Thrilling horror movies about true stories, to watch in streaming

The horror genre has stood out not only for causing chills with its stories, but also for some of them horror movies are inspired by real events, being the scariest thing that can suddenly exist in cinema; as is the case with some of them that are streaming.

The exorcist

Between horror movies based on real events which are streaming, highlights ‘The Exorcist’, which is also considered a classic of the horror genre. The film directed by William Friedkin and starring Linda Blair, Ellen Burstyn and Jason Miller, tells a real event that shook American society in the 1940s due to its relationship with demonic forces.

The story of “The Exorcist” is based on a newspaper article reported by the Washington Post in 1949. It concerned the series of exorcisms that Ronald Edwin Hunkeler, a boy of only 14, suffered from an alleged demonic possession for three months. ended up altering his personality and causing physical injury to his body; the boy managed to survive after this terrifying episode.

The Conjuring – HBO Max

Another of Fr.horror movies with true stories which can be seen in streaming is “The Conjuring”, which, at the same time, is the first chapter of the universe “The Conjuring” created by Universal Pictures through the various paranormal experiences in which investigators Ed and Lorreine Warren entered the fifties to his death.

In the case of ‘The Conjuring’, directed by James Wan and starring Vera Farmiga and Patrick Wilson; The true story of a family who, after moving to a farm, begins to experience paranormal phenomena that were later discovered, would have been linked to the witchcraft that took place in the place at some point in the past.

The Exorcism of Emily Rose – Netflix

“The Exorcist” is not the only horror classic also inspired by real events, “The Exorcism of Emily Rose” also brings to the screen a true story related to demonic possession … although the resolution of the case had to actually see rather with psychological disorders and diseases.

“The Exorcism of Emily Rose” tells the experience of Anneliese Michel, a young German Catholic who said she was possessed by six demons and therefore had an exorcism performed. A year after this happened, she died and the doctors revealed that she had malnutrition and dehydration; adding that since she was 16 she has had episodes of epilepsy, depression and has maintained a cure for schizophrenia.