Many scary movies have risen to fame not only for their chilling storyline that make you jump from the comfort of your seat, but also because they are based on real life…
Example: The Exorcism of Emily Rose, The Conjuring, Chucky, Leatherface, The Exorcist, and I could go on with this long list, however, I’m pretty sure you didn’t know that the following movies are also based on real events…
1. The Entity (1982)
The story of this film is about a woman attacked and abused by an evil entity, that’s right, if the plot is terrible, wait until you know the true story…
The film was based on the Doris Bither case. In the year 1974, the tormented woman declared that she was bothered and abused by various spirits.
2. Wolf Creek (2005)
A movie that will leave you stressed at all times. It tells the story of three travelers who, when their car breaks down on the highway, a villager approaches them to help them, however, they end up being tortured by that kind man.
Director Greg McLean was based on two different people; One was by Ivan Milat, during the 1990s, the subject kidnapped and tormented 90 travelers who were going to Australia, it is thought that 37 took their lives.
The second was by Bradley John Murdoch, a man who ended the life of a tourist in 2001, the tourist’s girlfriend was also there, but she managed to escape.
3. The girl next door (2007)
This film is sad, just thinking that such inhuman people actually exist, because the plot follows a young woman who is cruelly abused and mistreated by her aunt and cousins. And the fact that it really happened…
The film is based on Sylvia Likens, a young woman who, in 1965, was mistreated, humiliated and abused for four months until she lost her life, Gertrude Baniszewski (her nanny) along with her children, among others neighborhood boys and girls were responsible.
4. Scream (1996)
The film begins when a girl receives a call from a stranger, she thinks it is a prank call, however, a masked man stalks her from outside her home. From there, endless crimes are unleashed where several students from the same school lose their lives.
The real case that was the inspiration for Wes Craven to bring Scream to life is that of Danny Rolling, known as “the Gainesville Ripper”; this man ended the lives of several students in a period of 4 days in 1990.
He used sharp pointed objects to carry out these terrible attacks.
5. When a stranger Calls (2006)
Jill Johnson, is a young woman who works as a nanny for two children. On one occasion when the couple leaves and leaves the children in her care, everything seems to be calm, however, later, she receives a call from a stranger who seems to observe all the movements she makes. Later, Jill will try to fight for her life and that of the children against that subject.
This film was inspired by the unsolved case of Janett Christman in 1950. A 13-year-old girl who came to the home of a family in Missouri to take care of a small child while the parents went on an engagement, but when the parents returned home they found a horrible scene.
The window was broken and the lifeless body of the young woman was lying on the floor. The police could never discover the culprit, however, this chilling fact became popular to the point of becoming one of the most famous urban legends: “The nanny who is stalked by a stranger”.
6. Zodiac (2007)
Detectives begin to investigate a case about a person who terrorizes the inhabitants of San Francisco, the evil man sends letters and encrypted messages to the newspapers to mock the authorities.
This hair-raising film is based on the famous Zodiac killer who wiped out the lives of many people in San Francisco in the late 1960s. The perpetrator of the crimes confessed in one of the notes that he had taken the lives of 37 people, although only 5 deaths were verified.
7. The Possession (2012)
A girl gets a very peculiar article in a bazaar, it is a mysterious box that when she opens it has creepy objects and some writings in Hebrew.
As the days go by, the girl is possessed by the malevolent inhabitant of the box.
In real life, that evil box exists and is in the museum of the paranormal investigator Zac Bagans, in his past this object caused terrible events to its owners, it is said that it is still haunted, so if you want to see the box, you have to be closed, or sign a responsibility contract if you want it open.
8. Strangers (2008)
The film is about three masked strangers who torment a couple who are staying in an isolated summer house.
His inspiration was the real case of the tragedy that happened in the small town of Keddie, California in 1981, it was one of the scariest crimes in the area, more so because the culprits were never found.
In a rural cabin located in the mountains, the bodies of a mother (Glenna), her son (John) and a friend of his (Dana) were found. However, they failed to find the body of another victim, Tina, Glenna’s daughter and John’s sister. It was not until 3 years later, 84 kilometers from the town, that they found only her skull and some of her bones.
9. Jaws (1975)
About this classic film by Steven Spielberg, it is known that the idea arose from a novel that came to light in 1974, the plot tells of a great white shark that roamed the shores of a town.
However, there are two other facts that prompted the creation of this film; The first was the event that occurred in New Jersey in 1916, where several people lost their lives when attacked by a shark.
The second is for the story of Frank Mundus, because this person talks about how he caught a shark without special equipment.
10. Deliver us from evil (2014)
The plot involves Ralph Sarchie, a police officer who investigates some strange crimes, which seem to be related to demonic possession.
To create this film, director Scott Derrickson drew on the stories of Ralph Sarchie, who was a police chief in New York, as well as being an expert demonologist.
Ralph participated in several exorcisms that led him to write a book where he shares his terrifying encounters with demons and paranormal events.
After learning that these movies are also based on real events, will you be able to watch them?