Real Horror Movies That Were Based on True Events

The Amityville Horror, 1979

The story is based on the alleged supernatural experiences of the Lutz family who bought a new home on 112 Ocean Avenue in Amityville, New York, a house where a mass murder had been committed the year before.

The truth behind the story is what made this franchise so successful. As the story goes, on November 13, 1974, police discovered all six members of the DeFeo family shot and killed execution-style in their home in Amityville, New York. Allegedly, the house was evil and drove the father to commit these murders. The people who moved in after the DeFeo family corroborate this story, claiming to they were haunted into leaving. A priest who blessed the home also heard a loud, threatening “Get Out!” from mysterious, disembodied voices.