Horror films make people shudder, fearful, empathize with the main characters, believe and hope that everything that happens is just a figment of talented screenwriters, actors and directors. However, each fiction must be based on something. "Horror", unfortunately, is no exception, and most of them are either entirely based on real events, or partially.
Atrocities in life
Of course, most directors try to make their films intriguing, frightening and bloody, but few people realize that what is happening on the screen is the unfortunate fate of the people who once lived. For example, the popular film “Girl opposite”, popular at the beginning of the 21st century, tells the story of Sylvia Mary Likens, who was brutally murdered in 1965 in the US state of Indianapolis by a family in whose care her parents left her. The whole horror is that all members of the Banishzewski family mocked her. As a result, the girl died of malnutrition and shock.
It was these events that became the motive for the creation of the film "Girl opposite."
The plot of the film, shot by the famous Clint Eastwood, "Substitution", is also taken from life. In 1928, a maniac really acted in Los Angeles, kidnapping and killing boys. This story was the impetus for the investigation of corruption in the US police department.
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre is completely fictional, but the fact that the maniac cut faces to his victims is taken from real life. Such terrible actions were committed by Ed Gein, who lived in the USA in the 20th century.
Finally, one cannot forget the history closely connected with Russia. In 2004, the horror film "Evilenko" was released on large screens, which, although partially, tells the viewer about the events that occurred during the collapse of the USSR. Perhaps this story is about the most atrocious maniac of the Soviet period - Chikatilo, who in the period from 1978 to 1990 committed only 53 proven atrocities.
