Watching scary movies gives us the creeps, but these 40 best horror movies based on true stories are perfect for getting your blood pumping during a night in.

These horror movies deliver blood, gore, and supernatural happenings with narratives that are based on true stories.

The Deliverance, based on a true story and featuring demonic possession, is the perfectly terrifying way to round out the horror genre for 2024.

Horror movies based on true stories are terrifying, and if you're in the mood for a good scare, then these scary films inspired by actual events are for you.

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.

Entertainment Weekly ranks the 14 best horror movies based on true stories, from the allegedly real possession behind 'The Exorcist' to the home invasions that inspired 'The Strangers'.

I know what you're thinking: horror movies that are "based on a true story" are bologna. Well, of course, Hollywood has a way of stretching the truth, especially when scaring audiences is involved ...

Some horror movies that are based on true stories stretch the truth in order to deliver a scarier film for the audience.

The terrifying toy became a horror icon thanks to its big screen debut Annabelle the doll became famous after it was featured in the 2013 horror hit, The Conjuring It is based on a real antique ...

15 Horror Movies Based on True Events (More or Less) These classic chillers prove that truth can be spookier than fiction. Especially when the truth has been stretched. Stephen Johnson October 19 ...

While several horror movies claim to be based on a true story, these five grim titles are all genuinely based on real life tragedies.

We round up 30 of the best horror films and scary movies based on true stories, from actual serial killers and exorcisms to haunted dolls and home invasions.