The first season of Shudder's docu-series wraps up with two tragedy laden films, The Crow and Twilight Zone: The Movie -- a one-two punch that proves surprisingly emotional. The Crow claimed the life of Brandon Lee, prompting rumours of a family curse against the males in the Lee family. Brandon's dad is, of course, the great Bruce Lee, who died young himself. Veteran actor Vic Morrow died on the set of Twilight Zone: The Movie, along with two young children Morrow shared a scene with. Filmmaker Jay Cheel explores how death prompts people to look for reasons behind it, which is where rumours of a curse were born. However, he reveals through interviews with filmmakers, special-effects artists, and stunt people that Lee and Murrow died from tragic accidents prompted by negligence and ego. Sad, but true. The episodes work best when they focus on the impact Lee's passing had on his friends and colleagues, and when Cheel explores how accidents like the one that killed ...

Shudder dropped the second and third episodes of their new docu-series Cursed Films late last week. And, like the first, these episodes explore the notorious stories behind high-profile Hollywood horror hits. The second episode has filmmaker Jay Cheel digging into the alleged Satanic goings on behind The Omen. Through interviews with director Richard Donner and producer Mace Neufeld, as well as discussions with scholars, skeptics, and even a practitioner of black magic, he explores whether or not the film was targeted by Satan. Much like the subject of the third episode, Poltergeist, there were a number of deaths, accidents and "near misses" associated with The Omen's cast and crew; to the point where a real-life death mirrored the classic beheading sequence. Was this the work of the Devil? Or mere coincidence? Cheel leans toward coincidence, which is also the opinion of Donner and Neufeld. The episode leaves us with the thought that we find what we look for. If w...