 Having changed its title from "The Antichrist" to "The Birthmark,"  the film seemed to fall victim to a sinister curse. Star  Gregory Peck (qv) and screenwriter David Seltzer (I) (qv) took  separate planes to the UK...yet BOTH planes were struck by  lightning. While producer Harvey Bernhard (qv) was in Rome,  lightning just missed him. Rottweilers hired for the film attacked  their trainers. A hotel at which director Richard Donner (qv) was  staying got bombed by the IRA; he was also struck by a car. After  Peck canceled another flight, to Israel, the plane he would have  chartered crashed...killing all on board. On day one of the shoot,  several principal members of the crew survived a head