Episode 81: The Atuk Movie Curse

Don’t Scare Claire

The Atuk movie has gone down in Hollywood history, notorious for being connected to a string of tragic deaths — yet the film didn’t even make it through production.

But is there such a thing as the curse of the Atuk movie, or is there something else going on here?

⚠️ Naturally, this one is quite dark, there is a lot of talk about death, and there are also conversations around drug use and suicide, so please only tune in if you feel okay diving into these topics 🖤

SOURCES

📚 The Chris Farley Show: A Biography in Three Acts by Tanner Colby and Tom Farley

📚 Wired: The Fast Times and Short Life of John Belushi by Bob Woodward

💻 https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-02-29-ca-102-story.html

💻 https://skepticalinquirer.org/2017/11/hollywood-curse-legends/

💻 https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-feb-21-tm-10276-story.html

💻 https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-04-12-mn-456-story.html

💻 https://subcin.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/atuk.pdf

💻 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/04/us/cathy-smith-dead.html

💻 https://ew.com/article/1998/01/09/chris-farleys-sad-drug-fueled-final-days/

💻 https://nymag.com/arts/books/reviews/47039/

💻 https://www.thewrap.com/a-confederacy-of-dunces-adaptation-john-kennedy-toole/

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