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'Child's Play' (1988)
- In the film, a single mother offers her son a doll for his birthday. However, the doll is possessed by the spirit of a serial killer.
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'Child's Play' (1988)
- According to iHorror, in 1909, painter Robert Eugene Otto stated that there was a curse on a family doll. Allegedly, this doll would move on its own through Otto's house.
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'The Amityville Horror' (1979) / (2005) - A family moves into a haunted house. A year earlier, the house had been the scene of a mass murder.
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'The Amityville Horror' (1979) / (2005) - The movie is based on the book with the same title. In 1975 the Lutz family moved into a house where Ronald DeFeo Jr had brutally murdered his family 13 months earlier. The new residents claimed to have witnessed paranormal activity in the house.
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'The Exorcist' (1973) - The film focuses on two Catholic priests who have to perform an exorcism on a girl who is possessed by the devil.
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'The Exorcist' (1973) - William Peter Blatty, author of the story, was inspired by the exorcism of a 14-year-old boy, which took place in 1949 in the United States, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
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'The Rite' (2011) - A seminary student travels to Italy to learn how to perform exorcisms.
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'The Rite' (2011) - According to Franciscan Media, the film starring Anthony Hopkins is based on a book by Matt Baglio, which recounts the experience of a priest in Rome who learned how to perform exorcisms.
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'A Nightmare on Elm Street' (1984)
- Wes Craven drew inspiration from several articles published by the LA Times on Asian refugees who died during sleep.
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'The Texas Chain Saw Massacre' (1974)
- The film is about a family of psychopathic cannibals.
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'The Texas Chain Saw Massacre' (1974)
- According to The Telegraph the film was inspired by the story of Ed Gein, who killed two women and stored parts of their bodies as trophies. The film was also inspired by Elmer Wayne Henley, a serial killer.
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'The Conjuring' (2013) and 'The Conjuring 2' (2016) - Ed and Lorraine Warren are paranormal investigators. In the first movie the couple tries to help a family fighting against a supernatural presence at home.
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'The Conjuring' (2013) and 'The Conjuring 2' (2016) - The stories of the two films are based on real events experienced by the couple Ed and Lorraine Warren, as the Daily Mail reports.
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'The Strangers' (2008) - A couple takes a relaxing vacation in a secluded cabin. However, the house is eventually invaded by three masked strangers.
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'The Strangers' (2008) - The film, starring Liv Tyler, is inspired by an experience one of the directors had when he was younger, says PopSugar.
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'The Blob' (1958) - A mysterious alien life form consumes everything in its path as it grows in size.
© BrunorPress
16 / 24 Fotos
'The Blob' (1958) - According to the Daily Mail, the film was inspired by real cases of jelly beings that seem to have come from another planet.
© BrunorPress
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'Ravenous' (1999) - Set in the 19th century, a captain and his regiment embark on a rescue mission and end up being ambushed by a cannibal.
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'Ravenous' (1999) - According to The 13th Floor, the film is based on the story of Alfred Griner Packer, who in addition to having murdered several men, also ate human flesh.
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'Open Water' (2003) - The story centers around two divers who are left alone in shark-infested waters.
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'Open Water' (2003) - The film is based on a true story, involving a couple in 1998, The Guardian reports. The couple were alone on the Great Barrier Reef, surrounded by sharks.
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'Psycho' (1960) - A secretary goes on the run after stealing thousands of dollars. She stays in a motel where the owner and his mother are not what they seem.
© BrunorPress
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'Psycho' (1960)
- According to Mental Floss, the film is inspired on the story of Ed Gein, who during the 1950s murdered and buried several women in Wisconsin.
© BrunorPress
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© BrunoPress
0 / 24 Fotos
'Child's Play' (1988)
- In the film, a single mother offers her son a doll for his birthday. However, the doll is possessed by the spirit of a serial killer.
© Getty Images
1 / 24 Fotos
'Child's Play' (1988)
- According to iHorror, in 1909, painter Robert Eugene Otto stated that there was a curse on a family doll. Allegedly, this doll would move on its own through Otto's house.
© Getty Images
2 / 24 Fotos
'The Amityville Horror' (1979) / (2005) - A family moves into a haunted house. A year earlier, the house had been the scene of a mass murder.
© BrunorPress
3 / 24 Fotos
'The Amityville Horror' (1979) / (2005) - The movie is based on the book with the same title. In 1975 the Lutz family moved into a house where Ronald DeFeo Jr had brutally murdered his family 13 months earlier. The new residents claimed to have witnessed paranormal activity in the house.
© Getty Images
4 / 24 Fotos
'The Exorcist' (1973) - The film focuses on two Catholic priests who have to perform an exorcism on a girl who is possessed by the devil.
© Getty Images
5 / 24 Fotos
'The Exorcist' (1973) - William Peter Blatty, author of the story, was inspired by the exorcism of a 14-year-old boy, which took place in 1949 in the United States, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
© BrunoPress
6 / 24 Fotos
'The Rite' (2011) - A seminary student travels to Italy to learn how to perform exorcisms.
© iStock
7 / 24 Fotos
'The Rite' (2011) - According to Franciscan Media, the film starring Anthony Hopkins is based on a book by Matt Baglio, which recounts the experience of a priest in Rome who learned how to perform exorcisms.
© Getty Images
8 / 24 Fotos
'A Nightmare on Elm Street' (1984)
- Wes Craven drew inspiration from several articles published by the LA Times on Asian refugees who died during sleep.
© Getty Images
9 / 24 Fotos
'The Texas Chain Saw Massacre' (1974)
- The film is about a family of psychopathic cannibals.
© BrunoPress
10 / 24 Fotos
'The Texas Chain Saw Massacre' (1974)
- According to The Telegraph the film was inspired by the story of Ed Gein, who killed two women and stored parts of their bodies as trophies. The film was also inspired by Elmer Wayne Henley, a serial killer.
© BrunoPress
11 / 24 Fotos
'The Conjuring' (2013) and 'The Conjuring 2' (2016) - Ed and Lorraine Warren are paranormal investigators. In the first movie the couple tries to help a family fighting against a supernatural presence at home.
© BrunoPress
12 / 24 Fotos
'The Conjuring' (2013) and 'The Conjuring 2' (2016) - The stories of the two films are based on real events experienced by the couple Ed and Lorraine Warren, as the Daily Mail reports.
© BrunoPress
13 / 24 Fotos
'The Strangers' (2008) - A couple takes a relaxing vacation in a secluded cabin. However, the house is eventually invaded by three masked strangers.
© iStock
14 / 24 Fotos
'The Strangers' (2008) - The film, starring Liv Tyler, is inspired by an experience one of the directors had when he was younger, says PopSugar.
© BrunoPress
15 / 24 Fotos
'The Blob' (1958) - A mysterious alien life form consumes everything in its path as it grows in size.
© BrunorPress
16 / 24 Fotos
'The Blob' (1958) - According to the Daily Mail, the film was inspired by real cases of jelly beings that seem to have come from another planet.
© BrunorPress
17 / 24 Fotos
'Ravenous' (1999) - Set in the 19th century, a captain and his regiment embark on a rescue mission and end up being ambushed by a cannibal.
© Shutterstock
18 / 24 Fotos
'Ravenous' (1999) - According to The 13th Floor, the film is based on the story of Alfred Griner Packer, who in addition to having murdered several men, also ate human flesh.
© Shutterstock
19 / 24 Fotos
'Open Water' (2003) - The story centers around two divers who are left alone in shark-infested waters.
© Shutterstock
20 / 24 Fotos
'Open Water' (2003) - The film is based on a true story, involving a couple in 1998, The Guardian reports. The couple were alone on the Great Barrier Reef, surrounded by sharks.
© Shutterstock
21 / 24 Fotos
'Psycho' (1960) - A secretary goes on the run after stealing thousands of dollars. She stays in a motel where the owner and his mother are not what they seem.
© BrunorPress
22 / 24 Fotos
'Psycho' (1960)
- According to Mental Floss, the film is inspired on the story of Ed Gein, who during the 1950s murdered and buried several women in Wisconsin.
© BrunorPress
23 / 24 Fotos
Horror movies based on chilling real events
These horror films are inspired by true stories
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