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Wes Craven’s 1984 slasher film centers on a killer who stalks his prey while they’re sleeping. Image Credit: New Line Cinema/Courtesy Everett Collection The Lutz’s experiences launched a series of books and is the basis for 11 films. Daniel Lutz, the eldest of the Lutz children, spoke about his experiences publicly for the first time in the documentary My Amityville Horror, released in 2012. Thirteen months before the family moved in, Ronald DeFeo Jr. had murdered six members of his family in the house. The Amityville Horror draws on the real experiences of the Lutz family during the 28 days they spent in their Amityville, N.Y., home at 112 Ocean Avenue. Image Credit: courtesy Everett Collection He published his experiences in a book called The Walton Experience, which was later republished and titled Fire in the Sky following the release of the movie.

Walton was missing for five days before returning. 5, 1975, while heading home to Snowflake, Ariz., with a few colleagues. Image Credit: Paramount Pictures/courtesy Everett Collectionįire in the Sky retells the tale of Travis Walton, a man who claims to have been abducted by aliens on Nov. Whether being terrorized by a knife-wielding killer or possessed by a demonic spirit, a variety of real-life crimes and events acted as inspiration for filmmakers and screenwriters who brought scary tales to life onscreen.įrom the 2013 film The Conjuring to Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds, The Hollywood Reporter takes a look at 25 frightening films based on actual events. However, things can take a dark turn when it’s discovered the stories are actually based on real-life events. Over the years, audiences have been frightened by the varied horror films onscreen, and, while after some jump scares, these audiences can be reminded it’s only a film.

The color kittens by margaret wise brown