Scary Horror Movies Based on True Stories

To me, there is nothing more frightening than watching a scary horror movie and knowing that it was inspired by real life events. These are the movies that "haunt" me and have me waking up paralyzed with fright in the middle of the night.

I saw The Blair Witch Project immediately when it came out and it was still widely believed to be a real video found by real missing people. I was totally horrified and kept thinking "All the times I thought I heard ghosts it was real!". I didn't sleep a wink that night thinking of all the spooky moments in my life and wondering if it was really a supernatural occurrence. I was disappointed, yet relieved, when I found out the movie was an ingenious hoax, but it served it's purpose at the time extremely well. (I was young, ok?)

These are terrifying or disturbing movies based on true stories and links to the stories they are based upon.

The Exorcist is based upon the story of Roland Doe, a pseudonym for a young boy born circa 1936 who underwent an exorcism by the Catholic church. If you have never heard of this film you have probably been living under a rock somewhere, and if you haven't seen it, go watch it!

This movie is a true horror classic and features wonderfully spooky music. I have the song Tubular Bells as my spooky Halloween ringer (which actually never gets changed even after Halloween) and I have learned to play it on the piano as well as having it on tape.That's right, tape. While it is a spooky song, it is beautiful as well.

Here is a shortened version of Tubular Bells. Listen and then vote in the poll below!

Now that you've watched the video and heard the song tell us what you think.

While it may now be thought to be a made-up story, it is still a pretty good horror flick!

The Exorcism of Emily Rose is based on the story of Anneliese Michel, a young woman who died at the age of 23 from starvation and dehydration resulting from exorcism rites. The movie covers the resulting court case against one of the priests and reveals the story through flashbacks. Jennifer Carpenter plays Emily and does an amazing job portraying a young girl who's been possessed.

A truly disturbing story

I am mentioning this film, not because I like it, but because it is an extremely disturbing story. I had to watch it despite it's lousy reviews because I was so intrigued by the tale.

Grimm Love was inspired by the true story of Armin Meiwes, a sicko who posted ads on the internet looking for voluntary victims to slaughter and kill. When Bernd Jürgen Brandes answered the ad, he and Meiwes together tried to consume Brandes' severed penis (which had been sauteed in a pan with garlic), but it proved to be too tough to eat. Meiwes then slit Brandes' throat and consumed the majority of him over the next several months.

He was originally only convicted of manslaughter but was retried in 2005 and convicted of murder.

Martin Kreloff Scream Decal

There have been several movies which claim to be inspired by this particular serial killer.

The story: In the 1980s the Snedeker family had hit hard times. They had three children, one of which had cancer, and also took care of a cousin. They jumped at the chance to rent a "dream" home which was large enough for their family and affordable, but quickly realized it's secret: it used to be a funeral home. Soon the family started to experience frightening supernatural events.

I was first introduced to this story by the Discovery Channel who aired two specials, the other being A Haunting in Georgia. I love these types of shows and I have watched each of them several times. Luckily, due to strong ratings, the Discovery Channel spun a series off of these two shows called A Haunting.

Here is the TV series, you can find the movie below.

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