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For me it was Event Horizon, that was scary as hell when I was a kid, I had nightmares for months.

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[โ€“] fireshaper@social.belowland.com 25 points 1 year ago (2 children)

That was the whole point. They even made the actors stay out of public view for a year, handing out flyers at Sundance that they were "missing, presumed dead". There were fake police interviews on the film's website and everything. This was the first time anything like this had been done so I can imagine people were really invested in this movie and thought it was real.

[โ€“] Stillhart@lemm.ee 12 points 1 year ago

They also "leaked" copies of the film for months before it came out. I saw a leaked copy in the dorms in college. Never heard of it, my friends told me it was real footage that had been found in the woods from a group that had been lost. For the first... probably half of the movie, I was convinced it was real.

Very enjoyable experience. I feel bad for all the people who saw it after the hype and were too cool to let themselves be scared by it.

[โ€“] jhin@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Whoa TIL! I thought my cousin was just messing with me, but the chance that all this time she may have also been sold on the idea makes me feel better.