While these movies are often seen as disturbing, what makes some horror movies even more uncomfortable to watch is knowing they are based on, or inspired by, a true story. Here are some horror ...

Pictures/courtesy Everett Collection Sure, films such as The Amityville Horror, Nightmare ... in Amityville, N.Y., are true, the murders that led to the story being written in the first place ...

From “The Exorcist” to “The Lighthouse,” many lauded scary movies were based on terrifying true stories ... Cast members from the original 2002 animated film and the live-action remake ...

Consider yourself warned: You may be surprised by some of the entries on this list. Here are the 25 best horror movies based on true stories.

Here are 40 horror movies based on or inspired by true stories, from stories about chilling haunted homes to actual exorcisms. Every preteen can act like the devil from time to time, but probably ...

Here, we round up 30 of the best horror movies based on true stories, because there's nothing scarier than real life.

An Australian horror movie about three backpackers being hunted by a serial killer in the outback? Sign me up! Although, knowing it's based on not one true story but TWO makes it almost too scary.

By Lexy Perez, THR Staff Over the years, audiences have been frightened by the varied horror films onscreen ... it’s discovered the stories are actually based on real-life events.

Nearly 15 years later, the imagery of buttons for eyes remains one of the most unsettling of any horror ... motion animation gives every bit of material, threads especially, a more-real-than ...

Below, I have 11 horror books based on true stories that will have you sleeping with the lights on for the next week, so ramp up your Halloween fun with a bit of spooky reading, won't you?