13 Scary Horror Movies Based On True Stories / Real Life Including The Exorcism of Emily Rose, Veronica, The Girl Next Door, and more!

From haunted houses and possessed dolls to true-life exorcisms, check out these 10 horror movies based on real-life events.

Open Water is one of the most terrifying horror movies based on a true story, mainly due to the fear of the unknown.

Horror stems from storytelling, whereas true crime is born of journalism. True crime books are very popular, and the most well-known book may be “In Cold Blood” by Truman Capote.

The only thing scarier than the horror movies Hollywood makes are the real-life stories that inspire them. For decades, horror films have thrived by using the all-too-common “based on a true ...

Halloween is the time for scary movies, many of which are based off of or partly inspired by, true crime stories or real life events including, "Zodiac," "The Amityville Horror" and more.

Real life horrors are scary enough, but when it comes to inducing fear, nothing can get to us like the stories Hollywood creates.

Netflix has revealed an official trailer for another chilling true crime doc mini-series titled American Nightmare, arriving to watch later in January.