The death of actress Daveigh Chase once again recalled a series of tragic fates associated with the filming of famous horror films. Chase died on June 16 at the age of thirty-five after being hospitalized for malnutrition. The actress became famous as a child with the role of Samara Morgan in the American horror film The Circle from 2002.
- Actress Daveigh Chase died on June 16 of complications from malnutrition.
- Daveigh Chase rose to fame with the child role of Samara Morgan in the horror film The Circle.
- In the last years of her life, Daveigh Chase lived on the streets of Los Angeles.
- The Poltergeist film series is linked to the deaths of several child actors.
- There is no evidence of a supernatural connection between these tragic events.
In the same year, she also voiced Lilo in the animated film Lilo & Stitch and its subsequent TV series. In English, she also voiced Chihiro Oginová in the animated film Journey to Fantasy.
In later years, she withdrew from public life. She last posted on social media in 2017. In recent years, she has been living on the streets, with her half-sister and manager trying to find her among the homeless in Los Angeles.
Her death has reopened debates about the alleged curse of some horror productions. The most often mentioned is the Poltergeist series. Child actress Heather O’Rourke, who played Carol Anne Freeling, died in 1988 at the age of twelve from septic shock caused by an intestinal obstruction.
Dominique Dunne, who played Dana Freeling’s older sister, also died shortly after the release of the first film. The actress was killed by her ex-boyfriend at the age of twenty-two. Two other actors from the series’ sequels, Julian Beck and Will Sampson, died of medical complications in the following years.
Brandon Lee, Bruce Lee’s son, died in 1993 during the filming of The Crow when he was accidentally fatally shot with a revolver on set. Child actress Judith Barsi, who appeared in Jaws: Revenge, was ten years old in 1988 murdered by her father, who subsequently committed suicide.
Although similar tragedies have given rise to theories of the curse, there is no evidence that there is a real connection between the cases.
