15 Blood-Chilling Horror Movies Based on Real Events

Why do we love watching horror movies so much? They make us squeak, squeal and want to hide under the sofa. Yet this adrenaline rush is what keeps us glued to the screens, along with the fact that the stories are completely fictional. Because if nothing like that could happen in real life then it’s totally okay to watch it. But that’s where we are wrong! Things like Chainsaw Massacre and Exorcist do happen in real life. In fact, some of the scariest movies are actually based on true stories! Don’t believe? Here are 15 horror movie plots that once happened in real life.

 

 

Child’s Play (1988)
Think possessed dolls aren’t real? We beg to disagree. This plot about a killer doll was inspired by an actual story about a writer Robert Eugene Otto who suffered from a voodoo curse. His nurse enchanted one of his childhood dolls and the thing turned his life into a nightmare.

 

 

A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)
They say dying in your sleep is a peaceful way to go, but this is not what happened to a bunch of Laotian refugees. These poor souls were literally frightened to death by nightmares! Back in the 80s this case was described as ‘Oriental nightmare death syndrome’. This is what inspired the creators of A Nightmare on Elm Street.

 

 

The Exorcist (1973)
Exorcism is not something you might easily witness today, but 70 years ago it was still practiced and, well, demons were cast out of human bodies. At least that’s what supposedly happened to a boy named Roland Doe who tried using an Ouija board and managed to awake some dark forces that possessed him. He was then taken to Catholic priests who performed the ritual of exorcism. This story inspired William Peter Blatty to write a book in 1971, which was later turned into a movie.

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