Bold friends may not be afraid to watch a horror movie, but if the story behind this horror movie is true, would it be more creepy? We’ve compiled a list of 4 real-life horror movies that are worth watching on repeat at home over the weekend.
▼ The Exorcist (1973)
It’s a very classic horror movie that is constantly brought up and discussed to this day. When the movie was first released, the audience was so terrified that they vomited and fainted. Many psychologists even said that the patient had a mental breakdown after watching the movie. The story tells the story of a single mother, Chris who is an actor and brings her daughter Regan to live in Washington because of work. But after living for a while, Regan’s behavior becomes more and more weird, and Chris seeks help from a doctor to no avail. Later, she decided to find a priest to exorcise her daughter…The film also won the Academy Award for Best Mixing and Best Adapted Screenplay.
Story Prototype: This is from a very famous exorcism case in Maryland, USA in 1949. A little boy accidentally got a psychic version. His aunt died shortly afterwards and her death was terrible. The little boy’s behavior and personality also changed. Strange things often happen at home. His family later invited priest Bill Bowden to exorcise him. After the priest insisted on the exorcism ritual for several weeks, the little boy actually recovered and became a positive in the history of exorcism.
▼ The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005)
This is also a horror film about exorcism, but the focus of this movie is not on exorcism, but on the priest’s investigation in the court trial, step by step telling the story that happened to Emily. A war between religion and science began. In the movie, the 19-year-old Emily behaved more and more bizarrely because of being possessed by evil spirits. The family invited the priest to check and found that she was taken up by six ancient demons. It is a pity that Emily died in the process of exorcism due to her worsening health. The prosecutor used the priest’s exorcism ritual to delay the medical opportunity to bring the priest to court.
Story Prototype: Anneliese Michel, a female student from Germany, has been possessed by 6 demons for 6 years since she was 16 years old. From the erratic behavior at the beginning to the physical devastation, she was only 30 kilograms left before she died due to a long period of inability to eat. Her knees were severely damaged due to the need to kneel more than 600 times during the exorcism. This incident was officially recognized by the Catholic Church.
▼ The Conjuring 2 (2013)
The Conjuring, directed by horror film ghost director, James Wan, received great acclaim as soon as it was released, and later extended many series of works. The story of “The Conjuring” tells the story of a single mother, Peggy, who raises 3 children alone, lives in an old house and a series of supernatural phenomena occur, and the youngest daughter Janet is the target of evil spirits. Peggy had to call on the Warrens, the exorcists, to help…
Story Prototype: “Enfield Incident” was a sensational event that caused a sensation across the UK in the 1980s. Just like the movie, the single mother Peggy left her husband and moved to Enfield with her four children. After a series of haunted incidents occurred in the house, police officers came to check and even witnessed the chair move by itself and float in the air. Peggy sought the help of the ancient British mysterious organization “Society for the Study of Spirituality”, which also caused a national sensation in the supernatural incident. The BBC even sent people to interview, and some supernatural phenomena were even photographed by cameras. At that time, there was still recording evidence that the little girl Janet made a creepy voice of an elderly man, calling herself “Bill” who died on the chair in the corner downstairs. After the incident was made public by the media, someone actually called the newspaper and said that “Bill” was his father, and the death experience was the same as the recording. Although the “Enfield Incident” finally ended, the Janet family believed that these harassing them were not evil spirits, but wanted to communicate with them in their own way. Peggy lived in the house until her cancer death in 2003. However, this incident aroused many doubts at the time, because some media captured Janet trying to bend the spoon during the interview and taught her sister how to speak in a low voice. In this regard, as an adult, Janet frankly did some deceptions in order to make everyone believe her, but a series of haunted things are absolutely true.
▼ The Haunting in Connecticut (2009)
The Haunting in Connecticut incident is the only supernatural incident recognized by the US government. The movie tells that Sarah and Peter have 3 children. A disaster suddenly struck this happy family. Their eldest son Matt has cancer. When the couple learned that Southington, Connecticut had an effective way to treat cancer, they did not hesitate to move the family to live near the hospital. After moving into this house, Matt and his two younger siblings often saw the effects of horror, and later discovered that this house used to be a morgue…
Story Prototype: The haunted house was built in 1916 and used as a funeral home after 1936. It was later acquired and converted into a double-storey terrace house for rent. In 1987, the Slodekers and their eldest son Philip, who had cancer, moved into this room. After they discovered that the house was a funeral home, after a series of scientifically unexplainable phenomena, they decided to turn to the Warrens for help. The Warrens exposed the incident to the media, hoping to get help from the church to assist in the exorcism. Later, after they moved out of the house, Philip’s health actually recovered. The story was later widely circulated, but the owner of the house accused the Slaughter family of fabricating the story to get attention, while others believed that Philip was hallucinating after taking the drug.
It’s the weekend again. Under the shadow of the coronavirus, staying at home on the weekend is the best choice. If you like horror movies, you can review these horror movies during the weekend.
