#CultFilmFacts: The lighthouse in John Carpenter’s The Fog is the Point Reyes Lighthouse in Marin County, California. It was built in 1870 and warned ships of danger until the Coast Guard retired the facility in 1975 and turned over ownership to the National Parks Service.
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#CultFilmFacts: The Westgate Theater in Edina, MN played nothing but the movie Harold and Maude from mid-1972 to June of 1974. Ruth Gordon made an on-stage appearance for the one year anniversary, and returned with Bud Cort for the second. After protests, they eventually showed a new film after 1,957 screenings.
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#CultFilmFacts: Scream Queen and cult film legend Linnea Quigley auditioned for the role of Beverly in Howard the Duck, and was saddened when she didn’t get the part. She was apparently very relieved when she saw the finished product.
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#CultFilmFacts: While filming aerial shots of Greenland for Dr. Strangelove, the second unit camera crew accidentally shot footage of a secret United States military base. The crew was forced down and initially accused of being Soviet spies.
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