The Dish Rag: Is the 'Dark Knight' cursed?

First it was co-star Heath Ledger's death from an accidental drug overdose. Then it was the police complaint filed against "Batman" star Christian Bale, accusing him of assaulting his sister and mother. And yesterday Morgan Freeman wrecked a 1997 Nissan Maxima and was airlifted to the hospital to be treated for injuries. All of these inconvenient coincidences have led The Dish Rag to raise the question: Is there a Batman "Dark Knight" movie curse?

Readers had their thoughts on the supposed hex. Some dismissed the connections, while others jumped on the spook train.

Billy, the master of sarcasm, wrote:

Oh my God! 3 distinct and unrelated things happened to those people in the film!

Divineness points out another related tragedy:

Don't forget the stunt man that was also killed during the filming of this movie.

David wasn't convinced:

curse-shmurse!!

Mark wrote:

Curse. Total Curse. Who's next? Another 100 million for Dark Night as it consumes the cast like "The Blob".

Zoki Z wrote:

I think you are disturbed and trying to create a news story from a string of coincidences.

Comedy Blog wrote:

Well this sure didn't take long.

Why couldn't we have a Spice Girls movie curse?

Would the curse make you think twice about acting in this box-office explosion, or is this curse idea just a bunch of hot air?

-- Mark Milian

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