Nick Castle and James Jude Courtney — who both play Michael Myers — hold up their prized masks on the set of Halloween (2018):
Ari Lehman wades in the water in a mask while waiting to terrify you with the final jump scare in Friday the 13th (1980):
Robert Englund checks out a playback while behind-the-scenes of A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984):
Director Jordan Peele hangs out at Jupiter’s Claim on the set of Nope (2022):
A young Steven Spielberg making a call while a shark ominously watches in the background on the set of Jaws (1975):
Here’s Harry Dean Stanton, Ian Holm, John Hurt, Veronica Cartwright, Tom Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver, and Yaphet Kotto on the set of Alien (1979):
Kristen Bell getting attacked by a green screen while filming Pulse (2006):
Clive Barker hangs out with the squad on the set of Hellraiser (1987):
While director Wes Craven preps Drew Barrymore for the intense opening sequence in Scream (1996):
Eli Roth looks unbothered while directing Arie Verveen on the set of Cabin Fever (2002):
Director Stanley Kubrick, Jack Nicholson, and the whole crew try to stay warm on the set of The Shining (1980):
And Chucky’s ready for his closeup on the set of Child’s Play 3 (1991):
Director Ari Aster points Florence Pugh and her iconic frown in the right direction for a scene in Midsommar (2019):
A Quiet Place (2018) director John Krasinski positions the camera for the perfect angle on a hectic scene:
Makeup artist Rick Baker makes Griffin Dunne look extra scary between scenes on An American Werewolf in London (1981):
While shooting Glass (2019), M. Night Shyamalan, James McAvoy, and Bruce Willis prepare in a very pink room: