Which horror movies in history were adapted from real events?

The following films are adapted from real events:

1, Psycho (1960)

Marion (Janet Leigh) in Arizona She went to work in Phoenix, Texas, and had a hurried tryst with her boyfriend at noon every day. However, her boyfriend refused to divorce because he said he had no money to pay alimony to his ex-wife. On this day, Marion had to deposit $40,000 into the bank for her boss. On impulse, she decided to donate money and abscond. It rained again after she changed cars along the way. She was suffering physically and mentally when she saw a Bates Motel on the roadside and decided to stay the night.

Norman (Anthony Perkins), the owner of the Bates Motel, is a young man with a good personality, but he is in awe of his mother in the room. Marion just wanted to get through the night quickly, but she was horrifically murdered while she was in the shower.

Marion’s sister Lila (played by Vera Miles) tracked her missing sister and stayed at the Bates Motel. Private detective Milton helped Lila target Norman. . Everything seems to be related to Norman's mother. Who is the mother who controls her son? This film is adapted from real events.

2. The Exorcist (1973)

This film is adapted from the novel by William Batty. The story begins at an archaeological site in Iran, where many strange things happened. Father Merrin's intuition told him: The dark monarch wants to return to the earth, and a war is inevitable. The only question is: where will it happen...

The camera turned to Washington, and Regan MacNiel was A twelve-year-old child whose favorite toy is a Ouija board. Through the game, she met a friend---Howdy. Then, something strange happened at the MacNiel house, and Regan became mentally unstable. After some painful tests, they realized that Regan was no longer herself, and doctors all over the United States were helpless until one doctor recommended Karras, an exorcist.

The film will tell who is the final winner among good gods, evil gods and devils.

This is a classic horror film that was once all the rage. The film's realistic effects and terrifying atmosphere certainly make it a compelling watch at any time.

The film was nominated for ten Academy Awards (winning Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Sound) and four Golden Globes (Best Director, Best Picture, Best Sound and Best Supporting Actress) ). This film is adapted from real events.

3. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)

Five young people - Erin, Cape, Morgan, Andy, Pebb, drove The RV drove happily into the desert town of Travis, Texas. The purpose of their trip was to try to sneak into Mexico to buy drugs. On the way, the appearance of a scarred, depressed and hysterical girl named Jie Man aroused their curiosity. Under the leadership of the girl, they entered a gloomy big house to try to find out the truth. The big house was shrouded in a mysterious and terrifying atmosphere, as if a pair of eyes were always watching their every move. Just when this group of young people were frightened and at a loss, the sound of chainsaws suddenly started, and their last nightmare came...

A large number of police secretly surrounded Thomas Hewett's house in a remote countryside. Farm, he is a worker who skins livestock at a slaughterhouse in Travis County, Texas. When the police launched an attack and rushed into his house, they were stunned on the spot: smelly debris was piled everywhere in the house. In addition to some animal furs, there were also the bones of 33 murdered people! This gruesome murder immediately shocked the entire United States, and people called it the most horrific series of murders in history. No one knows the true face of the murderer, but legend has it that he wielded a chainsaw and wore a grotesque mask made entirely of human skin. As a result, this murderous maniac was immediately called the "Devil in Human Skin", and newspapers in Texas also reported on the case.

Soon after, the police and the FBI worked together to kill a mysterious figure wearing a leather mask. Without any evidence collection or investigation, they announced that the "Devil in Human Skin" had been killed, and the case was hastily closed. However, in the following years, many murders occurred one after another, and their methods of committing crimes were very similar to those of the "Devil in Human Skin". Although the police tried their best to deny that these cases were not the work of the "devil in human skin", they could not produce strong evidence - in fact, they had to admit that they had killed the wrong person. This film is adapted from real events.

4. Jaws (1975)

Amity Island is a tourist resort, with a large number of tourists coming here to swim. However, the appearance of the great white shark changed everything. The accident started with a couple going for a swim in the sea. Unfortunately, the woman became the first victim. Her mutilated body was horrific to look at. Local officials were unwilling to close the site for investigation. They were afraid of affecting tourism revenue, so they invited biologist Brown (Richard Dreyfuss).

Brown concluded that this was an unusually huge white shark. His reminder did not attract enough attention from the authorities. Then someone died unexpectedly, and the situation became more serious. A local skilled fisherman, the police and Brown and his gang are determined to hunt the great white shark. A dangerous battle begins. Who is the final winner? What price must be paid to win this battle? This film is adapted from real events.

5. Audrey Rose (1977)

A Western film based on the "reincarnation theory" that has long been known by Easterners. The film begins with a scene of a car collision in the wind and rain, and then the story unfolds in a calm and slow tone. Mr. and Mrs. Templeton are a loving young couple living in New York City. They have an eleven-year-old daughter, Ivy, who is lively and cute. But since the mysterious man appeared, this happy little family has caused fatal waves. This film is adapted from real events.

6. The Hills Have Eyes (1977)

A family flew to California and mistakenly entered an Air Force testing area closed to the public. The plane crashes and becomes stranded in the desert, while a group of savages sneak up on them. This film is adapted from real events.

,7, The Amityville Horror (1979)

At about 3 a.m. on an April day in 1974, a three-story villa in Amityville, Long Island, New York A massacre occurred. Ronald, the youngest son of the Leian family, took advantage of his parents and brothers while they were sleeping and shot them one by one with a rifle. Ronald later claimed that someone had entered his body and he could not help but commit a heinous crime. Although the court ultimately accepted his defense, rumors about the haunted villa continued to spread.

A year later, the Lutzes (played by James Brolin & Margot Kidder), who had no prior knowledge, bought the Leian family villa at a very low price. Not long after they moved in, strange things happened one after another... This film is adapted from real events.

8. The Entity (1981)

It tells the story of a divorced woman with three children who is constantly raped by an unknown force. She tells the psychiatrist about the situation. But it was not accepted. So she turned to a spiritual expert for help, and with the help of video equipment, she finally discovered that there was really a "him" who was violent to the woman. This film is adapted from real events.

9. Dead Ringers (1988)

The main content of the film revolves around a pair of twin brothers. The twin brothers have been interested in studying the human body and reproduction issues since they were young. When they grew up, they were both gynecologists. Not only did they live together, but the older brother, who was accustomed to putting his younger brother under his protection, also asked to share his life with his younger brother. Everything, including women and feelings, made the sensitive brother's character begin to become distorted.

The younger brother fell in love with a woman with three uteruses. This movie star really wanted to have children, but the younger brother, who could be said to be an authority in gynecology, could not treat her disease.

His suspicion and cowardice made him doubt the woman's loyalty, so he began to rely on various drugs to relieve himself - although he had warned women not to become drug dependent.

The elder brother, who is responsible for all diplomatic affairs, not only has to deal with the pressure of society, but also works hard to help his younger brother become addicted. However, the innate sensitivity tempts him to rely on those drugs. Maybe This is the origin of the title of the film. They have been trapped in a death circle and want to escape but cannot.

The two inseparable people failed to escape the fate of destruction in the end. This film is adapted from real events.

10, Gothic (1986)

The film tells the story of the night Mary Shelley wrote the horror masterpiece "Frankenstein". One rainy night, in the crazy manor of landowner Byron, people played a ghost story-telling game under the influence of drugs. After experiencing sexual fantasies and even intense nightmares, everyone's deepest fears are aroused. Mary finds herself trapped in the morbid world of her lover Shelley and sister Carlyle, as Byron leads them to discover the darkness within their souls. This film is adapted from real events.

11. Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986)

Henry is keen on killing people. He regards killing as an art, using different methods at the same time. Kill different people. He rents the house to a man named Otis, and when Otis's sister comes to visit, Henry's murderous impulses begin to stir again.

A masterpiece of American noir film, it won many awards in the late 1980s. The film's expression techniques and editing are quite exciting.

This film created one of the most terrifying killers in the history of movies. Director Mike Norton used Francis Lahat in Thomas Harris's novel "Red Dragon" Henry was designed for the prototype. The film is full of bloody scenes, especially the scene in which the protagonist and his companion Odis, who always smiles and kills, brutally kill an innocent family, are deeply imprinted in the minds of every audience who has watched the film. The cost of this film was very low, but the final results were extremely outstanding. The rough documentary style makes people feel that this is a real thing. Incredible is the question of why no one will always do what he wants. The film was completed in 1986, but due to too many excessive elements, it was not released until 1990. This film is adapted from real events.

12. The Serpent and the Rainbow (1988)

After the global sensation "The Serpent and the Rainbow", horror film master Wes Cavan once again used witchcraft to Based on the theme of the living zombie, this horror film was adapted from the real experience of anthropologist Wade Davis and shot on location in Haiti, a country where cults are prevalent.

Content description Dennis. Allen was hired by a pharmaceutical company to find a potion that could bring human beings back to life. He went deep into Haiti to investigate the various phenomena of black magic and voodoo. He soon fell in love with Marielle, a girl with a voodoo background, and became immersed in Haiti. He cannot extricate himself from the mysterious and evil world of the cult. There was a conflict with the local witch doctor and secret police, and an indigenous Duren who died seven years ago turned into a living zombie and returned to the world. All kinds of weird and strange things happen one after another, which makes people dizzy...

Compared with similar horror films, this film is an ambitious work, and the special atmosphere of black magic is also quite attractive. There are many dazzling stunt shots, but overall it is not tight and exciting enough, and Bill Pullman's performance is only average. This film is adapted from real events.

13. The Mothman Prophecies (2002)

John Crane is a senior reporter for the Washington Post. He is keen on traveling around the world to investigate and report on some unexplained events. A strange incident, everything was going smoothly in their career, and they also had a beautiful and lovely wife, Mary. On a calm day, John and Mary decided to buy a house as their new home. On their way back after looking at the house, they decided to buy it. The couple who were chatting and laughing ran into a sudden storm. Amidst lightning and thunder, the car overturned. John woke up and sent his seriously injured wife to the hospital. However, the love of the doctor and John could not save her. John was devastated by Mary's life.

While cleaning up Mary’s belongings, John saw a sketch that Mary had drawn a few minutes before the car accident. The image in the painting was indescribable and seemed to be a ghost. It was strange and distinct, as if it were a painting. The paper was dancing, struggling, and ready to come out. Seeing this painting, John suddenly remembered Mary's last words to him before she died: "You can't see it, can you?" When she said this, Mary The desperate, frightened and unfamiliar look in his eyes made John's hair stand on end.

A few years passed in the blink of an eye, and the pain of losing his wife gradually subsided in John's heart. What he couldn't get rid of was the ghost on the drawing paper, which was always in John's hallucinations, memories and even dreams. Wandering around, both virtual and real, sometimes far and sometimes near.

It seems that there is some kind of power controlling everything. John was ordered to report in Richmond, but he lost his way on the way and drove on a country road that seemed to have been abandoned for a long time. It broke down at this time, and John had to walk to a farmhouse ahead to ask for help. Unexpectedly, the first sentence the owner of the farmhouse said when he saw him was: "I have been waiting for you to come." John was confused.

A local police officer named Connie Parker arrived just at this time. She took John to the police station and told him that this place was called Paradise Town, four miles away from John’s destination. One hundred miles away, something incredible is happening in the town right now, and the residents are troubled. John's curiosity sparked, so he decided to stay and investigate. He found that many people in the town had actually dreamed of the nightmarish ghost in Mary's painting. People rumored that it was an alien with mysterious powers - the Hawk Moth. People, some people have heard its voice, some people have seen it with their own eyes. The residents, like John, are deeply tortured by fear. What is the connection between this monster and the death of his wife? What confuses John even more is that this weird "Mothman" seems to be able to predict human misfortune and disaster, such as car accidents, crashes, earthquakes, deaths... What John sees and hears cannot be explained rationally, and the truth revealed becomes more and more... The more John doubted his own sanity.

Is there really an unknown force controlling all weird phenomena? What terrible things are waiting for the residents of Bliss Town? John must race against time to find out all the truth in the shortest time, prevent the next disaster from happening, and save the disappearance of the next life... This film is adapted from real events.

14, Open water (2004)

Daniel (Daniel Travis) and Susan (Blanchard Ryan) are rare Taking the time to fly to the Bahamas for a vacation, I wanted to take the opportunity to repair the increasingly estranged relationship between husband and wife, but this vacation was unsatisfactory from the beginning. The air conditioning in the hotel room failed, the unbearable high temperature and the bites of swarms of mosquitoes at night made the two exhausted. After finally going out to sea for diving, the two could finally relax completely. The magical beauty of the deep sea kept surprising the two of them, so much so that they were so intoxicated that they missed the time to board the boat. The careless tour guide drove the boat back after hastily counting the tourists. After discovering that they had been abandoned, the two people who surfaced were still waiting for the tour guide to return in time to rescue them after discovering that there were two missing people. However, as time passed, the two began to realize the danger they faced. Jellyfish and sharks attack one after another, coupled with unbearable hunger and physical limits, the two people in the vast ocean gradually despair while waiting...

This film is adapted from real events and is known as the second best film since 1999. The scariest film since the Sundance award-winning The Blair Witch Project.

15, The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005)

Lawyer Erin (Laura Linney) received a lawsuit. A priest used a religious method-an exorcism ritual to treat the girl Emily's serious illness, which caused Emily to delay the correct medication time. In the court, a battle between religion and science unfolded.

The beginning of the incident stems from the horrific experience of 19-year-old female college student Emily (played by Jennifer Carpenter). While she was sleeping in the university dormitory, she felt that a supernatural demon was invading her, and more terrifying things happened one after another. Emily was uncharacteristically uncharacteristic. Her eyes became black and her behavior was strange. She lived in a nightmare haunted by the demon of hesitation all day long. Emily could not control her will and was in pain so much that she would rather die.

The family found a psychiatrist for her, but there was no improvement. In desperation, he invited the priest (Tom Wilkinson) to find out what happened, only to learn that Emily had been possessed by six ancient demons. She is haunted by countless demons and can only escape through exorcism through religious rituals.

The priest's exorcism did not save Emily, but also led to accusations. Atheists believe that demonic possession is nonsense. This film is adapted from real events.

16, Wolf Creek (2005)

1999, Broome, Australia. An Australian young man named Ben (Nathan Phillips) and two British girls Chris (Kestie Morassi) and Liz (Cassandra Magrath) ) drove to Wolf Creek National Park to play. After a two-day journey, the car finally reached its destination through the desolate Australian no-man's land. The joy that the huge crater brought to the three people was fleeting. When they wanted to drive back, they found that the car had broken down. Late at night, a kind man named Mike (John Jarratt) appears and promises to take them back to his camp and help them repair their cars for free. Mike took the three young people to an abandoned mine, and the three quickly fell asleep amid Mike's hearty laughter. When Liz woke up, she found herself locked in a warehouse and her hands and feet were tied. When Liz broke free from the rope and tried to escape, Chris's painful screams came from the next room. Chris was being abused by "Good Samaritan" Mike. At this time, Ben is nowhere to be found, and Liz must try to rescue Chris. In a mine far away from human habitation in central Australia, the wonderful journey of three young people turned into a horrific nightmare...

This film is based on the "Backpacker Murders" that occurred along the Hume Highway in Australia at the end of the last century. Case" adapted.

17, An American Haunting (2006)

In 1818, Red River Town, Tennessee, USA, John (played by Donald Sutherland), the head of the famous Bell family in the town He was cursed by the witch Katherine Baitz (Gaye Brown) due to a land dispute. Soon after, various horrific and bizarre incidents occurred one after another, and gradually escalated. In the end, the Bell family's youngest daughter, Betsy (Rachel Hurd-Wood), was possessed by a ghost, and an inhuman curse came from her mouth: "Someone in the Bell family must die."

The Bell family tried every means to expel the evil spirits, but to no avail. They must face the terrifying curse that is about to come true, as well as the ugly secrets hidden in the family...

The film is adapted from real events and is the only officially recognized case in American history of an innocent man seeking death. More than 20 books have been devoted to the death case.

18. Primeval (2007)

In remote South Africa, there are still many desolate and remote places that are beyond the reach and reach of human civilization. According to legend, following the ancient river there, people are likely to see a rare animal in the world - a crocodile with twenty-five legs. However, here, there is an even more chilling story - there is such a remote place on earth, where a blood-devouring serial killer is still at large after committing more than 300 heinous crimes. But a few American journalists, hungry for news, dared to risk losing their claims by venturing out. Producer Tim Freeman (Dominic Purcell), photographer Steven Johnson (Orlando Jones) and several colleagues, led by several local guides, finally emerged from the bustling The city comes to this other world as if it were a world away.

The vast grasslands of Africa and the unique landforms of the tropics are the unique features here. Ferocious beasts and harsh natural conditions have brought endless tests to their journey of discovering secrets. When they found the legendary river and mysterious area as they wished, everything seemed to be developing as expected by Freeman, Johnson and others. So, despite experiencing several thrilling and bizarre incidents, a few people still had the courage to continue exploring upstream along the river. However, as we delve deeper and deeper into the mysterious place, deadly dangers get closer and closer to these foreign visitors... This film is adapted from real events.

19, The Terror System Ils (2007)

The young novelist Lucas and his wife, university professor Clementine, could no longer tolerate the noisy and chaotic environment in France and decided to go to Romania. settle down. They found a small villa that had been vacant for a long time on the outskirts of the famous city of Bucharest, where they planned to live the peaceful life they had longed for.

However, one night, there was heavy wind and rain, the whole house began to shake, the phone kept ringing, and an indescribable and strange sound came from the receiver. The couple gradually came to believe that there were other unseen people in the house, and the nightmare began. This film is adapted from real events.

20, The Haunting in Connecticut (2009)

Middle-aged Sarah Campbell (Virginia Madsen) lives a happy life Happy, her husband Peter (Martin Donovan) works hard, and her three smart and lovely children. However, a disaster strikes suddenly: their son Matt (Kyle Gallner) suffers from cancer. The couple tried their best to escape the clutches of death.

When they learned that Southington, Connecticut had an effective treatment for cancer, they moved their family there. But it seems the bad luck has gotten worse. Since moving into this house, Matt and his two siblings have often seen horrific visions. As supernatural events continued to occur, Sarah finally learned that the house they lived in was once a morgue...