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Another Haunted Set? The House They Shot 'Lights Out' in Had a Fire Right After Filming

Add Lights Out to the list of horror movies that may have invited the ire of the other side. At Comic-Con on Thursday, the film’s cast revealed that shortly after production was completed, there was a fire in the Los Angeles house in which the movie’s climactic basement scene takes place. (Watch the video above.)

“A week or two after we shot, I got a call from a friend being like, ‘Turn on the news right now, that house you shot in is on fire and there was a fire in the basement,” said Alexander DiPersia, who plays Bret in the film. "We haunted the house.“

Lights Out — based on the viral short by its director David F. Sandberg — follows a woman (Teresa Palmer) who must rescue her mentally unstable mother (Maria Bello) from the clutches of a malevolent spirit named Diana that’s been haunting her for years.

"We think Diana ended up staying there after we left,” Bello said. “It was our fault,” Palmer added.

Call them publicity stunts, kooky fan theories, or real-deal hauntings, but there’s a long list of horror movies that have seen similar claims. They date back to classics like The Exorcist (which is even said to have nine deaths “associated” with the film). Stories have only increased in recent years, with eerie tales from films like The Conjuring (Vera Farmiga saw scratches on her computer screen while reading the script) and The Exorcism of Emily Rose (Jennifer Carpenter said her hotel radio would frequently turn on in the middle of the night).

Lights Out star Bello, however, said she was disappointed she hasn’t gotten to experience a paranormal scare firsthand. “I’ve always wanted to see a ghost. I’ve been begging since I was a kid. And nothing. They don’t like me.”

Lights Out is now in theaters.