The real crimes that inspired horror movies on Netflix to keep you up at night

They say reality is stranger than fiction, and while many atrocities have been seen in the horror genre, it’s more disturbing to know that it actually happened. That’s why we show a few in this list real crimes that inspired horror moviesavailable on Netflix.

And it is that knowing that many horror films are based on real events can make the relationship with their protagonists feel closer, and this possibility may not be that far off. It is worth mentioning that these tapes on Netflix are subject to availability in each region.

chucky

It seems incredible that the entire franchise of ‘chucky’ was inspired by a true story on a toy called Robert, which belonged to the painter Robert Eugene Otto. According to this legend, the artist inherited the doll from a woman who worked for her family, and although the owners got rid of it after the death of her parents and the abuse of a little girl, the toy returned.

He runs

In 2021 it premiered on Netflix ‘He runs’, a horror movie based on a creepy true story on a 2015 matricide in the United States. This film is inspired by a tragic event that shook the country, in which Dee Dee Blanchard (Sarah Paulson) was killed at the hands of her own daughter Gypsy Rose Blanchard.

Hannibal

Even one of the most terrifying characters in cinema, like Hannibal Lecter, is inspired by the case of Dr. Dykes Askew Simmons, a murderer who in the 1960s attempted to escape from Topo Chico’s prison in Nuevo León, Mexico, and who for a Per for a long time author Thomas Harris refused to admit that he was inspired by him, because he was still alive.

The rite

The story of Mikael Hafstrom is the adaptation of an investigation by journalist and writer Matt Baglio, which deals with Gary Thomas, an exorcist who performed more than 80 exorcisms, where he documents some of the strangest phenomena of religion, and that also the Vatican completely discredited.

Veronica

Finally, the horror film directed by Paco Plaza is based on the Vallecas Case, a true story about Estefanía Gutiérrez, a young Spanish interested in rituals, who had a session to invoke spirits. The incident escalated so much that one night she violently attacked her sister, who was suffering from catalepsy and later died.