When Steven Spielberg signed on to produce the big screen version of Rod Serling’s classic sci-fi/horror series, he certainly didn’t bargain for an onset disaster of this scale. More a devastating tragedy than a bizarre occurrence, three cast members were killed during the filming of an action-packed sequence. Flying at an altitude of 25 feet (8 metres), this height was too low for the helicopter in the scene to avoid the blasts of the pyrotechnic, special effects explosions. The helicopter crash-landed on top of actor Vic Morrow and two Vietnamese child actors; Myca Dinh Le (aged only 7) and Renee Shin-Yi Chen (age 6). The blades of the helicopter decapitated Morrow and Le, whilst Chen was crushed.