Childs Play, this terrifying horror film was inspired from the uncanny tale of Robert the Doll, who was owned by Robert Eugene Otto. Robert the man received Robert the doll from a servant skilled in black magic and voodoo, who bore a grudge against the family. His parents said that they often heard Eugene talking to the doll and that the doll seemed to be talking back. They also further alleged that the doll would often giggle a claim that was validated by the family plumber. Neighbors saw the doll moved by itself across windows when the family was out. Guests also swore that the doll changed expressions in front of them.Eugene often blamed knocked over furniture, broken pots and other mysterious phenomenon on the doll. He died in 1974, subsequent to which the doll was left in the attic till the house was bought again. The daughter in the new family was often heard screaming and she claimed that the doll was trying to attack her in the night.The doll is currently placed at the Fort East Martello Museum. Legend has it that in order to take a picture of the doll, one must ask it politely and failing to do so will lead to the doll cursing the person and his family.

The Hills Have Eyes, this cannibalistic classic is based on the disturbing story of Alexander Sawney Bean, a man-eater and clan leader who lived in Scotland during the 16th Century. Sawneys clan was an inbred one that comprised of himself, his wife, eight sons, six daughters and plenitudes of grandsons and granddaughters.As the tale goes, Sawney and his clan tortured, killed and cannibalized over one-thousand people in the years that they were active. They lived in caves and only ventured out after night in order to find their next meal. However, one night, the clan ambushed a couple in which the man put up a fight till a group of villagers appeared to the site of the battle. The Beans fled the scene. Eventually, King James VI was alerted and he launched a manhunt which culminated with the capture and execution of this egregious cannibal clan.

Dead Ringers, this grisly film about Elliot and Beverly Mantle, two twin gynecologists whose obsession with each other soon meanders in the disturbing, is derived from the real life story of Stewart and Cyril Marcus. The brothers were gynecologists in New York City who shared everything from appearances to an unhealthy addiction to barbiturates.In 1975, the decaying bodies of these brothers were found in their apartment. The death had been caused due to withdrawal from the drug that had become their life support. A newspaper article described the bodies and the place as gaunt and already decayed in their East 63rd Street apartment a midst a little of garbage and pharmaceuticals. This closely mirrors the climax of the movie Dead Ringers where the brothers hole up in their apartment and slowly decay into oblivion both physically and psychologically.

The Haunting In Connecticut, similar to the movie, the Snedeker family moved into a new home in Connecticut sometime in the 1980's. They too had a son who was undergoing treatment for cancer.The family started experience what they described as a demonic presence. Subsequently, they discovered that the house had previously been a funeral home. They found mortuary equipment in the basement which further cemented their belief. The family described the demons as One of the demons was very thin, with high cheekbones, long black hair and pitch black eyes. Another had white hair and eyes, wore a pinstriped tuxedo, and his feet were constantly in motion.The house was examined by the famous Ed and Lorraine Warren the same couple from The Conjuring, who found that the morticians working at the mortuary were involved in necromancy with the corpses. The investigators claimed that could hear the sound of a chain used to hoist a coffin during the night. When Ed went to check, he found two women dancing in circles and singing and when he walked towards them, they disappeared.And if the word of these investigators is anything to go by who certainly have impressive credentials, by the way, then the actual case was much, much scarier than any movie could ever be.

The Silence Of The Lambs, the part of America that remembers the name of Ted Bundy regrets the fact that such a man ever existed. Bundy was notoriously known for killing at least thirty people between 1974 and 1978. In fact, his name followed such a gross reputation that Thomas Harris, the man who wrote the book Red Dragon that later inspired the Hannibal Lecter movie series, sent a copy of his book to Bundy as he was undergoing trial, which leads us to believe that large chunks of Buffalo Bill and Hannibal Lecter were drawn from this man.Similar to Buffalo Bill, Bundys modus operandi was based on pretending to be injured and to ask help from unsuspecting victims. He would later pounce on his prey as soon as he lured it into an inconspicuous place. On the inspiration behind the infamous Lecter, it is claimed that the author of the book, Harris, once told his librarian that the character of Lecter was inspired by William Coyne, a local murderer, who had escaped from prison in 1934 and then gone on a ghastly rampage involving killings and acts of cannibalism. Coynes name was familiar in the part of the world Harris grew up in, so it is highly likely that the man Anthony Hopkins played so adroitly would have in fact eaten killed and eaten Hopkins himself if he'd been around then.

The Amityville Horror, alternatively known as Why Buying a House Where Six People Have Been Murdered Might be a Bad Idea, this movie is based on the De Feo family murder and what happened later. Ronald De Feo, the son, was the only one who didn't die that night and hence he was soon declared guilty. This was in 1974.After the trial, the house was bought by George and Kathleen Lutz who quite sensibly decided to get the house blessed. As the priest sprinkled holy water around the room and recited a prayer, he allegedly heard a loud male voice say get out. St then began getting serious. Inexplicable odors such as the stench of bile and the smell of sweet perfume began emanating from places in the house. Green slime ran down the walls. Kathleen was subjected to unseen touches. On one night George woke up to find his wife levitating off the bed. On another, he could hear the sound a marching band playing in his living room. When he rushed to the site, he only met dead silence and found that the furniture had all been pushed to one side.Though these claims have been severely called into question, the movie is undoubtedly a lot more fun if you choose to believe in what the Lutzses have to say.

The Girl Next Door, this film doesn't haunt because of alleged involvement of the supernatural. It does so because it shows how beastly man himself can become.The movie brings to fore the real agony that Sylvia Marie Likens had to suffer through at the hands of her neighbor, Gertrude Baniszewski. The helpless victim of circumstance was kidnapped and locked in a cellar for days. She was tortured with the use of heated needles. She was given only crackers to eat and prevented from using the toilet. After multiple beatings, burnings and suffering from severe malnutrition, Likens succumbed to brain hemorrhage and died. She was sixteen.This is a movie on the list that does most justice to the story it has been derived from. There is very little exaggeration. The film stays with you for days after you've seen it and scars your deepest fears. The Girl Next Door goes to show that the worst horrors are often committed by humans themselves.

The Exorcism Of Emily Rose, the history of Anneliese Michel, a German woman, is well documented. Michel was sixteen when she had her first epileptic attack. Or that is what science thought. Before long, her condition worsened and this time science could only stand by and watch, confounded. Anneliese began experiencing demonic hallucinations while praying, she heard voices that told her that she was damned and became intolerant of various religious objects. Despite the medications, she soon turned suicidal. Anneliese and her family then became convinced that she was possessed. And why wouldn't they be? The woman committed a plethora of disturbing acts, such as licking her own urine off the floor, eating coal and spiders and crawling under the table and barking like a dog. On a pilgrimage, Anneliese wouldn't walk across a certain image of Jesus and refused to drink water from a holy spring. She was convinced that she was possessed by several demons, including Lucifer, Judas, Cain and Hitler. Eventually, sixty seven exorcisms were committed on her but to no avail.On 1 July, 1976, Anneliese died at her home. The death was attributed to starvation and dehydration. Her parents and priests who attempted the exorcisms were charged with negligent homicide. Annelieses parents were excluded from punishment because, according to the Court, they had clearly suffered enough.

Psycho, the original psycho was a "woman" called Ed Gein, who was also known as The Mad Butcher. His story came to the limelight in 1957 when he was arrested for committing two murders and digging up the corpses of several women who reminded him of his dead mother. It gets better.After exhuming these corpses, Gein skinned the corpses to make lamp-shades, socks and even a woman suit in the hopes of becoming a woman. While searching the mans house for a missing woman, the authorities not only found the woman who was hung upside-down by her ankles and dressed like a deer but also a belt made from female human nipples, human skin that covered several chairs and a few decapitated heads of women. It was found that upon the death of his mother, Gein had decided that he wanted a sex change and his own plagued head, a woman suit was the best option to do the same.The court found this serial murderer and grave-digger not guilty on the grounds of insanity. He was placed in a mental hospital, where he spent the rest of his life before he eventually died due to cancer. Whether he smiled creepily at the authorities the way Norman Bates did in the movie is up for debate.

The Exorcist, this is exactly how I felt when I found out that Santa Claus did not exist on my fourteenth Christmas. A belief that you'd held onto since you had milk teeth suddenly comes crashing down. Your faith is questioned. Suddenly, nothing is sacred.This cult classic that has been helping diaper sales since 1973 is based on the exorcism case of Roland Doe pseudonym, for privacy reasons. Roland was born in 1936 and lived in Maryland. The boy was close to his aunt, who was a spiritualist and who introduced him to an Ouija board. Shortly after, the aunt died and the boy and his family began experiencing an array of strange phenomenon. Like classic horror stories, objects began moving by themselves, loud, thumping noises were audible and portraits of Jesus began banging on the walls, as if they were being moved by an invisible force.The boy became a personal victim of these inexplicable acts. Marks and bruises started showing on his skin without there being any physical assault on his body. He was noticed staring with hatred all holy things. The chair of the priest, who was called upon to examine the situation, began levitating and the priest was thrown backwards against the wall. When asked a question in Latin, the boy answered fluently despite having never gained knowledge of the language. During the exorcism, Roland became increasingly violent. He began shouting at and insulting the priest. Though tied down, the boy managed to free one of his hands by breaking off one of the springs under the mattress and attacking the priest with the spring, which seriously resulted in a serious injury. Another priest was called onto to try his hand at freeing the boy from the spirits. Eventually, these attempts succeeded. Demon-free Roland grew up like any other boy his age would and eventually went on to work for NASA. His behavior since has been normal or as normal as it can get for a NASA-employee.