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Trivia: In an early draft of the script, the story was re-written so that Hill House was actually a mental hospital where Eleanor was a patient, and the other characters were doctors and staff. It would be revealed that Eleanor was mentally ill and was misinterpreting the things around her as being supernatural in origin. However, this idea was discarded and the film was re-written to be more faithful to the original novel.

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Trivia: Julie Harris was very aloof during filming and would often ignore her co-stars behind the scenes - especially Claire Bloom. Bloom felt very hurt by this. However, after filming, Harris showed up at Bloom's house with a gift and revealed that she actually really liked Bloom and her other co-stars. She behaved as she did during filming because she was trying to stay in-character between takes, and was worried that her performance as an outsider would suffer if she was friendly with her co-stars.

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Trivia: The puppet "Decapitron" was actually based on an unmade script of the same name that Empire Pictures was originally going to make in the 1980's.

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Trivia: Shot back-to-back with the fifth film.

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Trivia: The entire movie was shot in only about two-and-a-half weeks.

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Trivia: The puppet Torch could actually shoot fire up to about 10 feet behind-the-scenes.

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Trivia: One of many films delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was delayed a full year from May, 2020 to May, 2021.

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Trivia: At the tryouts, you can actually find some familiar faces. Comedian Dane Cook plays "Waffleman" in a cameo. Dana Gould also appears in a cameo as "Squeegeeman." And "Pencilhead" is played by Doug Jones, who is perhaps best known for playing roles under heavy makeup, appearing in films like "Hellboy," "Pan's Labyrinth" and "The Shape of Water" as various monsters and creatures.

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Trivia: The new puppet seen in the film was nicknamed "Mr. Snuggles" behind-the-scenes.

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Trivia: The shoot was very hectic. Most of the cast were played by comedians/comedic actors, and they constantly were trying to one-up one another and arguing over the comedic tone of the film.

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Trivia: The villain Lord Rathbone is named after Basil Rathbone, an actor who famously played Sherlock Holmes in fourteen films produced in the 1930's and 1940's.

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Trivia: At one point, Roy casually mentions his real name is "Wyatt Earp." Wyatt Earp was a famous frontiersman who among other things was a gambler, gunslinger and lawman. He was also involved in the gunfight at the O.K. Corral.

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Trivia: The character Nathan Van Cleef is named after actor Lee Van Cleef, who famously appeared in many western films, including classics like "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly."

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Trivia: As of 2021, this is the only film featuring Brandon Merrill, who plays Chon Wang's Native American wife. She's actually more renowned for being a successful, award-winning rodeo champion.

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Trivia: Chris Rock is reportedly a big fan of the "Saw" film series, and came up with the basic story for the film, which he pitched to Lionsgate. Lionsgate loved his new take on the series, and not only let Rock star in the film, but also made him an executive producer on the project.

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Trivia: Michael Keaton and Arnold Schwarzenegger were reportedly both considered for the role of Koopa, but both turned it down.

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Trivia: Directors Rocky Morton and Annabel Jankel were reportedly widely despised by the cast and crew, who found them arrogant, difficult and unpleasant. Morton reportedly once even poured scalding hot coffee on an extra, burning them, because he wanted their costume to look dirtier. It came to a head one day when co-star Dennis Hopper had enough of their attitude and spent over three hours screaming at Morton and Jankel, berating them over and over and refusing to shoot his scene.

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Trivia: Among the actors considered for the role of Mario were Danny DeVito and Tom Hanks. DeVito was reportedly interested but wouldn't commit as no script had been written yet. And Hanks was also interested, but was considered a risk at the time due to several high-profile flops, so he was taken off the project.

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Trivia: The "fungus" that the king coughs up when he turns back into a human is actually just Rice Crispy cereal he was holding in his hand.

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Trivia: Harold Ramis, a fan of the video-games, was originally interested in writing and directing, but a deal was never reached.

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