Horror films based on real events (14 photos)

It would seem like horror movies can be based on real events? After all, there is a solid paranormal, monsters, mutants, vampires, zombies and other evil spirits. But in fact, many well-known horror films are not just a creepy fantasy of the author. Real world is also full of horror and mystery stories. Let's see what famous horror films were based on real events.

Psycho





Released: 1960

Plot: A girl named Marion Crane is unhappy with her relationship with with her boyfriend Sam Loomis. Couple unable to marry due to debt the last one. Marion commits a spontaneous theft of a large amount of money and decides to leave the city to start life from scratch. Along the way she stays overnight at a motel run by a very strange young Norman Bates.

Events on which the film is based: The film is based on the true story of a maniac from Wisconsin, Ed Gin.

exorcist



Released: 1973

Plot: A famous actress faces incredible grief - her the little daughter begins to behave in an extremely strange way. Woman refers to doctors who are sure that this is a mental illness. But they are not able to understand what kind of diagnosis the girl suffers from. A specially invited priest suspects that the child is possessed by an evil essence.

Events on which the film is based: The story is based on a real happening. It took place in the suburbs of St. Louis, Missouri. In 1949 Catholic priest Raymond J. Bishop performed an exorcism on a boy who allegedly encountered evil entities after used a spirit board.

Open sea





Released: 2003

Plot: Susan and Daniel are a young couple who decide to spend an unforgettable vacation in the Bahamas. They book seats on the boat for diving enthusiasts. None of them suspect what end a fascinating dive to the bottom of the ocean.

Events on which the film is based: The event that served as the plot for the film, happened in 1988 in Australia with spouses Tom and Eileen Lonergan. A married couple went missing near the Great Barrier Reef in Coral Sea. Their bodies were never found.

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre



Released: 1974

Plot: Sally and her brother Franklin decide to go to the cemetery in Texas, where their grandfather is buried. Once in place, they decide not to only to visit the grave, but also to inspect the farm in which they previously lived relative. They soon notice that there is another one in their neighborhood. one farm where a creepy family of slaughterhouse workers lives.

Events on which the film is based: Some elements of the film were based on the crimes committed by serial killer Ed Gin in Wisconsin in the 1950s.

American Crime



Released: 2007

Plot: Housekeeper Gertrud Banizzewski is imprisoned in basement of a teenage girl named Sylvia, since the payment for its content did not arrive on time.

Events on which the film is based: The film is based on a real stories of the torture and murder of Sylvia Likens by housewife Gertrude Baniszewski. The events took place in 1965.

rite



Year of release: 2011

Plot: A seminary student goes to the Vatican to study new case, namely exorcism. At the same time, the guy seriously doubts and in religion, and in such contradictory practices. However, after he meets the famous exorcist Father Lucas, his skepticism begins to melt rapidly.

Events upon which the film is based: Based on the book The Making of a Modern Exorcist by journalist Matt Baglio. IN In it, he told the amazing story of a Catholic priest who faced with the phenomenon of obsession personally.

eaten alive



Released: 1976

Plot: Psychotic old man Judd keeps the Starlight Motel huge crocodile. It becomes obvious that the guests who dare to stay in this place for the night, obviously out of luck.

Events on which the film is based: The film is based on a story American serial killer Joe Ball, who kept a pond with alligators.

Social media killer



Year of release: 2011

Plot: Philip Markoff is a budding medical doctor. His life can it would be called almost perfect, if not for his strange hobby.

Events on which the film is based: The film was based on real events that took place in the United States in 2009.

Zodiac



Released: 2007

Plot: San Francisco is terrified as its streets pacing a criminal committing bloody murders. However, the killer not at all afraid of the police. On the contrary, he literally mocks them and even sends them encrypted emails.

Based on: The story of a serial killer nicknamed "Zodiac" who was never caught by the police.

Birds



Released: 1963

Plot: At the center of events is a young aristocrat Melanie Daniels. In a small coastal town where she meets a young lawyer Mitch Brenner, extremely inexplicable things begin to happen. events. The inhabitants of the village are attacked by birds.

Events on which the film is based: In 1961, the city of Capitola, which is located in the state of California, was unexpectedly attacked by hundreds gray petrels. Birds attacked passers-by, crashed into windows and walls of houses. According to one version, the change in the behavior of birds was caused by shellfish poisoning.

bound to death



Released: 1988

Plot: Brothers Elliot and Bev are identical twins. The two of them are engaged in medicine and in every possible way help each other in work. One day them movie star Claire visits the clinic. A twin named Bev falls in love with her first. The girl, without realizing it, begins to meet immediately with both brothers.

Events on which the film is based: Prototypes for heroes real identical twin brothers Stuart and Cyril Markus performed, who lived in New York and practiced gynecology. Both enigmatic thus died in 1975.

247 degrees Fahrenheit



Year of release: 2011

Plot: Four friends go to a lakeside house to have a good weekend. However, the rest turns into a nightmare, when the three of them find themselves locked in a hot sauna.

Events on which the film is based: The film history is based on real case. It took place in the state of Georgia. four friends went to the sauna. At some point, one of them went to the restroom, and the rest locked in the steam room. In addition, a careless comrade also fell asleep. The hostages sat in the trap for more than 10 hours. Fortunately, all of them remained alive.

Winchester. The house that the ghosts built



Release year: 2018

Plot: Sarah Winchester is the heiress of a well-known weapons production. The widow lives in a huge mansion with a strange architecture and extremely intricate corridors. According to the instructions of the woman, the house constantly being rebuilt. Sarah has a goal - to build a trap for ghosts who decided to destroy the Winchester clan.

Based on events: The story of the Winchesters' real house, where mysterious events took place.

Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story (TV series)



Release year: 2022

Plot: A guy named Geoffrey has a rather introverted personality. life. He looks like a nice and ordinary quiet guy. However, some people guess that Jeffrey is not as simple as he wants to appear.

Events on which the film is based: The story of a serial killer, which killed 17 boys and men between 1978 and 1991 for years.