Don't worry: it's just a movie. That's typically what we tell ourselves when watching a particularly pant-browning horror film. It's all well and good doing that, except when the film we're watching is real. See, while many products of the silver screen are elaborate works of fiction, like Guardians of the Galaxy, Lord of the Rings, and One Direction: This Is Us, some are based on actual events... things that really happened. And some of them are utterly chilling.
What follows is a list of 25 movies that are based on real-life events. So read on and drink in the horror, safe in the knowledge that you'll never sleep quite as comfortably ever again. The truth really is stranger, sorry, scarier than fiction.
