{"id":69154,"date":"2023-10-30T18:31:02","date_gmt":"2023-10-30T18:31:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/likecelebwn.com\/?p=69154"},"modified":"2023-10-30T18:31:02","modified_gmt":"2023-10-30T18:31:02","slug":"the-most-terrifying-films-and-tv-shows-to-binge-this-halloween-and-theyre-all-based-on-real-events-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/likecelebwn.com\/tv-movies\/the-most-terrifying-films-and-tv-shows-to-binge-this-halloween-and-theyre-all-based-on-real-events-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"The most terrifying films and TV shows to binge this Halloween – and they're all based on real events | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"
HORROR fans have an abundance of spooky movies to choose from on streaming platforms this Halloween. <\/p>\n
And some of the most chilling tales are even based on true stories.<\/p>\n
For anyone planning to curl up on the sofa with a scary flick on October 31, here is a list of all the frightening shows and films that have a real-life history behind them.<\/p>\n
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The new Apple TV docuseries about a London family being haunted in the 70s is not all smoke and mirrors. <\/p>\n
Even a journalist became convinced that there was a supernatural presence in the Enfield house after he was called up to do an investigation into the claims.<\/p>\n
Graham Morris\u00a0initially thought the haunted house story was a hoax, but when he went to visit the Hodgson family with a photographer he became convinced there was a spirit in the room.<\/p>\n
He later told the Metro: "I got struck on the head with a Lego brick that was flying through the air and I knew that no one was throwing anything because I could see everybody in the room."<\/p>\n The writer from The Mirror became so engrossed in the supernatural events happening in the Enfield home that he kept visiting them and documenting evidence for the next 18 months.<\/p>\n At first it was just objects that appeared to float or be thrown around by an invisible hand, but at one point a whole cast iron bed was overturned.<\/p>\n Mum Penny Hodgson had four kids and at first Graham thought they may have been responsible, but he became convinced they were not behind the strange incidents. <\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n He eventually snapped the famous photo of Penny's daughter Janet levitating.<\/p>\n The girl was the most affected by the haunting, and over time even began to speak in a creepy voice, calling herself Bill Wilkins – who turned out to be a former tenant who died in the house.<\/p>\n Speaking of haunted children, this classic horror film is also based on a terrifying true story.<\/p>\n As the sequel hits cinemas, fans will no doubt be thinking back to the story of 14-year-old Roland Doe, who is said to have inspired the original.<\/p>\n In 1949 the teen's family believed he was possessed by a demon and called on the Catholic Church to help bring their boy back to sanity.<\/p>\n One of the priests who participated in the exorcism documented seeing bloody scratches appearing on Roland's body as they attempted to give the boy communion. <\/p>\n Father Raymond Bishop wrote in his diary: "Even while the institution of the Blessed Sacrament was explained, his body was badly scratched and branded. The word HELLO was printed on his chest and thigh."<\/p>\n Real Mike Flanagan fans who have followed his TV shows since the beginning will be aware his first Netflix series was based on a book of the same name by Shirley Jackson.<\/p>\n But what they may not realise is there was a real life tale behind the supernatural thriller.<\/p>\n In the late 1800s an American heiress called Sarah Winchester broke ground on a huge 'haunted' house which Hill House was inspired by.<\/p>\n The woman felt guilty that her family had made money off a firearms business, and reports say she felt haunted by ghosts who had been killed by the weapons of the years.<\/p>\n When her husband died of tuberculosis and the $20 million inheritance went to her, she moved to California to build an estate for the ghosts she had profited off.<\/p>\n Over 38 years Sarah went on to design the Winchester Mystery House, which is now a tourist attraction because of its strange architecture.<\/p>\n The mansion had over 200 rooms, but was built with bizarre twists that meant it was unfit for the living.<\/p>\n Sarah designed staircases that just led to the ceiling, windows built into walls inside the house that didn't look out on anything, and doors that led nowhere.<\/p>\n Some visitors have claimed to feel a ghostly tap on the shoulder while exploring the building.<\/p>\n This one is not for the faint of heart, because if you thought the horror movie was bad, the true story is even worse.<\/p>\n Infamous killer Leatherface from the film series was actually inspired by a real man, Ed Gein. <\/p>\n The serial killer, who became known as the \u2018Butcher of Plainfield\u2019, actually made a bodysuit out of the skin of women he murdered.<\/p>\n This is said to have sparked the idea behind the Texas Chainsaw Massacre villain wearing a mask stitched together from human skin.<\/p>\n Gein also tried his hand at other forms of DIY, creating lamps, belts and even bowls out of the body parts of his victims.<\/p>\n When cops caught him they found his sick chamber of secrets as well as the body of a missing woman who had been decapitated.<\/p>\n<\/picture>SPOOKY SEASON <\/span><\/p>\n
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The Exorcist<\/h3>\n
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The Haunting of Hill House<\/h3>\n
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The Texas Chainsaw Massacre<\/h3>\n
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