Behind The Scenes Photos From Classic Horror Movies

Horror movies by default set a pretty high bar for themselves. After all, it's no easy task to scare the bejeezus out of someone comfortably sitting in a chair while they're busy digging that bag of popcorn. Yet some movies do, and now we get to see how it was achieved in a series of behind the scenes photos from the sets of classic horror flicks.

From Hannibal Lecter snacking on French fries during a break to Steven Spielberg having a blast inside the jaws of a great white shark, these pics unveil an unexperienced and fun side of these movies that gave us nightmares while growing up.

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#1 Stanley Kubrick and Jack Nicholson on the set of 'The Shining'

#2 Hannibal Lecter snacking on French fries

#3 Set of 'Jaws'

#4 Between the takes in 'Frankenstein'

#5 Heath Ledger in 'The Dark Knight'

#6 On the set of 'Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2'

#7 Set of Hitchcock's 'Birds'

#8 Freddy Krueger stretching his face

#9 Set Of Carrie

#10 Johnny Depp smoking a blunt and holding a super-soaker on the set of 'Sleepy Hollow'

#11 On the set of 'The Exorcist'

#12 Making of 'Child’s Play'

#13 Filming of 'The Shining'

#14 Alien having a break

#15 Leonardo DiCaprio on the set of “Critters 3”

#16 Freddy relaxing with his Walkman on the set of 'Nightmare On Elm Street'

#17 Nick Castle as Michael Myers

#18 The twin girls on the set of 'The Shining'

#19 While filming 'Rosemary’s Baby'

#20 Filming 'Young Frankenstein'