From unexplained disappearances to chilling coincidences and real-life encounters that seem ripped from a nightmare, these true stories could easily serve as the jaw-dropping twist in a horror movie.

Entertainment Weekly ranks the 14 best horror movies based on true stories, from the allegedly real possession behind 'The Exorcist' to the home invasions that inspired 'The Strangers'.

Some horror movies that are based on true stories stretch the truth in order to deliver a scarier film for the audience.

Your Favorite Horror Movie Was a Much Scarier True Story From “The Exorcist” to “The Lighthouse,” many lauded scary movies were based on terrifying true stories. Here’s what really happened.

"Based on a true story." Those words alone can be all it takes to convince moviegoers to check out a feature. After all, a film should be more riveting, not only if it could happen but if it ...

“All of the horror stories in the movies of AI is not true. And so it’s not that it’s necessarily going to be only good things with AI, but right now AI is simply just learning.

Released 40 years ago this week, The Wizard of Oz sequel Return to Oz was as scary as it was unconventional. It was a box office failure, but has since become a cult classic.

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And you could argue she’s done both: As co-host of the true crime podcast “Going West,” which just celebrated its 500-episode ...

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Fred & Rose West: A British Horror Story focuses on the dark true story of two married serial killers who abused, raped, and murdered several young women and girls, including their own children ...

Taylor Hunsberger, a children’s librarian at the East Flatbush branch of the Brooklyn Public Library, reflects on the ways that horror stories provide children with a vital testing ground to face ...