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(#10) Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
- Michael Rooker, Tom Towles, Tracy Arnold
The Movie
Sharing a home with Otis and Otis' sister, serial killer Henry mercilessly kills numerous women. On one occasion, Henry kills a pair of hookers picked up by him and Otis, with Otis witnessing the murders.
As the killings continue, Otis becomes more and more involved in the murders. Henry kills hundreds, all without remorse, but also builds a relationship with Otis' sister as the two have similar backgrounds.
The Reality
The film was directly inspired by serial killer Henry Lee Lucas and his accomplice Ottis Toole. Though Henry was convicted of 11 murders, the film took license with the other killings for a dramatic effect.
Henry allegedly confessed to as many as 600 murders; however, many believe he only did so for improved prison conditions, not because he actually committed the crimes. He is one of the only cases in Texas where his death sentence was commuted to life in prison. Lucas died in prison of heart failure in 2001.
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(#11) The Entity
- Barbara Hershey, Ron Silver, George Coe, Alex Rocco, Allan Rich, Margaret Blye, Jacqueline Brookes, Sully Boyar, David Labiosa, Raymond Singer, Tom Stern, Michael Alldredge, Melanie Gaffin, Natasha Ryan, Paula Victor, Richard Brestoff, Mark Weiner
The Movie
Single mother Carla Moran begins to experience paranormal happenings in her home and outside of the house, including violent rape, by a supposed poltergeist. She seeks help, enlisting the assistance of a therapist and friends. The friend witnesses an attack, which piques the friend's interest in the paranormal.
Meanwhile, the therapist believes the happenings are in her mind as some sort of regression to sexual assault that actually occurred when she was a child. Carla turns to other parapsychologists at a nearby college to investigate the demons, which results in an elaborate setup at her home in hopes to trap the ghost.
The Reality
A Culver City, California woman, Doris Bither, reported being physically and sexually assaulted by a demon in her home. Two paranormal investigators were enlisted to study the happenings.
The investigators experienced strange events, such as floating lights and objects moving on their own within the home, all of which was captured in photographs. However, they neer witnessed any attacks on the woman and were unable to prove her claims.
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(#8) The Serpent and the Rainbow
- Bill Pullman, Paul Winfield, Michael Gough, Diamanda Galás, Paul Guilfoyle, Theresa Merritt, Zakes Mokae, Cathy Tyson, Dey Young, Francis Guinan, Brent Jennings, Badja Djola, William Newman, Conrad Roberts, Kimberleigh Aarn, Aleta Mitchell, Michael Jackson, Sally-Anne Munn, Rosa Bautista, Otilio Nerius, Gerard Matonbe, Ana Rosa Smith Avila, Miguel Valdez, Betty García Rodríguez, Venat Ruis, Luis Telemako, Rosemary Sylvain, Jean Pierre, Marie Carmel Noel, Barbara Guillaume, Jean-Baptiste Rosvelt, Americo Jose, Luis Tavare Pesquera, Ana Ramirez, Jackson Delgado, Buche, Saveur D'Orlean, Philogen Thomas, Maurice Altenor, Evencio Mosquera Slaco, Robert De James, Harold Desire, Lucienne Charles, Frantz Thomas, Josiana Sant Louis, Maxo Fercilien, Juliana Jose, Jacques Achilles, Providenia Alcantara, Claudia Pimentel, Rosa Charles, Robert Regaldo, Federico Nunez, Dikatel Charles, Suzette Cajusle, Ti-Blanc, Elias Gastavo, Johnny Pephanon, Francesco Chavez, Jaime Pina Gautier, Iversose Beuville, Ramon Cherry
The Movie
Working for a pharmaceutical company, ethnobotanist Dennis Alan is sent to Haiti to research a drug used in Haitian vodou in order to determine if the drug can be used as anesthesia. Alan finds a local witch doctor, who claims he can make the drug, but Alan is arrested, tortured, and ordered to leave the country before receiving the drug.
Alan flees the country but not before forcing the drug out of the witch doctor. He returns home to Boston to meet with his employer, where the wife of his boss tells him in a possessed state that his death is imminent.
The Reality
The book on which the film is based is believed to have been inspired by the events of Haitian man Clairvius Narcisse. Narcisse was declared dead in 1962 after receiving a cocktail of drugs to mimic a coma.
He was buried, but exhumed a few days later and given another set of drugs which brought him back to life in a zombie state. Narcisse was forced to work on a sugar plantation for two years until his master died, and he was freed and returned to his family in 1980.
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(#16) The Rite
- Anthony Hopkins, Maria Grazia Cucinotta, Rutger Hauer, Ciarán Hinds, Alice Braga, Colin O'Donoghue, Toby Jones, Torrey DeVitto, Chris Marquette, Don Kress, Marija Karan, Nico Toffoli, Cecilia Dazzi, Marta Gastini, Peter Arpesella, Attila Bardóczy, Rosa Pianeta, Giampiero Ingrassia, Adriano Aragon, Jasper Jacob, Arianna Veronesi, Ben Cheetham, Nadia Kibout, Anita Pititto, Fabiola Balestriere, Anikó Vincze, Sandor Baranyai, Rosario Tedesco, Andrea Calligari
The Movie
The Rite is a 2011 movie based on Matt Baglio's book, The Rite: The Making of a Modern Exorcist. Directed by Mikael Håfström, the horror film documents the life of a young man who only enters the seminary to receive a free college education. Michael, the main character, does well in the religious environment, though. One particular priest notices and insists that the young man venture to Rome to receive exorcism training.
Michael goes, still skeptical, until he meets a young girl that seems quite possessed. Michael's tutor, Father Lucas, fails to exorcise the girl. When she dies, the demon, Baal, inhabits the priest and Michael has no choice but to perform an exorcism of his own.
The Reality
The supernatural scary movie was based on the experiences of Father Gary Thomas. An American priest, Thomas ventured to Rome in 2005 and took exorcism classes. He apprenticed with Capuchin Father Carmine De Filippis, the inspiration for Father Lucas. Thomas even teamed up with a reporter, much like the fictional Michael did in the movie. The real priest never saw a death caused by possession, but he did attend approximately 80 exorcisms.
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(#15) The Girl Next Door
- Catherine Mary Stewart, William Atherton, Mark Margolis, Jack Ketchum, Michael Zegen, Grant Show, Kevin Chamberlin, Graham Patrick Martin, Daniel Farrands, Blanche Baker, Peter Stickles, Austin Williams, Andrew van den Houten, Madeline Taylor, Daniel Manche, Blythe Auffarth, Krista Gall, Benjamin Ross Kaplan, Jennifer Alexander, Spenser Leigh, Gabrielle Howarth, Jocelyn Kuritsky, Dean Faulkenberry, Gary Patent, Eric Toth, Robert Tonino, Carlin Rizzo, Wynn Van Dusen, Lluis Fe Perez, Jason Rigsby, Alana Rader, Vivian Hernandez, Michael Nardella, Gerard Houarner, Dan Abram, J.M. Parkhurst, Christine Choo, Rory Douglas, Santo Silvestro, Leon Blot, Greg Northrop, Linda Addison, Monica O'Rourke, Kevin Carroll, Ashley Musteric, Andy Bennett, Nick Kelios, Lily Cohen, George Kloak, Dagmara Jankowska, Jeffrey Wolpert, David Auffarth, Janet Hefferan, Chris Steinacker, Nick Purritano, Anthony Stone, David Hefferan, Malgorzata Staniszewska, Beth Gittleman, Rhodi Hawk, Irene Katehis, Benjamin Laddin
The Movie
Gregory Wilson's The Girl Next Door is, perhaps, one of the most depraved horror films ever made. Released in 2007, the movie is chilling not because of a chainsaw-wielding serial killer or a twisted poltergeist. The true villain is both more human and more horrifying than any scary movie lover could imagine. A young teen girl, Meg, is the title character and the most sympathetic. After her parents die in a car accident, she and her younger sister are fostered by a mom in the neighborhood.
Nothing goes well for the orphaned girls, and Ruth, the woman who takes them in, is evil unadulterated. She beats Meg, burns her, and taunts her ceaselessly. Few adults believe the victim's claims, though. In fact, when the young teen tries to seek help, she is brutalized further. Ruth allows her biological sons to rape and assault Meg. Eventually, the innocent girl dies from neglect and abuse. Her sister barely makes it out of the toxic house alive.
The Reality
Unfortunately, Wilson's film is based on true events and a book written by Jack Ketchum. Sylvia Likens and her sister Jenny were the true victims in this Indiana crime. The girls' parents, Lester and Betty Likens, boarded the girls in Gertrude Baniszewski's house for $20 a week. When Baniszewski received payment late, she began to brutalize the children; Sylvia was her main target. She beat the young teen, sexually assaulted her, and encouraged neighborhood children to join the depravity. On October 26, 1965, police found Sylvia's fatally mangled body with over 150 wounds and bruises. Shockingly, Baniszewski was released from a life prison sentence on parole. She died a free woman.
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(#5) The Haunting in Connecticut
- Virginia Madsen, Amanda Crew, Elias Koteas, Kyle Gallner, Martin Donovan, Sarah Constible, John B. Lowe, Ty Wood, D.W. Brown, Will Woytowich, Darren Ross, Erik J. Berg, Nicholas Podbrey, James Durham, Jeny Cassady, Sophi Knight, Matt Kippen, Blake Taylor, Jessica Burleson, John Bluethner, Kelly Wolfman, Keith James
The Movie
In order to be closer to care for their cancer-stricken son, the Campbell family moves into a home in Connecticut. The son begins to experience terrifying hallucinations, as do the family members later on.
Soon the family learns that the home was formerly used as a mortuary. The supernatural events continue in the home and intensify, turning violent.
The Reality
In the 1980s, the Parker family moved into a home in Southington, Connecticut in order to be close to the University of Connecticut where their son was undergoing cancer treatment. Unbeknownst to the family, the building was formerly a funeral home, something they discovered after finding embalming equipment in the basement.
After the discovery, the family reported strange events in the home such as sights and sounds of ghosts. An investigation later revealed the former morticians were involved in necrophilia. The home was excised in 1988 to remove the lingering demons.
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