Horror Movies That Are Apparently Based on True Stories

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The Mothman Prophecies
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The Mothman Prophecies
3.2
Hounds of Love
3.4
Ravenous
3.6
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
3.4
Wolf Creek
3.3
Child's Play
3.5
Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile
3.1
An American Haunting
2.6
Open Water
2.9
Borderland
3.1
A Nightmare on Elm Street
3.6
Dahmer
2.8
Black Water
2.9
Dead Ringers
3.5
Deliver Us from Evil
3.3
Poltergeist
3.5
Psycho
4
Scream
3.7
The Amityville Horror
3.1
The Conjuring
3.6
The Conjuring 2
3.8
Annabelle
2.6
The Disappointments Room
2.2
The Exorcism of Emily Rose
3.3
The Exorcist
3.8
The Girl Next Door
3.5
The Haunting in Connecticut
2.9
The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia
2.9
The Hills Have Eyes
3.4
The Hills Have Eyes
3.3
The Possession
3.1
The Rite
3.2
The Sacrament
3.2
The Shining
4.3
The Strangers
3.3
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
3.3
The Town that Dreaded Sundown
2.7
The Town That Dreaded Sundown
3.3
Winchester
2.5

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