Top 10 Horror Movies Based On True Stories

10. Audrey Rose, 1977
Audrey Rose is a 1977 psychological horror and drama film directed by Robert Wise, and starring Marsha Mason, Anthony Hopkins, and Susan Swift. It was based on the novel of the same title by Frank De Felitta. The plot deals with a young girl who is believed by a man to be a reincarnation of his dead daughter.

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9. The Entity, 1982
The Entity is a horror film based on the novel of the same name by Frank De Felitta. It stars Barbara Hershey as a woman tormented by an invisible assailant.

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8. Dead Ringers, 1988
Dead Ringers is a 1988 psychological drama and thriller starring Jeremy Irons in a dual role as identical twin gynecologists.

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7. Jaws, 1975
A giant great white shark arrives on the shores of a New England beach resort and wreaks havoc with bloody attacks on swimmers until a part-time sheriff teams up with a marine biologist and an old seafarer to hunt the monster down.

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6. The Hills Have Eyes, 1977
The Hills Have Eyes is a 1977 American exploitation-horror film directed by Wes Craven and starring Susan Lanier, Michael Berryman and Dee Wallace.

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5. The Mothman Prophecies, 2002
The Mothman Prophecies is a 2002 psychological thriller film directed by Mark Pellington, based on the 1975 book of the same name by parapsychologist and Fortean author John Keel. The screenplay was written by Richard Hatem.

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4. The Exorcism Of Emily Rose, 2005
The Exorcism of Emily Rose is a 2005 American courtroom drama horror film directed by Scott Derrickson and starring Laura Linney and Tom Wilkinson.

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3. The Haunting In Connecticut, 2009
The Haunting in Connecticut is a 2009 American psychological horror film produced by Gold Circle Films and directed by Peter Cornwell.

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2. The Amityville Horror, 1979
The Amityville Horror is a 1979 American supernatural horror film, directed by Stuart Rosenberg, based on the Jay Anson's bestselling 1977 novel of the same name. It is the first film in the Amityville Horror franchise.

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1. The Exorcist, 1973
When a 12-year old girl is possessed by demons, a young priest takes it upon himself to selflessly save her at the behest of her famous movie-star mother.

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