TOP 9 Scariest Movies Based On Real Life

1.   "The Strangers"

                 The 2008 release of the movie "The Strangers" had many people sleeping with the lights on.

2.   "Jaws"

The story of the 25-foot great white shark that terrorizes a seaside town one summer may seem solidly in the world of fiction--but it's actually true. Peter Benchley based the movie off the 1916 shark attacks on the New Jersey shore. Over a period of 12 days, four people died in five attacks.When anglers killed a seven-foot long great white shark on July 14, they found human remains in his stomach.

3.  "The Conjuring"

Paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren try to help a couple whose house is haunted in this supernatural thriller.In reality, the Warrens helped with a haunting where a witch named Bathsheba Sherman terrorized a Rhode Island home.She lived there in the nineteenth century and wanted the residents gone from her home.

4.  "Psycho"

Though Norman Bates is a fictional character, the "Psycho" character was inspired by none other than real-life serial killer Ed Gein.Robert Bloch, author of the novel "Psycho" (upon which the Alfred Hitchcock film is based), claims that he didn't actually base his character on Gein, but he found inspiration in the case and years later realized how similar Norman Bates actually was in terms of "overt acts and apparent motivation."

5.  "Open Water"

When two scuba divers are forgotten in shark-infested waters, the story that emerges is both horrifying and heartbreaking. Even more heartbreaking is the fact that the story is true. In 1998, Tom and Eileen Lonergan went to the Great Barrier Reef and then promptly disappeared. A diving company left them behind by mistake, but by the time they realized their error, the couple was gone.

6.   "Black Water"

"Black Water" centers on a family of three who embark on a fishing trip, only to find themselves the ones being hunted. In reality, it was December 3, 2003, when three friends went to ride their bikes on Kangaroo Flat. Tragedy struck when a giant crocodile ate 22-year old Brett. It is a scary fact that these crocodiles have eaten at least a dozen people in the last 20 years.

7.   "The Haunting In Connecticut"

This is your classic "haunted house" story: a young couple moves into a new home that they, of course, got at a bargain. The story itself is compelling, and the fact that it is reportedly true will give you chills. Al and Carmen Snedeker actually lived in a funeral home and experienced a variety of paranormal events, which eventually drew the attention of the Warrens (famed paranormal investigators).

8."Wolf Creek"

There were two men that were the inspiration for this gory tale of torture. The first was Ivan Milat, a man who kidnapped and tortured hitchhikers in the woods. The second man was Bradley John Murdock, who killed and tortured a British tourist. The movie has three backpackers who are tortured and killed in the Wolf Creek National Park

9.  "The Hills Have Eyes"

No one would want to believe that a movie so unsettling could have happened in real life. After all, no one really lives in the hills and feasts on human flesh. Wes Craven based "The Hills Have Eyes" on a tribe of sixteenth century Scottish cave dwellers, who reportedly ate over 1,000 people in 25 years before being put to death.