17) The Exorcist (1973)
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Ellen Burstyn's character is slapped backwards offscreen from behind by a supernatural entity while being assaulted. She wore a harness that yanked her with considerable force but, in one take, was pulled much harder than the stunt people calculated, proving very painful on her back. Her scream of agony in the scene was authentic and William Friedkin made it part of the film.
Years later, Burstyn noted that she has had this injury all her life, but the fact that the shot told of fearfulness and her agony that she portrays in the film helped to make the scene so intense, that it made the film an all-time horror movie classic.
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