Based on True Events
Hello. I'm interested in any horror/thriller films that are based on true events. Does anyone have any suggestions?
Thanks.
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Permalink Reply by Anita_Blake on
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Permalink Reply by Professional Bum on -
Wonderful nod there Anita. Just dont watch the sequel(I've been told).
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Permalink Reply by Anita_Blake on
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Oh I trusted the netflix rating on that one! No sequel for me!!!
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Permalink Reply by bob borka on -
henry 2 wasn't AS awful as i anticipated it would be. but it doesn't really compare to the first one. michael rooker was just too good in the role.
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The Legend of Boggy Ceek - about Bigfoot
The Legend of the Jersey Devil
Mothman
Fire in the Sky
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Permalink Reply by 2McAbre on -
The Strangers
An American Haunting
The Mothman Prophecies
Summer of Sam
Zodiac
The Black Dahlia
The Exorcism of Emily Rose
The Girl Next Door
Ed Gein
Ted Bundy
Dahmer
Gacy
Those are just a few I can think of off the top of my head...
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Permalink Reply by 2McAbre on
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I did a bit of digging and the best answer for the events is that,
1) it's based on the childhood memory of Bryan Bertino:
That part of the story came to me from a childhood memory. As a kid, I lived in a house on a street in the middle of nowhere. One night, while our parents were out, somebody knocked on the front door and my little sister answered it. At the door were some people asking for somebody that didn't live there. We later found out that these people were knocking on doors in the area and, if no one was home, breaking into the houses.
2) it is partly based on the Keddie Cabin murders.
He simply took bits and pieces from all of that and combined them into one movie!
There's a distinct difference between "based on" and "Inspired by".
The Ed Gein story created lots of "Inspiration" for different movies, but they were not actually "based" on the real case.
So yeah, I suppose its not based on true events. Just inspired by ;-) I guess 1 out of 12 isn't too bad :-D
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There's a distinct difference between "based on" and "Inspired by".
yep, a perfect example of how one little word can mislead. Then there's Changeling that includes in its tagline "A True Story." And from comparing the actual event to the film, it is very accurate.
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Permalink Reply by jessica on -
That part of the story came to me from a childhood memory. As a kid, I lived in a house on a street in the middle of nowhere. One night, while our parents were out, somebody knocked on the front door and my little sister answered it. At the door were some people asking for somebody that didn't live there. We later found out that these people were knocking on doors in the area and, if no one was home, breaking into the houses.
That's pretty creepy.
Silence of the Lambs' Buffalo Bill is based on a real life criminal but i forget who? Maybe Ed Gein? Maybe not.
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre is loosely inspired by Ed Gein too.
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Permalink Reply by 2McAbre on
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Hee Hee Hee, see how easy they make us confuse those two...
Silence of the Lambs' Buffalo Bill is based on a real life criminal but i forget who? Maybe Ed Gein? Maybe not.
His character was also inspired by Ed Gein, not based on!
Ok I'll stop now... Promise!
The creepy/scary part for me is that some of these big nasties originated in my home state of Wisconsin!
Ed Gein... La Crosse, Wisconsin
Jeffrey Lionel Dahmer... West Allis, Wisconsin
Joseph Paul Franklin (Franklin killed at random, and may have begun in Madison, Wisconsin. His target of choice were mixed-race couples).
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Permalink Reply by Matt on -
I live in CT where the based-on true story "Amityville" took place. Somewhere between here and Hollywood, they changed the location to New York. There are some other areas in CT where real horror events took place and are claimed to be haunted. I'm sure if Hollywood or Independent film studios made more pictures about true terrorizing events and psychothrillers instead of fictional, it would make people a little more shaken by the film instead of leaving the theatre saying, "It was just all made up."
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