It adds another layer of terror knowing these are rooted in reality! Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we’re counting down our picks for the most terrifying horror flicks that drew upon real-life crimes or events for inspiration.
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00:00 I'm Damien Karas.
00:01 And I'm Dead Devil.
00:02 Now kindly undo these straps.
00:05 Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we're counting down our picks for the most terrifying horror flicks
00:11 that drew upon real life crimes or events for inspiration.
00:14 You're gonna need a bigger boat.
00:19 Number 30. Open water.
00:22 Daniel, where's the boat?
00:25 That's a good question.
00:29 Getting stranded in the middle of shark infested waters is one of the scariest experiences anyone can endure.
00:36 Unfortunately, this terrifying scenario became a reality for American couple Tom and Eileen Lonergan,
00:43 who were accidentally left behind during a group scuba diving trip to the Great Barrier Reef.
00:48 Their chilling tale became the basis for the 2003 survival horror film Open Water,
00:53 about a married couple attempting to strengthen their relationship through a scuba diving adventure.
00:58 While no one knows exactly what became of Tom and Eileen Lonergan, who have since been presumed dead,
01:04 the characters in the film ultimately suffer a horrifying fate at the mercy of the sharks.
01:09 This can't be happening.
01:10 How can this be happening?
01:12 I think I'm bitten by a shark.
01:15 We could actually be eaten alive by sharks out here.
01:18 Number 29. Veronica.
01:21 Oh.
01:22 Several horror films have centered around the use of Ouija boards to summon malevolent spirits,
01:38 but only a handful are grounded in real life events.
01:41 One of them is Veronica.
01:43 The 2017 Spanish film follows the titular character,
01:47 a teenage girl who attempts to connect with her deceased father's spirit using a Ouija board,
01:52 only to invite a more diabolical force.
01:55 The movie draws inspiration from the real-life case of Estefania Gutierrez Lizaro.
02:00 In 1991, Lizaro reportedly conducted a seance at a school in Madrid,
02:06 in an attempt to communicate with her friend's late boyfriend.
02:09 Instead, she began experiencing debilitating hallucinations and seizures,
02:14 and ultimately succumbs to a mysterious death.
02:17 Number 28. 10 Rillington Place.
02:29 The, uh, stuff I use.
02:34 One in ten might die from it.
02:36 Die?
02:39 The events that inspired this 1971 British film involved both a terrifying serial killer
02:45 and a grave miscarriage of justice.
02:48 During the 1940s and early 1950s, John Christie claimed the lives of at least eight people
02:54 within his flat at 10 Rillington Place in Notting Hill, London.
02:58 Among his victims were his own wife, Ethel,
03:00 as well as his neighbor, Beryl Evans, and her daughter, Geraldine.
03:04 Adding to the horror was Christie's successful attempts to divert suspicion
03:09 by helping to wrongfully convict Evans' husband, Timothy, for the deaths of his wife and daughter.
03:14 Christie went on to commit four more murders before being apprehended in 1953,
03:19 and subsequently hanged for his crimes.
03:21 You're Christie?
03:23 John Reginald Christie.
03:25 I shall have to take you into custody.
03:30 Number 27. Audrey Rose.
03:33 Our bodies, because they are material, can die.
03:37 But the soul, which is spirit, can never die.
03:42 After noticing unusual behavior in his son, writer Frank DeFelita consulted an occultist.
03:47 During the meeting, it was suggested that DeFelita's son had reincarnated,
03:51 and was only recalling memories from his previous life.
03:54 Inspired by this experience, DeFelita penned the novel Audrey Rose in 1975,
03:59 which he adapted into a motion picture two years later.
04:02 Both the book and the movie center around the concept of reincarnation
04:06 with a compelling twist.
04:08 In the story, a New York City couple finds themselves entangled with a mysterious man
04:13 who insists their daughter is the reincarnation of his own deceased child.
04:18 It's a haunting tale that explores the intriguing question,
04:21 what if your child harbored a secret past life?
04:24 I came to know the reality of their religious convictions,
04:27 and to know the truth of reincarnation.
04:30 Number 26. Blackwater.
04:33 Get up a tree.
04:36 Okay.
04:36 Get up a tree.
04:38 Just like Open Water does with sharks,
04:41 Blackwater confronts its human characters with a massive crocodile.
04:45 Released in 2007, the Australian film follows a pregnant woman who goes on
04:50 vacation with her boyfriend and sister, only to end up fighting for survival
04:55 against a ferocious crocodile.
04:57 You know, a nightmare that nearly everyone has had at some point.
05:00 However, for a trio of friends who ventured into the Australian outback in December 2003,
05:05 that nightmare became a haunting reality when they were attacked by a crocodile.
05:10 Their distressing ordeal, which resulted in the death of one person,
05:14 served as the inspiration for Blackwater.
05:16 When did we last see another boat?
05:17 We did see that petrol drum.
05:20 That could have been in the water for weeks, months.
05:23 Okay, so what's your idea?
05:25 Number 25. The Entity.
05:28 Do you hear that?
05:28 You did hear that, didn't you?
05:34 Being attacked and tormented by an assailant within the confines of your home is inherently
05:38 frightening. Now imagine if that assailant was invisible. Those were precisely the claims of
05:44 Doris Bither. In 1974, Bither sought the assistance of parapsychologist Barry Taff,
05:51 asserting that she had encountered several invisible entities that not only tormented her,
05:56 but also subjected her to sexual assault. Taff, alongside a group of doctoral students at the
06:01 University of California, Los Angeles, conducted an investigation into her case. The findings of
06:07 this investigation inspired the 1978 book The Entity, which was then adapted into this 1982 film.
06:14 The movie introduces several new elements, cranking up the horror with truly disturbing imagery.
06:19 I mean, I'd rather be dead than living the way I've been living.
06:22 Do you understand that?
06:25 Number 24. The Mothman Prophecies.
06:28 They saw it.
06:29 And seeing is not as believing.
06:33 In The Mothman Prophecies, Richard Gere plays a reporter who is sent to investigate
06:40 strange creature sightings, a phenomenon also witnessed by his late wife. The movie is an
06:45 adaptation of the eponymous book and claims to be based on actual events. Between 1966 and 1967,
06:53 residents of Point Pleasant, West Virginia, reported encounters with a large winged entity
06:58 referred to as Mothman. Both the film and the book link these mysterious sightings to the
07:04 tragic collapse of the Silver Bridge over the Ohio River in 1967. However, it has since been
07:10 determined that the bridge collapse resulted from the corrosion of an eye bar in one of the
07:15 suspension chains. Number 23. Borderland.
07:27 What are you going to do about it? I'm sorry, until your friend is missing
07:30 for at least 72 hours, there is nothing we can do. Don't worry, he'll turn up.
07:35 Three recent American college graduates journey to Mexico for a week of pure, unadulterated fun.
07:41 However, things go horribly awry when one of them encounters a group of strange men,
07:46 and disappears. As Borderland unfolds, it becomes apparent that the missing man has fallen victim to
07:52 a religious cult led by a drug lord who practices human sacrifice. If that sounds to you like a plot
07:59 from the mind of someone under the influence, then think again. Borderland draws inspiration
08:04 from real-life events involving Adolfo de Jesus Constanzo. In 1989, Constanzo, a drug lord/murderous
08:13 cult leader, orchestrated the abduction and murder of Mark Kilroy, an American student on spring
08:19 break in Mexico. I know where is your friend. I go to the farm. Do what I can.
08:26 Number 22. The Girl Next Door. Thanks David, that was fun.
08:32 Hey, Beck, where? We're staying with our cousins, the Chandlers.
08:36 Based on John Ketchum's 1989 novel, this horror drama is such a harrowing watch,
08:41 it will make you ache to learn that it's based on true events message wasn't only a marketing ploy.
08:46 You understand how girls get squeamish, don't you? And Meg here's a lady. Why sure she is.
08:54 Unfortunately, this tale about a victim who's tormented under the watchful eye of a supposed
09:00 guardian is based on the 1965 case of Sylvia Likens. The game is she's gotta tell. Okay,
09:08 tell what? Something secret. Sounds right. Although a few things are changed from the real
09:14 story, The Girl Next Door puts a lot of this crime's cruelty on full display. Stephen King
09:19 described it as quote "a long look into hell, suburban style." Tony told his mother that he'd
09:25 seen several other boys from the neighborhood over here beating up on Meg. Oh, well, you know
09:30 kids, Officer Jennings, they're always exaggerating. It was probably just a little roughhousing.
09:34 Number 21. Them, aka Eels.
09:38 This French-Romanian horror film was allegedly inspired by the story of an Austrian couple that
09:51 was killed while traveling in the Czech Republic. The movie follows a French woman, Clementine,
10:03 who's moved into a house just outside of Bucharest, Romania. When strangers invade her home,
10:08 Clementine and her boyfriend Luca run out into the woods. Yeah, that's not going to end well.
10:20 No evidence has surfaced to support this film's claim that it was based on reality,
10:24 but the fact that it might have been makes it all the more scary,
10:27 playing on our fear of random senseless crimes.
10:30 Number 20. Child's Play.
10:48 For years, many children lived in perpetual fear of dolls as a result of the 1988 film,
10:53 Child's Play. It introduced audiences to Chucky, the terrifying doll that haunted the life of the
10:59 young boy who received it as a gift. While the story is fictional, Chucky was reportedly inspired
11:05 by an unsettling toy from the early 20th century known as Robert. It belonged to painter Robert
11:11 Eugene Otto, and was supposedly a birthday present from his childhood. However, legend has it that a
11:18 young woman who worked for Otto's family gifted it to him as "retaliation for wrongdoing." The doll
11:24 has allegedly exhibited supernatural behavior and caused several misfortunes for its owners.
11:30 Number 19. Primeval.
11:44 Man-eating animals are always terrifying, but none more so than Gustave, a nearly one-ton,
11:50 twenty-foot-long Nile crocodile in Burundi. In real life, it's alleged that this terrifying
12:00 creature has killed somewhere between 200 and 300 people, though an exact number is hard to
12:06 determine. Either way, his reputation has reached legendary proportions. Primeval follows a group
12:12 of American journalists who seek to study the monstrous croc at their peril.
12:16 Needless to say, their field trip does not go as planned. Maybe just leave the
12:28 man-eating animal alone next time, guys? "The crocodile rules the water."
12:32 Number 18. The Strangers. Director-screenwriter Brian Bertino drew on the crimes of the Manson
12:40 family as well as personal experience for this home invasion horror film. Bertino stated he
12:45 remembers a group of people knocking on the doors in his neighborhood asking if a made-up person was
12:49 home. If no one answered the door, they would rob the house. His movie takes on a much more
13:00 sinister approach, focusing instead on a group that wants to kill innocent people in their homes
13:04 for no reason. As with them, it's the randomness and senselessness of their acts that leaves you
13:14 shivering. "Why are you doing this to us?" "Because you're home." Number 17. An American Haunting.
13:27 Much like The Blair Witch Project, this movie draws inspiration from the Bell Witch legend
13:31 of Adams, Tennessee. "The story of the Bell Witch has always been considered to be a tall tale.
13:37 This is not so." According to lore, the family of John Bell, a farmer in the 1800s,
13:44 was targeted by a dead witch known as Kate Batts. Batts' poltergeist apparently harassed
13:49 the family physically, made them hear sounds, and displaced objects in their house.
14:00 She mainly targeted the family's youngest, Betsy, but poisoned John Bell. Switching between the
14:05 19th and 21st centuries, An American Haunting brings this terrifying tale into the present day.
14:10 Number 16. Compliance. The most chilling thing about this story has to be the cruelty that some
14:22 are willing to afflict on the innocent. "Kevin, this is Officer Daniels, I'm the lead officer
14:26 in the case. Has your manager explained what's going on?" "Uh, well she said that Becky stole
14:31 something and her brother's arrested." Starting in the early 90s, various fast food restaurants
14:37 in the United States began to complain about prank calls to their stores, in which a supposed
14:41 police officer would accuse an employee of a crime. "Well, I have a customer here with me
14:46 that says her purse was taken." "Well, you know, I was out there the whole time and, you know,
14:53 I didn't see anyone." The officer would then ask the manager to interrogate and harass the employee
14:58 in various ways. "So, I'm gonna need you to have her stripped down now, look through everything."
15:04 "Okay." Compliance focuses on an eerily similar 2004 incident that happened in Mount Washington,
15:14 Kentucky. The film transforms the chilling true story into an even more haunting film,
15:20 putting you right in the shoes of the harassed employee. "Who are you?" "Yes, I'll have an
15:26 original she-witch and I'll have one of those frost blenders. I'm just kidding, Sandra, it's me,
15:31 it's Officer Daniels. Nothing with you." Number 15. The Hills Have Eyes. "We're right here someplace,
15:38 on this little blue road. Mother, this road is not a blue line, it's a dotted line if it's on
15:45 the map at all." While in search of inspiration for his second film, the now legendary horror
15:50 filmmaker Wes Craven stumbled upon the historic legend of Sawney Bean. Bean was a 16th century
15:56 figure who led a clan of cannibals in Scotland. Over a span of 25 years, Bean and his clan members
16:03 are believed to have cannibalized over 1,000 people. This striking tale became the basis for
16:08 Craven's horror classic, The Hills Have Eyes, which was released in 1977. Although similar in many
16:14 ways, the Savage family in Craven's film suffer a different fate from their real-life counterparts.
16:20 Bean and his clan were hunted down by King James VI men and executed in a particularly macabre
16:26 fashion. "It's pretty quiet. Think they'll land for us? Wouldn't be surprised." Number 14. The
16:34 Haunting in Connecticut. In this supernatural horror flick, the Snedeker family moves to
16:40 Connecticut to be closer to the doctor of their son who has been diagnosed with cancer. "You're
16:45 not gonna be scared in here all alone?" "I've got my toys." They discover that their new home used
16:50 to be a funeral parlor. Even worse, those who ran the mortuary had questionable practices,
16:56 including necromancy. "Oh for God's sakes, just leave me alone!" The movie is supposedly based
17:03 on a true story, fueled by Carmen Snedeker's claim that she was haunted by a quote "evil entity."
17:08 "So supposedly they contacted the dead through Jonah and people came to have chats with their
17:13 dead hubby or wife or find out where Antimame had the family jewels. He claims that he discovered
17:20 how to amplify the seances." The house was examined by Ed and Lorraine Warren and exercised in 1988.
17:27 However, many researchers believe that the story was a hoax, with Ed allegedly telling
17:31 author Ray Garton to quote "just make it up and make it scary."
17:35 [Music]
17:44 Number 13. Ravenous. Starvation and desperation can make people do strange things. "When Diego
17:51 eats, must eat more, more. He never enough, he, he takes. Never, never gives." The western horror
18:02 film Ravenous is not based on one specific historical incident, but it does take inspiration
18:06 from different sources, primarily the life of Alfred Packer and the Donner Party. "He killed
18:11 everyone. Kahoo killed everyone!" Along with some nods to these real incidents of humans eating
18:20 their dead, Ravenous presents the idea that once someone tries it, nothing else will ever satisfy
18:25 them again. "Get away from me. Get away from me!" Atmospheric, unsurprisingly gory, weirdly comedic,
18:37 and featuring a mesmerizing performance by Robert Carlyle, Ravenous uses history and myth to craft
18:42 a strange but captivating horror film. "Captain Boyd." "Captain. How's the leg?"
18:49 [Music]
18:55 Number 12. Wolf Creek. Rather than being based on one set of circumstances, this film is an
19:01 amalgamation of various real-life events. These include the crimes of two Australian killers,
19:06 Ivan Milat and Bradley John Murdoch. "What do you actually do now?"
19:11 [Music]
19:16 "Oh, I'm gonna kill you. And then I'm gonna have to kill you." Both preyed on tourists. Milat in
19:22 the late 80s and early 90s, and Murdoch in 2001 when he attacked British traveler Peter Falconeo
19:28 and his girlfriend Joanne Lees. Paralleling the events of the movie, the couple was driving
19:33 through the Australian outback when their car was flagged down by a stranded motorist.
19:42 Lees managed to escape but heard gunshots. Falconeo was never seen again and his body
19:48 hasn't been recovered. "Like your little mate said before, you know, that's not a knife.
19:53 This is a knife." Number 11. The Exorcism of Emily Rose. "I don't care about my reputation.
20:02 I'm not afraid of jail. What I care about is telling Emily Rose's story." This film is based
20:10 on the life of German woman Anneliese Michel who experienced seizures and was diagnosed with
20:15 epileptic psychosis. "Emily, don't touch me!" Due to her aversion to religious objects, her parents
20:27 contacted the Catholic Church to request an exorcism. Two priests answered the call and
20:32 performed a total of 67 exorcisms. "Emily is not a temptation." "But deliver us from evil!"
20:42 The results were disastrous with Michel dying from malnutrition and dehydration.
20:47 This movie expands on that story by following the exorcist as he's tried for homicide.
20:53 "After that night, why do you think Emily refused another exorcism?"
20:58 "I believe she'd accepted her fate." The incident also inspired two other films,
21:04 2006's Requiem and 2011's Anneliese, The Exorcist Tapes. Number 10. Henry, Portrait of a Serial
21:11 Killer. Henry Lee Lucas may seem like the stuff of nightmares, but unfortunately he's based on
21:16 a real-life figure. "I'm not saying you can't use a gun, just don't use the same gun twice."
21:22 Active between the years 1960 and 83, Lucas claimed to have committed hundreds of murders.
21:28 Initially, the police accepted his claims. "Did you really kill your mama?" "What?"
21:33 "Did you really kill your mama?" "I guess I did." However, it turned out that most of his
21:41 confessions were false. Nevertheless, Lucas was convicted of 11 homicides, three of which
21:47 were confirmed by authorities. The film states that it was inspired by his life and fantasies
21:52 more than his actual murders, but it did get many details right, including being maltreated as a
21:58 child by his mother and his partnership with Otis Toole. "Don't do that, Otis, she's your sister."
22:06 "Okay, I was only kidding around, Henry." "Tell her you're sorry." Number nine. Scream. Underneath
22:11 Scream's satirical tone and marketable slasher villain lies a story about a small town driven
22:17 to chaos by a string of violent murders. "Is that Sidney Prescott they took away?" "I'm not talking
22:21 to you." "What happened to her?" "None of your damn business." The script behind Wes Craven's
22:25 90s horror flick was sparked into existence by the Gainesville murders committed by Daniel Rowling
22:30 in 1990. "He called me again last night at Tatum's house." "You see, couldn't have been me, I was in jail,
22:36 remember?" While there are a couple of similarities, Scream's screenwriter was primarily inspired by
22:43 the widespread fear caused by the killings. It's the idea that there could be a faceless
22:48 psychopath standing outside the window waiting for the opportunity to strike.
22:52 Number eight. Poltergeist. Poltergeists are malicious spirits said to be fond of scaring
23:06 the bejesus out of people through abrupt noises and movements, and they are hardly a modern concept.
23:12 "They're here." The 1982 movie had plenty of tales and myths to fall back on, and one particularly
23:20 influential disturbance involved the prolonged haunting of the Herman family residence in 1958.
23:37 Over about a month, the family was subjected to loud popping noises and unexplainable phenomena,
23:42 incidents that left police and scientists stumped. "Poltergeist are usually associated
23:49 with an individual. Hauntings seem to be connected with an area." Poltergeist naturally
23:55 adds a bit of cinematic flair, special effects, skeletons, and televisions to proceedings.
24:01 [Screaming]
24:08 Number seven. The Conjuring. The premise of this film at least is true. "You said she's a
24:14 condom." "That's right." "What does that mean?" "A very powerful demonic has latched itself onto her."
24:19 In 1971, paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren really were asked to investigate the Perron
24:26 family home, which was reportedly being haunted by the less than hospitable Beth Sheba. "All in
24:32 long, just like that. Does it come in threes?" "Yeah." "Stops at dawn?" A masterfully directed
24:39 horror film with a strong cast, The Conjuring brought renewed interest to this sensational case
24:44 and undoubtedly inspired its fair share of nightmares along the way. "Uh, Nancy?"
24:53 [Screaming]
24:57 The movie does change a few things to tell a more cinematic story,
25:00 including an ending that sees the Warrens successfully exercise the house of its
25:04 unwanted guests. "Remember what you showed me." "No!" "Remember that day that you said you would never forget."
25:12 Number six. A Nightmare on Elm Street. It's hard to believe there's even a grain of truth to this
25:19 fantastical blockbuster story, but truth is stranger than fiction. "It's only a dream!" "Come to Freddy."
25:27 Wes Craven loosely based his franchise on a series of articles he read in the Los Angeles Times in
25:32 the 70s. They were about a group of Southeast Asian refugees who experienced horrific nightmares
25:38 which led to insomnia and sleep deprivation. "It's too late, Gruber. I know the secret now.
25:46 This is just a dream. You're not alive." Worse yet, a few died suddenly in their sleep despite
25:53 having no other medical problems. And that's how the nightmare figure of Freddy Krueger was born.
25:58 Number five. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. "Hello?"
26:12 "Is anybody home?" The notorious murderer Ed Gein has served as a loose inspiration for plenty of
26:18 horror films with the Texas Chainsaw Massacre being one of the most famous.
26:22 The similarities mostly come down to Leatherface's mask as Gein also fashioned such keepsakes,
26:28 although not in order to hide a physical deformity like the movie's killer.
26:32 The film's disturbing house also bears some resemblance to Ed Gein's grotesque flesh-themed
26:38 home. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre is far from an Ed Gein biopic, but the film's grisly aesthetic
26:44 reflects the depraved nature of the murderer's crimes. "Now don't you cry, honey. Grandpa's the
26:53 best. He's the one who's gonna get you out of this. He's gonna get you out of this. He's gonna get
26:57 you out of this. Now don't you cry, honey. Grandpa's the best. It won't hurt a bit."
27:03 Number four. The Exorcist. Regarded as one of the greatest horror movies ever,
27:08 The Exorcist depicts two priests' struggle to liberate a girl possessed by the demon Pazuzu.
27:12 While exorcisms have been around for centuries, a 1949 incident in St. Louis was the primary
27:24 inspiration behind The Exorcist. "Answer me now."
27:29 The exorcism of Roland Doe lasted for weeks and saw the boy act in similar ways to Reagan
27:38 in The Exorcist sans some of the film's more head-turning scenes. The Exorcist doesn't need
27:43 a link to reality to be terrifying, but this background adds a new dimension to the classic
27:48 film. "That the power of Christ compels you. The power of Christ compels you."
27:55 Number three. The Amityville Horror. "I like to refer to this as a fixer-upper that can be fun."
28:01 One of the most controversial horror movies inspired by true events, The Amityville Horror
28:06 chronicles the Lutz family's stay in a house that had recently seen a gruesome tragedy.
28:10 "And when he was at trial, he testified that he heard voices in the house. He heard
28:14 voices in the house and the voices told him to do it." With pig creatures, wall-spouting blood,
28:20 and ancient burial grounds, The Amityville Horror presumably takes a few liberties with a story that
28:26 has plenty of skeptics. But the grim murders that started everything undoubtedly happened.
28:31 Taken on its own, The Amityville Horror is a quintessential haunted house movie,
28:35 a tale about a fractured family driven to the point of insanity by mind-breaking phenomena.
28:40 "Don't hurt my baby." "Cathy?"
28:55 Number two. Jaws. "I'm only trying to say that Amity is a summer town. We need summer dollars."
29:04 Steven Spielberg's legendary horror film has been striking fear into the hearts of viewers for
29:08 decades. Although a fictional story, Jaws is partially inspired by the Jersey Shore shark
29:21 attacks of 1916, which saw four victims fall prey to sharks in under two weeks. Along with any direct
29:27 influence it might have had on the movie, this tragedy also impacted the public perception of
29:32 sharks, arguably adding legitimacy to Jaws' premise. "A shark is attracted to the exact
29:38 kind of splashing and activity that occurs whenever human beings go in swimming. You
29:41 cannot avoid it." "If you open the beaches on the fourth of July, it's like ringing the dinner bell
29:45 for Christ's sake." A masterclass of suspense that demonstrates how less is sometimes more,
29:50 Jaws taps into legitimate fear through its clever direction and tight script.
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30:12 Number one, Psycho. The Psycho novel and Hitchcock's adaptation were released only a few
30:21 years following the capture and trial of Ed Gein. "Are you sure you wouldn't like to stay just a
30:25 little while longer? Just for talk?" "I'd like to, but..." "All right." Norman Bates is a socially
30:34 awkward but seemingly harmless outcast defined by his unhealthy relationship with his fanatical
30:39 and harsh mother, traits reminiscent of the real-life murderer. Although Gein influenced
30:44 the presentation of Norman Bates in various ways, the character's crimes were wholly the invention
30:49 of Robert Block, the book's author. A landmark release in the slasher genre, Psycho holds up
30:58 as a stylish and frightful exploration of violence and madness. Hitchcock's The Birds is also based
31:04 on a real incident, when birds around California's Monterey Bay suddenly started to dive into
31:09 people's homes. "Even if... even if this is true, even if all..." "Don't you believe it's true?"
31:15 "No, Ms. Franklin, I don't." Which of these horror movies rooted in reality gave you nightmares?
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