Some of the greatest films about hauntings originate as full cinema creations, with a director’s dark vision on the screen, others come from true ... horror classic. Based on the legendary ghost ...

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.

Not by a ghost; instead, someone (or something ... Witchfinder General is one of my favorite horror movies. It’s based on the true story of Matthew Hopkins, Britain’s self-appointed ...

The now famous horror film was actually based on an actual ... and the girls realizing there is a killer on the loose. Based on the true crimes of Lawrence Sigmund Bittaker and Roy Lewis Norris ...

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.

One of the first horror movies to go hard promoting itself as a ‘true story’, Stuart Rosenberg ... According to the book it’s based on, in 1975, a family moved into a house in Long Island ...

Good, old-fashioned true story horror. Here at Dread Central, we’ve looked at horror movies with that infamous preamble, “Based on a True Story,” unpacking movies that exploited the conceit ...

One of the scariest and best shark movies in more recent ... audiences to buy into its “based on a true story” claims and made it one of the highest-grossing horror movies of all time.

Despite what popular perception might be, a lot of horror fans watch scary movies to get away from ... initially wanted to lean into the “based on a true story” sales pitch.

From cannibalistic madmen to enigmatic serial killers, we’ve put together this autumnal roundup of the best horror movies based on true crimes, and we bet you’ll be surprised to learn what ...