If you’re the type of person who can’t keep their eyes open during a scary movie, you might not want to read any further. Not only are these movies terrifying to simply sit and watch in the comfort of your own home, but they are all inspired by things that actually happened. Some origins are tamer than others, filmmakers throwing in embellishments to make them spooky, but others are downright chilling. Scroll on…if you dare.
1. The Amityville Horror
2. The Conjuring
3. Jaws
4. Open Waters
5. From Hell
6. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The Silence of the Lambs and Psycho
7. Dracula
8. The Hills Have Eyes
9. The Snake and the Rainbow
10. The Rite
11. The Strangers
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