The only 'based on' film I bothered to read a bit on and watch news footage archives after I'd seen the film, was 44 Minutes: The North Hollywood Shoot-Out with Michael Madsen.

The scenes were pretty convinving, and the camera shooting style came off pretty well.



I'm with urge aswell... most of the 'based on' horror films around get hashed up and most of the facts get distorted.

yep,

i dont need a scare-o-meter to be entertained either ...

i just need a good story, decent acting, good sound and music and effective editing ...


and thats why it's damn hard to find a decent movie in the genre !

I liked Citizen X, based on the story of Andre Chikatilo.

Ive always liked The Mothman Prophecies. Sure, it's got to be one of the hardest to believe, but I thout it was a very well made movie, interesting and well acted, even had a few creepy moments. Used to be one of my favourites, and I still go back to it from time to time.

dawn of the dead! the true story of the dawn of hollywood... a truly terrifying movie.

Speaking of the dawn of Hollywood, Ghosts of Edendale has some facts mixed in. [Anyone get the little joke there?:p]

Well, if you want to get technical, the Texas Chainsaw Massacre really wasnt based on fact. They just got some ideas from what Ed Gein did in the 50's. They then made up a whole story around it. And if you really, really want to get down to it, Ed Gein really only killed one person, and that was with a gun.

But Gein was the 'inspiration' for many horror films we all know and love, from Psycho, Silence of The Lambs, Deranged to as you say the loosely based TCM.

I always thought that it wasn't particularly the one murder that captured writers imaginations more the fact of the macabre way he lived his life. The depressing state of his kitchen, the obsession with dead bodies and female genetalia, the love of his over powering, over bearing mother. The 'dressing up' and trying to be 'like his mother' and none more so than the various human body parts around his hovel of a home made him an icon in horror history.

In-fact I would say I don't know of any other killer that has been as 'influential' in horror.

..wasnt "The Entity" based on fact....not my favorite but lets sum up all the horror movies that are based on fact....first...then pick out the best...but please not another tournament :p

Henry: Portait Of A Serial Killer