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Fun Facts About Hell Night
Actor Vincent Van Patten claims that future actor Kevin Costner worked on the film as a Grip.
Actor Kevin Brophy (Peter) said in an interview that he still has the purple cape that he wears in the movie and that he has worn it every Halloween since making the film.
Future director Frank Darabont had one of his earliest film credits on this movie, as a Production Assistant.
The scene where Jeff (Peter Barton) is thrown down a flight of stairs and hurts his leg didn't require much acting on Barton's part; he actually did hurt himself, and his limping was due to the fact that he was really in pain from his injury. Though he tells a different story in interviews.
Actress Linda Blair said in an interview that after her head turning role in the feature film, The Exorcist (1973), she was unable to break free of the young girl as a victim role. So she wanted to revitalize her image after she finished this film. She wanted to show the world she was a grown woman capable of adult roles, which is why she posed for nude photos in the October 1982 issue of Oui magazine. Unfortunately, the photoshoot had an unintended consequence. Instead of big Hollywood pictures, Linda would go on to appear in more exploitation B-films like this one or smaller television roles for most of her career.
Though never mentioned in the film, Marti's actual name is suppose to be Martha Gaines according to the original Hell Night script. Marti was her nickname.
The character of Seth was originally written to be a southerner from Louisiana but after Vincent Van Patten was brought into the production the character was re-written around Van Patten; who, like Seth, had a passion for surfing.
Several residents of Redlands, California, were hired as extras. Kimberly Crest, the mansion in Redlands where much of the film was shot, was also the locale for Fleetwood Mac's 1987 music video, Fleetwood Mac: Big Love (1987). Despite the depiction in the film, Kimberly Crest has no underground tunnels.
Actor Kevin Brophy (Peter) said in an interview that he still has the purple cape that he wears in the movie and that he has worn it every Halloween since making the film.
Future director Frank Darabont had one of his earliest film credits on this movie, as a Production Assistant.
The scene where Jeff (Peter Barton) is thrown down a flight of stairs and hurts his leg didn't require much acting on Barton's part; he actually did hurt himself, and his limping was due to the fact that he was really in pain from his injury. Though he tells a different story in interviews.
Actress Linda Blair said in an interview that after her head turning role in the feature film, The Exorcist (1973), she was unable to break free of the young girl as a victim role. So she wanted to revitalize her image after she finished this film. She wanted to show the world she was a grown woman capable of adult roles, which is why she posed for nude photos in the October 1982 issue of Oui magazine. Unfortunately, the photoshoot had an unintended consequence. Instead of big Hollywood pictures, Linda would go on to appear in more exploitation B-films like this one or smaller television roles for most of her career.
Though never mentioned in the film, Marti's actual name is suppose to be Martha Gaines according to the original Hell Night script. Marti was her nickname.
The character of Seth was originally written to be a southerner from Louisiana but after Vincent Van Patten was brought into the production the character was re-written around Van Patten; who, like Seth, had a passion for surfing.
Several residents of Redlands, California, were hired as extras. Kimberly Crest, the mansion in Redlands where much of the film was shot, was also the locale for Fleetwood Mac's 1987 music video, Fleetwood Mac: Big Love (1987). Despite the depiction in the film, Kimberly Crest has no underground tunnels.
