Fright Night: 10 Horror Movies Based on True Stories

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No. 7 The Amityville Horror (1979)

Movie Plot: the Lutz family moves into a new home in Amityville, when strange things start to take place. These events were so strange that they started investigating the house’s previous owners and history. And guess what? They found out that it used to belong to a man who killed his entire family with an axe.

True Story: this story is based on a case investigated by paranormal detectives Ed and Lorraine Warren, about the real Lutz family, who reported strange events in their house in Amityville, New York. Yet, the story’s legitimacy has been disputed over the years.

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