scene where some dogs were hung up and dissected. Some unnamed people in positions of power saw the film. And thought that the filmmakers had killed these poor dogs.
The police arrested Lucio, and he was charged with cruelty to animals. Facing several years in prison, he had to prove he was innocent.
So Lucio presented his special effects designer, Carlo Rambaldi, to the judge. Along with the mechanic dogs that were used. Carlo had to set them up and basically redo the scene in the courtroom. This was the first time in history that a special effects artist had to prove his stuff was fake!
It was 1984 when director Brian Trenchard-Smith was filming Dead End Drive In. Which mostly takes place inside a drive-in. There was a residential housing area just a stone's throw away. And as filming progressed, it drove the residents crazy.
First off, Brian liked to have a lot of black smoke around. The best way to do this was to burn tires all around. It just so happened that the residents were hanging clothes out to dry. And every day they would bring them back in covered in black grime.
The lead character was in the middle of a shootout with the police. So, blanks and prop guns were on set to film the scene. As the guns were being fired, there was a Holocaust survivor living there. When the shots went off, it triggered his PTSD, and he was thrown back (in his mind) to the war. Having horrible nightmares, and eventually cops were called and came on set.
The crew was hit with an injunction ceasing all filming. A deal was eventually struck so that the guy would be paid compensation. The film resumed production shortly thereafter.
#8. Dogs in court.
Out of the thousands of horror movies, only one can say that dead dogs had to be brought into court. Lucio Fulci's 1971 film A Lizard in Women's Clothing had a scene where some dogs were hung up and dissected. Some unnamed people in positions of power saw the film. And thought that the filmmakers had killed these poor dogs.
The police arrested Lucio, and he was charged with cruelty to animals. Facing several years in prison, he had to prove he was innocent.
So Lucio presented his special effects designer, Carlo Rambaldi, to the judge. Along with the mechanic dogs that were used. Carlo had to set them up and basically redo the scene in the courtroom. This was the first time in history that a special effects artist had to prove his stuff was fake!
#7. No bones.
Return Of The Living Dead began production in 1984, which director Dan O'Bannon was most noted as the writer of the first ALIEN film. He tells the story that while doing the ALIEN movie effects, they needed real skeletons. At the time they did ALIEN, it was cheaper to get real skeletons from India than it was to get fake ones. India was the only (legal) place in the world that did this at the time as well. So, an order was placed for a perfect skeleton with perfect teeth.
Once they began filming Return, that movie needed real skeletons as well. Original Return director Tobe Hooper had a thought cross his brain. The only way you could have a perfect skeleton with perfect teeth is if the person was well taken care of, and young at the time of death. It seemed to him that there had to be some kind of a body farm in India.
Two of the Return characters box one for shipping in an early scene. Dan had taken over directing the film by this point. Once Dan took over, he decided to have the character of Frank tell Freddy in the movie the thought about the body farm. It sounded cool and interesting. Once the film hit India the following year, it ceased all sales and deportation of real skeletons. It was a $5 million (1986 dollars) business that the exporters just shut down. Little did Tobe and Dan know that they were right. India News reported, and NPR confirmed, that they had found that, in fact, a smuggler in India dug up nearly 15,000 dead children to be used as skeletons. Some of whom died of natural causes. While others were kind of unsure if that was the case or not.
Return Of The Living Dead began production in 1984, which director Dan O'Bannon was most noted as the writer of the first ALIEN film. He tells the story that while doing the ALIEN movie effects, they needed real skeletons. At the time they did ALIEN, it was cheaper to get real skeletons from India than it was to get fake ones. India was the only (legal) place in the world that did this at the time as well. So, an order was placed for a perfect skeleton with perfect teeth.
Once they began filming Return, that movie needed real skeletons as well. Original Return director Tobe Hooper had a thought cross his brain. The only way you could have a perfect skeleton with perfect teeth is if the person was well taken care of, and young at the time of death. It seemed to him that there had to be some kind of a body farm in India.
Two of the Return characters box one for shipping in an early scene. Dan had taken over directing the film by this point. Once Dan took over, he decided to have the character of Frank tell Freddy in the movie the thought about the body farm. It sounded cool and interesting. Once the film hit India the following year, it ceased all sales and deportation of real skeletons. It was a $5 million (1986 dollars) business that the exporters just shut down. Little did Tobe and Dan know that they were right. India News reported, and NPR confirmed, that they had found that, in fact, a smuggler in India dug up nearly 15,000 dead children to be used as skeletons. Some of whom died of natural causes. While others were kind of unsure if that was the case or not.
#6. Calvin Klein & the F.B.I.
Using sex appeal to sell clothing is common. But in this case, the results got just a little too real. In 1995, Calvin Klein began to run these TV and sign ads that seemed a little too real. Like you were watching some dirty 8-mm film from Russia. With people that looked about 12, and they were on the casting couch of an illegal smut movie.
Like model James Ralph, who appeared in one. Wearing only skimpy pants, he's asked off camera about his pretty blue eyes. Numerous parents, child welfare, and retail groups raised much concern. The American Family Association had the loudest outcry.
Well, the F.B.I. stepped in and opened a case against the clothing giant. And said that if the allegations that the actors were underage are true, then child pornography charges would follow. The modeling agent that hired the actors had to testify that the actors were over the age of 18.
The F.B.I. said they began looking into the ads before all of the public backlash. As their own agents had seen the ads printed on buses. Of course, as soon as all of this noise came, the ads were pulled. CBS News did a report on this campaign, calling it the K!dd!e P()rn Campaign!
Like model James Ralph, who appeared in one. Wearing only skimpy pants, he's asked off camera about his pretty blue eyes. Numerous parents, child welfare, and retail groups raised much concern. The American Family Association had the loudest outcry.
Well, the F.B.I. stepped in and opened a case against the clothing giant. And said that if the allegations that the actors were underage are true, then child pornography charges would follow. The modeling agent that hired the actors had to testify that the actors were over the age of 18.
The F.B.I. said they began looking into the ads before all of the public backlash. As their own agents had seen the ads printed on buses. Of course, as soon as all of this noise came, the ads were pulled. CBS News did a report on this campaign, calling it the K!dd!e P()rn Campaign!
#5. AC/DC beats up cops.
Back when Bon Scott was the singer of AC/DC (he died in 1980) their manager came up with a fake scenario to do on stage. At a concert in Sydney, actors were to come in dressed as cops. Trying to arrest Bon on stage and calm down the crowd. The band was to start a fight with the cops and throw them off stage. The crowd goes 'yea' and it's on to the next song.
Well, the crowd was getting a little rowdy, so some real cops were called in. Bon Scott did as he was supposed to and attacked the 'fake' cops. But in reality, he knocked down a real officer. Not being able to tell the difference between the actors and the real police.
So, one of the officers is down and orders his nearest colleagues to attack. However, the actors had come out at this point, and these actors were the ones he was trying to command. The real police didn't find what happened very funny.
Back when Bon Scott was the singer of AC/DC (he died in 1980) their manager came up with a fake scenario to do on stage. At a concert in Sydney, actors were to come in dressed as cops. Trying to arrest Bon on stage and calm down the crowd. The band was to start a fight with the cops and throw them off stage. The crowd goes 'yea' and it's on to the next song.
Well, the crowd was getting a little rowdy, so some real cops were called in. Bon Scott did as he was supposed to and attacked the 'fake' cops. But in reality, he knocked down a real officer. Not being able to tell the difference between the actors and the real police.
So, one of the officers is down and orders his nearest colleagues to attack. However, the actors had come out at this point, and these actors were the ones he was trying to command. The real police didn't find what happened very funny.
#4. Love & Marriage.
With stars like Stone Cold Steve Austin and The Rock leaving for Hollywood, the WWF (E) was looking for the next big star. Triple H, as the leader for DX, was the next in line to be the main man. And it was decided that to draw heat, he would secretly ruin the marriage of the boss's daughter. This would have the employee vs. boss feud that made Stone Cold such a star against Vince McMahon.
Stephanie McMahon had started to work behind the scenes, and she agreed to the angle. Leading to her character being drunk and marrying HHH via drive-through wedding chapel. Later, the storyline evolved into Stephanie joining HHH in overthrowing her dad's authority. This meant that to sell the angle, Stephanie and HHH had to be seen together in public and on camera.
Three Vince McMahon granddaughters! These two had not known each other all that much when they started this gimmick. But they developed a friendship, and before you knew it, they were making out in the dark corners of whatever venue they were in. They had a secret love affair at first, but Vince found out. While talking over the running order of a RAW episode, Vince asked HHH when he was going to talk to him about you and Stephanie. HHH wasn't ready for that conversation. He choked back a few breaths and told him Well, I guess now".
In October of 2003, Paul Levesque (HHH) and Stephanie McMahon became Mr. and Mrs. Levesque. And has since given birth to three granddaughters for Vinnie Mac. Now the two have gained power within the company as executives. And Vince has been slowly succeeding power as he's now in his 70s. So not only did a real-life wedding come about, but the storyline of them overthrowing Vince is coming true as well.
With stars like Stone Cold Steve Austin and The Rock leaving for Hollywood, the WWF (E) was looking for the next big star. Triple H, as the leader for DX, was the next in line to be the main man. And it was decided that to draw heat, he would secretly ruin the marriage of the boss's daughter. This would have the employee vs. boss feud that made Stone Cold such a star against Vince McMahon.
Stephanie McMahon had started to work behind the scenes, and she agreed to the angle. Leading to her character being drunk and marrying HHH via drive-through wedding chapel. Later, the storyline evolved into Stephanie joining HHH in overthrowing her dad's authority. This meant that to sell the angle, Stephanie and HHH had to be seen together in public and on camera.
Three Vince McMahon granddaughters! These two had not known each other all that much when they started this gimmick. But they developed a friendship, and before you knew it, they were making out in the dark corners of whatever venue they were in. They had a secret love affair at first, but Vince found out. While talking over the running order of a RAW episode, Vince asked HHH when he was going to talk to him about you and Stephanie. HHH wasn't ready for that conversation. He choked back a few breaths and told him Well, I guess now".
In October of 2003, Paul Levesque (HHH) and Stephanie McMahon became Mr. and Mrs. Levesque. And has since given birth to three granddaughters for Vinnie Mac. Now the two have gained power within the company as executives. And Vince has been slowly succeeding power as he's now in his 70s. So not only did a real-life wedding come about, but the storyline of them overthrowing Vince is coming true as well.
#3. Murders and tigers.
A young mother, Jackie Anselmo, was driving her daughter to school when they thought they had seen a murder scene. This was at a residence just a block from Dentzler Elementary School in Parma, Ohio. After other parents were scared, it was realized that it was a graphically correct fake scene. This was, of course, during Halloween time.
Vicki Barrett said that since she and her husband set up the display, there have been no complaints directed at them. However, Anselmo took pictures and used them to have the city council take the scene down.
The city refused her request, citing the right to free speech. Barrett says that she didn't mean to really scare people. Had she known, she would have toned it down. It's similar to an outbreak of tigers in Vancouver. Cops began to get calls reporting a wild tiger lurking around the area.
The whole thing started over a realistic-looking fake tiger that was planted on top of an SUV. Conner Zuvich came across this giant stuffed tiger among some trash bags that were dumped. Saying that it looked so cool, he tied it to the top of his vehicle, which went out for a cruise around Lake Lacamas.
A call to 911 had the dispatcher hearing things she'd never expect to hear. That the tiger was endangering everyone. The caller said he could see it wagging its tail as they were driving along side.
They saw a stuffed tiger moving.
The local police were called to handle the animal problem and found the SUV. Pulled them over, and Conner thought maybe it's illegal to drive with something tied to a car's roof. The cop had to break it to him that there were 911 calls reporting a dangerous tiger bumping around. The cop was cool with it and even took a picture with Conner and the tiger.
A young mother, Jackie Anselmo, was driving her daughter to school when they thought they had seen a murder scene. This was at a residence just a block from Dentzler Elementary School in Parma, Ohio. After other parents were scared, it was realized that it was a graphically correct fake scene. This was, of course, during Halloween time.
Vicki Barrett said that since she and her husband set up the display, there have been no complaints directed at them. However, Anselmo took pictures and used them to have the city council take the scene down.
The city refused her request, citing the right to free speech. Barrett says that she didn't mean to really scare people. Had she known, she would have toned it down. It's similar to an outbreak of tigers in Vancouver. Cops began to get calls reporting a wild tiger lurking around the area.
The whole thing started over a realistic-looking fake tiger that was planted on top of an SUV. Conner Zuvich came across this giant stuffed tiger among some trash bags that were dumped. Saying that it looked so cool, he tied it to the top of his vehicle, which went out for a cruise around Lake Lacamas.
A call to 911 had the dispatcher hearing things she'd never expect to hear. That the tiger was endangering everyone. The caller said he could see it wagging its tail as they were driving along side.
They saw a stuffed tiger moving.
The local police were called to handle the animal problem and found the SUV. Pulled them over, and Conner thought maybe it's illegal to drive with something tied to a car's roof. The cop had to break it to him that there were 911 calls reporting a dangerous tiger bumping around. The cop was cool with it and even took a picture with Conner and the tiger.
#2. Middle East.
In 1991, America was in the throes of the Persian Gulf War. The WWF decided to have the all-American SGT. Slaughter turn on the country. Joining The Iron Sheik in supporting Saddam Hussain. Going on TV, saying he was proud of his country, but not anymore.
The final touch was having Slaughter burn a shirt of Hulk Hogan's. Now it's on that Hulk Hogan to kick his azz at Wrestlemania!
Slaughter gets a call from Vince McMahon and hears that his wife has been moved to a safe location. As she and Slaughter had death threats made against them. As well as against the McMahon family.
The match was to be held at the massive Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. Which could have set a new wrestling attendance record. Due to security issues, it was moved to the smaller Sports Arena. Leaving the WWF with a dip of 3 million dollars below what they projected to make. Basil DeVito, the WWF's senior business adviser, said that they had 17,000 pre-sold tickets. So, they could move over to the smaller venue without disappointing the fans. But that's about as many people as they could fit. So, it went from a 90-100,000 to a 17-18,000 house.
The final touch was having Slaughter burn a shirt of Hulk Hogan's. Now it's on that Hulk Hogan to kick his azz at Wrestlemania!
Slaughter gets a call from Vince McMahon and hears that his wife has been moved to a safe location. As she and Slaughter had death threats made against them. As well as against the McMahon family.
The match was to be held at the massive Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. Which could have set a new wrestling attendance record. Due to security issues, it was moved to the smaller Sports Arena. Leaving the WWF with a dip of 3 million dollars below what they projected to make. Basil DeVito, the WWF's senior business adviser, said that they had 17,000 pre-sold tickets. So, they could move over to the smaller venue without disappointing the fans. But that's about as many people as they could fit. So, it went from a 90-100,000 to a 17-18,000 house.
#1. Alice Cooper.
In the European music magazine Melody Maker, there was a fake obituary for Alice. But it was meant to be a review of Alice's stage show. The writer made the creative choice to write it out like an obituary. But Alice often fakes killing himself at the end of the show.
Fans didn't get the creative choices of the article's writer. Instead, the world passed around the news that Alice Cooper had died. A few days later, Alice had to issue statements stating that he was in fact alive and well.
Fans didn't get the creative choices of the article's writer. Instead, the world passed around the news that Alice Cooper had died. A few days later, Alice had to issue statements stating that he was in fact alive and well.