Are there any GOOD horror movies based on 'actual events'?

[ChaosBurnFlame]

One that hasn't been proven a hoax either.

[Tish-the-Scorpion]

ironicly i was reading up on the mothman prophecies on the net just a few minutes ago...freaky shit man lol.the movie is creepy too

[mgs]

wasn't the Exorcist based on true events?!?

as well as the Amityville horror movie.

[Chou Blaster]

wasn't the Exorcist based on true events?!?

as well as the Amityville horror movie.


With the Exorcist the real victim was a young boy, not girl.

The story was changed in a attempt to well cover up idenity of the victim.

But yeah the Mth Man prophecies has down right creepy moments, and supposely happened.


Lastly; The Texas Chainsaw Massacre is not based on any real lfie event. Tobe Hopper happened to visit Ed Gein's house, and welll he hear dof the stories that hpapened there.

Tobe made Texas Chain Massacre, as his vision of what could hav ehappened. (That guy was sick, he made furntie out of dead woman parts.)

Buffalo Bill from SIlence of the Lambs was also based on Ed Gein (He did make clothing out of victims skins.)

Norman Bates was based on Ed Gein too. (He had a mother fixation problem. As she scarred him his whole life, and never got revenge to her. Ass he died of natural causes.)

[ChaosBurnFlame]

wasn't the Exorcist based on true events?!?

as well as the Amityville horror movie.

Amityville was proven to be a hoax.

[mgs]

Amityville was proven to be a hoax.
since when??!??!?? O.O

[ChaosBurnFlame]

Since people can rub two braincells together and look at the obvious clues and the fact that there's a current family living in there and the only horror they're plagued with is constant visits of people that want to see the 'haunted house'./

[mgs]

i was looking for a real answer, but thanks.

[pirulaso]

With the Exorcist the real victim was a young boy, not girl.

The story was changed in a attempt to well cover up idenity of the victim.

But yeah the Mth Man prophecies has down right creepy moments, and supposely happened.


Lastly; The Texas Chainsaw Massacre is not based on any real lfie event. Tobe Hopper happened to visit Ed Gein's house, and welll he hear dof the stories that hpapened there.

Tobe made Texas Chain Massacre, as his vision of what could hav ehappened. (That guy was sick, he made furntie out of dead woman parts.)

Buffalo Bill from SIlence of the Lambs was also based on Ed Gein (He did make clothing out of victims skins.)

Norman Bates was based on Ed Gein too. (He had a mother fixation problem. As she scarred him his whole life, and never got revenge to her. Ass he died of natural causes.)

its surprising how much ed gein inspires fake serial killers. i saw the biography movie a while back and it annoys me when i hear ppl think that leather face was real and still alive and out on the loose.

[ChaosBurnFlame]

i was looking for a real answer, but thanks.

Since Third Party Research Existed is the real answer.

[Chou Blaster]

its surprising how much ed gein inspires fake serial killers. i saw the biography movie a while back and it annoys me when i hear ppl think that leather face was real and still alive and out on the loose.


Yeah it is irrating ain't?

If there was a rela leatherface (Ther eis not) and his killnig spree wa sback in 60s. He hsould be waaay tooo old to be a threat by now.

[The Real Nemo]

Since people can rub two braincells together and look at the obvious clues and the fact that there's a current family living in there and the only horror they're plagued with is constant visits of people that want to see the 'haunted house'./
Still waiting to hear the "proven to be a hoax" part...

[ChaosBurnFlame]

Lets see... Ronnie Defoe admits it was a hoax, his defense attorney admits it was a hoax, the Lutzes have continually backpedaled on their story, admitting a lot of it was elaborations and the most they had were 'bad feelings'.

[zombie]

Henry: Portrait Of A Serial Killer was based to some degree on real people, right?

[Scorpion13]

Still waiting to hear the "proven to be a hoax" part...


Just Wiki the damn thing. Theres an entire webpage dedicated to the fiasco too. And its convincing. The only people who would benefit from the belief that the house was haunted (and boy did they) would be the Lutzes.


As for the movie: The Serpent and The Rainbow was said to have been based on true events, and its pretty damn good too.

[The Real Nemo]

Henry: Portrait Of A Serial Killer was based to some degree on real people, right?
IIRC it was loosely based on serial killer Henry Lee Lucas...

[The Real Nemo]

Just Wiki the damn thing. Theres an entire webpage dedicated to the fiasco too. And its convincing. The only people who would benefit from the belief that the house was haunted (and boy did they) would be the Lutzes.
I've seen a lot of pro and anti-hoax webpages and TV programs, haven't seen anything I'd consider proof either way...

[Scorpion13]

Well then I cant really provide any more proof than the people who have done extensive studies on it. I, personally, think its bullshit.

[Sandoz]

Amityville was proven to be a hoax.
However, Amityville Horror 2: The Possession was based on the DeFeo murders, which did occur. However, it is by no means a good movie and is actually rather distasteful and disrespectful toward the victims.

[Legato]

Thare was a movie called Gacy about the serial killer John Wayne Gacy

[ChaosBurnFlame]

However, Amityville Horror 2: The Possession was based on the DeFeo murders, which did occur. However, it is by no means a good movie and is actually rather distasteful and disrespectful toward the victims.
So was was thje part in this movie where Ronald DeFoe robbed his father's car dealorship a week prior to the shootings, used acid heavily, and practically everything else that really happened?

[Sandoz]

So was was thje part in this movie where Ronald DeFoe robbed his father's car dealorship a week prior to the shootings, used acid heavily, and practically everything else that really happened?
There was nothing like that in the movie. Basically, it portrays DeFeo (the family's name is changed in the film to "protect the innocent" but there's no doubt as to who they're supposed to be) as an innocent young man who was possessed by a demon when the killings occured and is in need of an exorcism. It also implies an incestuous relationship between DeFeo's counterpart and his sister.

And for those who don't think the Amityville Horror book/film was a hoax, here (http://www.crimelibrary.com/notorious_murders/family/amityville/6.html) is Court TV's report on the DeFeo murders and the supposed "hauntings."

[The Real Nemo]

Thare was a movie called Gacy about the serial killer John Wayne Gacy
That was just one of a whole bunch of similarly titled serial killer movies which came out within a short time of each other...

[marshal99]

Well , Barbara Hershey's "the entity" was based on a real events. As per normal for hollywood nowadays , this movie is being remake.

Mothman prophecies by John A Keel is a good nonfiction book but the movie based on it is pure mumbo jumbo garbage.

[IamtheRock3]

This may be VERY controversal movie to make

But what about this slave rebellion that happen in America where this Slave escape and just started hunting down people

Could be like the Hunted
or the first Rambo

[Donald M.]

One that hasn't been proven a hoax either.

There are plenty of movies that have been inspired, in one way or another, by real events, but you know that.

Honestly, I think the kid of stuff you see in horror movies just doesn't really happen that much in real life.

Have you seen Gus Van Sant's Elephant? The eariler parts of the film that follow various kids through an ordinary day at High School can be a bit dull to sit through, but then in the end the peace is shattered by a school massacre very closely modeled after Columbine, made all the more horrifying by the lack of explanation and the unsensationalistic way the violence is portrayed.

Horror is horror because it heightens reality for dramatic purposes. Real violence is fairly mundane and can be all the more horrifying for it.

[ChaosBurnFlame]

http://www.amityvillemurders.com/reference/images_reference/novoices.jpg

Here's some proof.

[The Real Nemo]

http://www.amityvillemurders.com/reference/images_reference/novoices.jpg

Here's some proof.
How is that proof? All it says is that he didn't hear voices the night of the murders...

[DonC]

While I don't consider it a horror movie, the relationship between Hannibal Lector and Clarice Starling in The Silence of the Lambs was based on Ted Bundy helping a criminologist hunt for the Green River Killer in Washington state.

[BlairH]

The Shining.
I am the real Jack Torrence.
http://file003.bebo.com/large/2005/10/31/23/11330704a20593981b845698112l.jpg

[Ontir]

Psycho
the Young Poisoner's Handbook
Dahmer
the Manson Family

These are four that come immediately to mind.

[StoneGold]

Attack of the Killer Tomatoes. Every word the truth. Almost a documentary, really.

[zombie]

Attack of the Killer Tomatoes. Every word the truth. Almost a documentary, really.

Like The Highlander?

[MKTerra]

The Shining.
I am the real Jack Torrence.http://img265.imageshack.us/img265/5046/gundamtheshining2gb.th.jpg (http://img265.imageshack.us/my.php?image=gundamtheshining2gb.jpg)

:D