Living Nightmare: 5 Horrors Based On True Events
A horror movie is going to be much more exciting if it is based on a real-life event.
Horror movies marked "based on true events" are of particular interest to viewers. Some shrug their shoulders, call everything fiction or a fairy tale, others believe in the authenticity of events.
Directors take advantage of this and in fact often take stories from life, although they add a lot of their own to catch up with more horror.
The Girl Next Door
Jack Ketchum's novel of the same name is based on the murder of a 16-year-old girl in 1965. Sylvia and her sister Jenny were left in the care of a family friend when their parents left town.
The woman locked Sylvia in the basement, where she and the children tortured the girl until she died of a brain hemorrhage and starvation.
The Exorcism of Emily Rose
According to the plot of the movie, the priest is trying to prove that he is not guilty of the death of Emily, who died during an exorcism.
This incident actually took place in 1976. Anneliese Michel died after a series of exorcisms. The girl was diagnosed with epilepsy and had symptoms of mental illness, but she and her family were convinced she was possessed by the devil.
Anneliese was speaking in different languages and could not touch the crucifix. As a result, the priest was accused of causing death through negligence, and the parents were accused of criminal neglect.
The court found them all guilty.
The Town That Dreaded Sundown
The plot of the movie is based on the true story of a serial killer, nicknamed the Phantom, whose identity was never revealed.
He operated in the state of Texas in 1946 and caused panic among the inhabitants of a small town. He is credited with eight attacks, all of which took place on weekends.
The Mothman Prophecies
This mysterious story was born in 1966 in the town of Point Pleasant. Many people claimed to have seen a strange human-sized creature with wings and glowing red eyes.
This was widely reported in the press, and in 1975, American journalist John Keel, known for his theories about UFOs, wrote a book about the Mothman, which was made into a movie.
An American Haunting
The Bell family lived on a farm in Tennessee in the 19th century and were quite wealthy.
In 1818, the head of the family, John Bell, began to see images that were not real, strange things began to happen in the house, and eerie sounds were heard.
For a whole year the family suffered from ghostly attacks until John died. What was the reason for all these strange occasions is still a mystery.