Real Horror Movies That Were Based on True Events

Child’s Play, 1988

Chucky is based on an actual voodoo doll? The real thing is so much creepier than the Hollywood version. It even looks creepier.

Robert the Doll was given to Robert Eugene Otto in 1906 by the family maid. Eugene named the doll after himself, and loved it dearly. The family, however, noticed that something wasn’t right with Robert. They would often hear their son talking to himself in his room at night with two distinct voices. Their son also woke the family up with his screams multiple times, and was found in his bed with the furniture overturned. He claimed that Robert the doll did it.

Mutilated toys began to show up, the parents said they could hear the doll giggling, and others said they could see the doll moving from window to window. He was finally left in the attic, until a young girl in the 70s found him. Not long after she began claiming the doll was evil, and was trying to torture and kill her. She still maintains that Robert tried to kill her.

Robert is now at the Fort East Martello Museum in Key West, Florida. Some claim their cameras have stopped working when pointed at him, as well as numerous other strange occurrences.

Hollywood Version

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