There's something more chilling about movies based on true events. Knowing that at least some version of what you're seeing on the screen actually happened in real life makes the movie more powerful. With the upcoming release of The Quiet Ones, we decided to reminisce about other movies based on horrific real life events.
The Quiet Ones is inspired by a true story of a university experiment done on a young girl that goes horribly, horribly wrong, so we focused on movies based on claims of supernatural true events.
There is a huge list of honorable mentions in this category. We could even break it down into sub-categories, like movies based on the antics of Ed Gein: The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, The Silence of the Lambs, Psycho and Deranged. True crime reenactments: In Cold Blood, Helter Skelter and Zodiac just to name a few of the best. Even real...
The Quiet Ones is inspired by a true story of a university experiment done on a young girl that goes horribly, horribly wrong, so we focused on movies based on claims of supernatural true events.
There is a huge list of honorable mentions in this category. We could even break it down into sub-categories, like movies based on the antics of Ed Gein: The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, The Silence of the Lambs, Psycho and Deranged. True crime reenactments: In Cold Blood, Helter Skelter and Zodiac just to name a few of the best. Even real...
- 4/17/2014
- by Scott Hallam
- DreadCentral.com
By Irene Lee
Chad Michael Murray seems to enjoy not only charming moviegoers, but also scaring them silly. According to The Hollywood Reporter, "House of Wax" star Murray is revisiting the horror genre in the next installment of Lionsgate's "Haunting" franchise, "The Haunting in Georgia."
Audiences first encountered the psychological horror thriller in "The Haunting in Connecticut," which scared up a hefty box-office profit in 2009. Though the film followed the fictional Campbell family's haunting by supernatural forces, it was based on the supposed true story of Carmen Reed.
"Georgia" will continue to use this based-on-true-events formula. Abigail Spencer ("Mad Men"), Emily Alyn Lind, and Katee Sackhoff ("Battlestar Galactica") join Murray in filling out the roles of the real-life Wyrick family. Murray’s character, Andy Wyrick, is described as a straight-shootin' blue collar husband/dad whose wife Lisa (Spencer) is plagued by horrific visions, which she shares with her sister (Sackhoff...
Chad Michael Murray seems to enjoy not only charming moviegoers, but also scaring them silly. According to The Hollywood Reporter, "House of Wax" star Murray is revisiting the horror genre in the next installment of Lionsgate's "Haunting" franchise, "The Haunting in Georgia."
Audiences first encountered the psychological horror thriller in "The Haunting in Connecticut," which scared up a hefty box-office profit in 2009. Though the film followed the fictional Campbell family's haunting by supernatural forces, it was based on the supposed true story of Carmen Reed.
"Georgia" will continue to use this based-on-true-events formula. Abigail Spencer ("Mad Men"), Emily Alyn Lind, and Katee Sackhoff ("Battlestar Galactica") join Murray in filling out the roles of the real-life Wyrick family. Murray’s character, Andy Wyrick, is described as a straight-shootin' blue collar husband/dad whose wife Lisa (Spencer) is plagued by horrific visions, which she shares with her sister (Sackhoff...
- 11/8/2010
- by MTV Movies Team
- MTV Movies Blog
With the release of The Haunting in Connecticut (review here) on DVD and Blu-ray, Dread Central had a chance to sit and speak with Carmen Reed, the matriarch of the family who dealt with the actual haunting.
If you're unfamiliar with what really happened, allow us to point you in the direction of our examination of the true story behind the haunting in Connecticut.
"Seeing the film was emotional," says Reed. "It was almost as if we were going through my son's cancer again. It really resonated. My other son, who was three at the time, finally got to experience it. I think the really good thing about the movie is that it got everyone in my family talking about our experiences again. It was important for us to talk about our memories and get whatever we could resolved. It's been an amazing journey."
There's no doubt the family's struggle...
If you're unfamiliar with what really happened, allow us to point you in the direction of our examination of the true story behind the haunting in Connecticut.
"Seeing the film was emotional," says Reed. "It was almost as if we were going through my son's cancer again. It really resonated. My other son, who was three at the time, finally got to experience it. I think the really good thing about the movie is that it got everyone in my family talking about our experiences again. It was important for us to talk about our memories and get whatever we could resolved. It's been an amazing journey."
There's no doubt the family's struggle...
- 7/17/2009
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Whenever a film makes a point of calling itself "a true story" or claims it is "based on true events," I start to wonder how "true" and which "true events". This is a marketing scheme that can affect a film negatively or favorably. In the case of the underrated haunted house movie The Haunting in Connecticut (now available on DVD), the former is true. I rang up Carmen Reed, the woman whose story is the basis for the film, and got the details straight from the source. You'd be surprised how closely the film captures the haunting as it actually happened. ShockTillYouDrop.com: Tell us how this all started. How did you end up in the house in Connecticut? Carmen Reed: Well, my son developed cancer when we were living in upstate New York...
- 7/16/2009
- shocktillyoudrop.com
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