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The 15 cursed movie objects you NEVER want to own
Every demon dreams of finding the perfect repository for its evil curse. It can't be too flashy, but it needs to be interesting enough to grab the soon-to-be-possessed owner's attention. Once the force of evil finds its choice tchotchke of doom, it can sit back, relax and enjoy watching the malevolent magic unfold on its unsuspecting victims.
For the 28th of our 31 specials for the 31 days of Halloween, we've put together the top 15 objects from horror films that you won't want to have around ... even if you find them on Overstock.
And don't forget to return tomorrow for the most twisted Twilight Zone twist endings.
Puzzle Box, Hellraiser
Imagine an antique Rubik's Cube ... that can kill you! When you solve this puzzle, chains fly out of it and tear into your flesh. Then some Cenobites, and their leader (aptly named Pinhead), greet you with the news that you've won an eternity in hell having your soul ripped apart. Sounds bad, but not not quite as torturous as solving a real Rubik's Cube.
Evil Spheres, Phantasm
Heads up! Looking like they flew straight out of an '80s metal video, these bloodthirsty spheres have an ingenious way of finding out what's going on in your head—by drilling a small hole between your eyes and siphoning the blood from your brains!
The Book of the Dead, The Evil Dead series
You actually CAN tell a book by its cover. Bound in human flesh and inked in human blood, The Book of the Dead possesses, bites, screams and contains nothing less than demons who are intent upon devouring your soul. You might want to wait for this one in paperback.
Cursed Painting, Ghostbusters 2
Ever feel like that painting is watching you? This one actually is. Vigo the Carpathian is looking for a suitable body to house his fiendish soul. Then he will rule once more! And if the scene of death and mayhem in his painting is any indication of how he governs, the citizens of New York City might want to watch their heads.
Possessed Parchment, Night of the Demon
In this classic tale of academic intrigue, a piece of paper covered with archaic runes holds the secret to controlling a demon. Any person in possession of the parchment will be the next to die. Give it away and the curse is lifted—but this killer page has a funny way of flying out of people's hands in an attempt to return to the original victim. So much for no backsies.
The One Ring, Lord of the Rings Trilogy
Slip this ring on your finger and you and the Dark Lord Sauron will be going steady for eternity. Sure, the relationship starts out great, so you feel like king of the Shire. But, as little Frodo finds out, Sauron is highly possessive and wants to constantly keep you in his sights, even employing a group of spies to track your every move. And don't underestimate the ring's obsessed ex, who wants nothing more than to get back with his precious. Sure, Sméagol acts like your friend, following you around, giving you all sorts of advice about how to get closer to Sauron. But like any jilted lover bent on revenge, in the end he'll stab you in the back.
The Ark, Raiders of the Lost Ark
If you're an adventuring archaeologist, you might want to follow one simple rule of thumb: stay away from artifacts that Nazis think are cool. They often turn out to be very bad. In this case, the Ark of the Covenant is so powerful it will literally blow your mind.
TV, Poltergeist
You've always heard that too much TV can rot your brain, but I'll bet you didn't know it can possess your soul. When little Carol Anne announces "They're here" after watching a TV broadcasting static, she's not talking about the cable company.
Videotape, The Ring
Once again, static on your TV should be met with suspicion. Pop that tape in and you'll find that sitting through what looks like a Goth's art school short will kill you ... in about seven days' time. The DVD industry should thank this movie—it pretty much put VHS out of business.
Opal Necklace, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Generally any "package" offered to you in the bathroom of a local pub should be viewed with suspicion. Katie Bell learns that the hard way when the deadly jewelry comes into contact with her skin and she's sent writhing and screaming 50 feet into the air. Now if only that would happen on Real Housewives.
Mask, The Mask
Whether Jim Carrey looks scarier with or without the mask is certainly debatable, but there's no doubt he makes some bad decisions while wearing it. Controlled by Loki, the Norse god of darkness, the otherwise nerdy Stanley becomes a man who knows no bounds. He robs banks, breaks out of jail, romances ladies and engages in far-fetched musical numbers with Cameron Diaz. See? No sense whatsoever.
Evil Wig, The Wig
Ji-hyeon tries to make her cancer-stricken sister Su-Hyeon's last days on earth more comfortable, with hair-raising results. It turns out that the wig she purchased for her sister, made from the locks of a cadaver, has a nasty ghost living in it who doesn't like to get shampooed. The ghost wants to return to the mortal world, and it just loves Su-hyeon's new look.
Crazy Car, Christine
Hell hath no fury like a Plymouth scorned. Or so the characters of Christine find out when they cross paths with Arnie's dream car. Vandals and former bullies get their bloody comeuppance, mechanics are crushed, and even meddling fathers are forced to choke on their words.
Button, Drag Me to Hell
Helpful hint: When the batsh-t-crazy and blind-in-one-eye old harpy who attacked you at work snatches a button from your coat, you're better off not getting it back. That button is undoubtedly cursed, and no amount of gravedigging or dead kittens is going to stop this granny from getting her demonic revenge.
Bracelet, The Mummy Returns
In this sequel, Rick O'Connell's young son Alex is kidnapped by an Egyptian cult after coming into possession of a mystical bracelet that will kill him in seven days (why always seven days?) if he does not return it to the palace of the Scorpion King. Even more disturbing? A little boy wearing that bulky bling.
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Day 5: 15 haunted cereals that will scare your dentist
Day 6: 20 great costumes to dress up your pet
Day 7: 21 (mostly) sexy female stormtroopers (NSFW)
Day 8: 9 movie and TV clowns that scared the hell out of us
Day 9: 10 creepy movie kids even Angelina Jolie wouldn't adopt
Day 10: 6 most awesome Stephen King horror films (plus 3 that sucked)
Day 11: 16 horror movie posters so gruesome they make our eyeballs bleed
Day 12: 16 hot movie and TV vampires who turn us into willing victims
Day 13: 20 awesomely hot Slave Leia costumes (slightly NSFW)
Day 14: 14 lamest horror movie killer costumes (What were they thinking?)
Day 15: 9 of the grossest, goriest X-Files creatures
Day 16: 11 splatterific exploding head scenes from the movies
Day 17: 15 of the most disgusting Halloween candies you can buy
Day 18: 19 freakiest movie and TV neighbors from hell
Day 19: 11 most disturbing Treehouse of Horror segments from The Simpsons
Day 20: 9 rampaging space zombies hungry for our sci-fi brains
Day 21: 10 most nightmarish movie prom nights
Day 22: 11 scary, goofy and just plain revolting movie possessions
Day 23: 13 kick-ass moments from Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Day 24:13 real haunted houses you can visit in the U.S.
Day 25: 15 ghoulish apps you can download to your iPhone
Day 26: 20 hot film and TV witches and warlocks that cast a spell on us
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Day 29: 14 most twisted original Twilight Zone twist endings
Day 30: 16 sci-fi costumes that would definitely get you fired (NSFW)
Day 31: 12 awesome sci-fi Halloween moments, real and fake
By Felipe 058 at 12:26 PM ON 10/28/09
Uh, you do know that Katie Bell was under the Imperius Curse and thus could not know what she was doing...right?
By LOSTFan at 12:54 PM ON 10/28/09
And lest we forget the killer hairpiece in the AMAZING STORIES episode, "Hell Toupee."
By Gryffyn at 12:58 PM ON 10/28/09
Not to mention everything in the Friday the 13th TV series or it's spiritual ancestor, Warehouse 13.
By trevorsammich at 12:58 PM ON 10/28/09
Drag Me to Hell wasn't even close to a horror movie. I laughed through that whole movie. especially when the goat got possessed, it look hilarious.
By kchenault at 1:00 PM ON 10/28/09
I can't believe you put the Ark of the Covenant in this list. Recall that the Ark only killed the bad guys. And we are not talking some petty wizard or evil spirit here. That was the Wrath of God Almighty, doing exactly what He said He would do to anyone, who was not of the priesthood, touching His chair. Cursed object my butt.
By xdeathknightx at 1:37 PM ON 10/28/09
Would go instantly for the evil spheres if I could control them like the Tall Guy.
By Alverant at 1:43 PM ON 10/28/09
kchenault, don't you think it's pretty evil to melt the faces of someone just for looking? I say that's evil, the same sort of petty evil that shoots at the car that cut them off in traffic. "You touched my chair?! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die!"
By elric at 2:15 PM ON 10/28/09
@Alverant: Um, the Nazis planning to take over the world, kill all Jews, Black people and basically anyone that wasn't white enough for them or that was gay....I say they got what they deserved
By a different tim at 2:25 PM ON 10/28/09
I would definitely hate to have that puzzle box, I have had nightmares about it before. The Ark should not be on here, it's certainly not cursed, anything that kills evil nazis is not cursed in my opinion. Especially an instrument of God.
By muadib at 2:45 PM ON 10/28/09
A button!?!? I think i have had a few of those.Usually on my pants.
By KatsuKaze at 3:03 PM ON 10/28/09
I think the last "special list" that SciFi Wire intends to post should be titled, "The 31 Worst and Lamest Blog Lists Semi-Related to Halloween You Probably NEVER Want to Read"
By Al at 3:08 PM ON 10/28/09
A button? Really?
I'd love to own the Mask and Drive around in Christine. Gotta love a car that will kill for you.
(Damn rush hour traffic)
By Enigma at 3:11 PM ON 10/28/09
The Ark was neither. If you looked at what came out, then you got melted. Evil or good.
By Alverant at 3:31 PM ON 10/28/09
@elric no question the Nazis are evil and deserve what they got, but they weren't killed for being evil. They were killed for looking at something. As Enigma pointed out, anyone who looked were killed, good or evil. And that's evil.
By dajoro at 3:37 PM ON 10/28/09
The Ark didn't only kill Nazis. It killed anyone daring to look, which is why Indy and Marion kept their eyes shut. It would have melted their faces too given the chance.
The TV in Poltergeist wasn't cursed, no more so than the closet or the clown or the crawling steak was. It was just one of several items utilized by the evil spirits.
By ulic at 4:16 PM ON 10/28/09
Regardless of whom the Ark killed in a movie, I find it offensive you called it cursed. It's not a cursed object. In fact, it is the holiest known Jewish object, containing the two Tablets upon which are written the Ten Commandments. It shows what a bunch of boors and ignoramuses the people who put this list together really are. And even in the movie, it wasn't cursed, just extremely powerful.
By thunderstud at 4:49 PM ON 10/28/09
The Arc of the Covenant is NOT a chair! It's a box held up by two poles so no one touches it directly.
By thunderstud at 4:51 PM ON 10/28/09
I meant "Ark" not "Arc".
By heydarth at 4:58 PM ON 10/28/09
what about jumanji's board game?!
By Al at 5:19 PM ON 10/28/09
What about the Monkey's Paw?
By aerynsboy at 5:30 PM ON 10/28/09
Even though it has nothing to do with horror movies, I think that the script for the movie Gili is the most cursed object out there! Pure horror!
By mc2714 at 5:33 PM ON 10/28/09
What about the Hawaiian necklace on the Brady Bunch? Scary.....
By hermy at 9:01 PM ON 10/28/09
the opal necklace?if your going to pick cursed thing from harry potter.what about tom riddles diary from chamber of secrets
By hermy at 9:04 PM ON 10/28/09
the opal necklace?if your going to pick cursed thing from harry potter.what about tom riddles diary from chamber of secrets
By Mandy at 10:27 PM ON 10/28/09
I think the painting from Dorian Gray could have fit just as well if not better than Vego.
What about the toy monkey from Merlin's shop of Mystical wonders or that other film that movie stole clips from...
By Mandy at 11:39 PM ON 10/28/09
Cursed Objects I'd have added...
The Picture of Dorian Gray (any incarnation of this object).
Bob's skull from The Dresden Files (That's a TV show object and not a movie but still one cool haunted object).
The coin from Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl
Josette's Music Box from Dark Shadows
Chuckie from Child's play (if they can have a spirit in a painting they can have a spirit in a doll)
The doll from Dolly Dearest
The Zuli Fetish doll from Trilogy of Terror
The toy Monkey from Merlin's shop of mystical wonders
The monkey's paw
The poisoned comb from 10th Kingdom.
The crossbow that never misses from 10th Kingdom
Talking Tina from Twilight Zone
The Black Buddah from Forever Knight
Almost anything from Warehouse 13 or Friday the 13th the series
The skull from the screaming Skull
The Golden Arm (Classic folk tale)
The horseman's skull from Sleepy Hollow
By lookn_4_stars at 11:39 PM ON 10/28/09
Don't forget a pair of a dead woman's shoes and Talking Tina from Twilight Zone.
By Mandy at 2:08 AM ON 10/29/09
I already mentioned Talking Tina in my own list right before your suggestions.
By Mandy at 2:09 AM ON 10/29/09
I already mentioned Talking Tina in my own list right before your suggestions.
By KarlSten at 3:47 AM ON 10/29/09
Out of all these objects, only 2 are really TRULY evil: The One Ring, and the Necronomicon. Only they can, and if given the chance, will, bring about the destruction of the entire world. Everything else just places one or just a few individuals in peril, and therefore are merely extremely dangerous.
By QuantumSam at 10:18 AM ON 10/29/09
Sorry boys, but the Ark of the Covenant is not cursed. It betows blessings on the worthy and liquifies the unworthy. C'mon, it's just a radio for communicating with God.
By maximillianx at 10:44 PM ON 10/29/09
sigh, another top 15/10/5 blahblahs post. Really?
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