A horror overshadowed by a harrowing on-set incident wins plaudits on screen

Horror movies are meant to be haunting and harrowing, but in 2018 ghost land Instead, he gained notoriety for the horrific events that unfolded on set, which left star Taylor Hickson disfiguring his face and scarring it for life.

The actress eventually sued the production company over the long-term impact the incident could potentially have on her career, with the up-and-coming young talent hospitalized to receive 70 stitches. In the lawsuit, Hickson claimed she was told by director Pascal Laugier to “pound her fists harder on the glass” during filming, which ultimately resulted in her falling through the door in question and sustaining severe damage to her left side her face.

In the end, Incident Productions pleaded guilty to failing to ensure the safety of a worker in their area of ​​responsibility, even though a $40,000 fine for something so life-changing seems very small. That cast a nasty shadow on the film, but the Redditors put aside their complaints about what happened off-camera to commend the final product for delivering an intensely atmospheric, slow-burning tale of horror.

The story follows a mother and her three daughters who survive a potentially fatal attack on their lives in the house they inherited from a recently deceased aunt, but end up right where they started after the estranged family 16 years later reunited is same place. However, despite mediocre Rotten Tomatoes scores of 55 and 57 percent with critics and viewers alike, it seems die-hard horror fiends are holding on ghost land in a much higher regard than reviews and reactions would suggest.