When I see that a horror movie is "based on a true story"

nitesmoke · 13 days

Worst offender ever: The Strangers
In this movie, a couple are terrorized by three masked killers while in their remote home. It was "based on a true story".
According to production notes, the film was inspired by true events from director Bryan Bertino's childhood: a stranger came to his home asking for someone who was not there, and Bertino later found out that empty homes in the neighborhood had been broken into that night:
As a kid, I lived in a house on a street in the middle of nowhere. One night, while our parents were out, somebody knocked on the front door and my little sister answered it. At the door were some people asking for somebody who didn't live there. We later found out that these people were knocking on doors on the area and, if no one was home, breaking into the houses".

Alvins_Hot_Juicebox_ · 13 days

Don't you know? Anchorman was based on a true story too - only all people, places, and events were changed.

TheClayroo · 13 days

Could tell which gif it was through thumbnail; opened anyways because she's beautiful.

dalaio · 13 days

What is the origin of this gif. What was the thumbs up originally a reaction to?

Shafsen · 13 days

When I see that a horror movie is "based on a true story" (FIXED)

shortbuswizard · 13 days

The Possession coming up soon.

rocketcraft · 13 days

Last House on the Left claims to be based on a true story, but it is actually based on another movie called Virgin Spring or something similar.

joewaffle1 · 13 days

Gifs teach us all how to read lips well.

Falcon555123 · 13 days

This is how I feel reading 90% of the post titles on Reddit to be honest :/

Lord_of_Womba · 13 days

Who is that?

caseyfacehead · 13 days

every time i see this gif its like I can actually hear her say okay.

SamMustacheMan · 13 days

Source?

Zomonada · 13 days

This is because of The Apparition right?

Madpony · 13 days

It's gotten to the point that this is said in nearly every horror movie preview. I always assume it's because there's some mundane plot point in the film that is based on true events, yet it has nothing to do with the actual horror.

Yggdrazzil · 13 days

I've always been wondering about this, what did Jennifer Lawrence respond to, when she did that?

Gruebenfunk · 13 days

I just like to believe things. relevant

Metallivane · 13 days

Sometimes I listen to George Noorey, and the other night he had on the director and producer of the film "The Apparition". They conducted an experiment involving amplification of brain waves in an attempt to conjure up a spirit from an object, or something... Long story short, they actually made progress (which took a week to become apparent), and for the first time in a long time, the hair on the back of my neck actually stood up just from listening to a story... the film is going to be exaggerated, of course... I just wish they made a movie portraying EXACTLY what went down in the real experiment, and the subsequent results... That alone would have been a hell of a movie.

baker781 · 13 days

How about Wolf Creek?

CPU1 · 13 days

The key word is "story" rather than "events".

Weesel · 13 days

1.) Who is that actress I know her from something? 2.) A movie called Wolf Creek really is based off true events, although fairly briefly. It is based in the way of the campers were hunted down by a psycho in Wolf Creek, Australia.

DawginYourMomma · 13 days

The names haven't been changed to protect the victims...based on a true story.

declan1596 · 13 days

Does anyone know what interview this is from for context?

Pumpkin_Pie · 13 days

Everytime I see this gif re-posted I feel like this

thechapattack · 13 days

It is based on a true story in the fact the story its based on has people in it with names and they lived somewhere at one time....see totally the same

liberterrorism · 13 days

When I saw that in The Exorcism of Emily Rose I just thought: wow, so they basically killed some schizophrenic girl by not giving her proper medical treatment.

TreePooper · 13 days

Does anyone know what event this gif is from?

dontchoke · 13 days

she is gif friendly

Tralan · 12 days

"The Exorcism of Emily Rose" and "The Rite." Both were awful movies. And unless you were a diehard Catholic, any sane person wouldn't accept them as being based on anything.

djdvenom · 12 days

r/reactiongifs

lraish · 12 days

I like her, but at the same time I don't like her. I would lovingly hate-fuck her.

phreeck · 12 days

I seriously think that movies, especially horror movies, that are "based on a true story" or "inspired by real events" are always the worst. They use this because they want people to think it's real and it's a cheap gimmick used to try to make it scarier without actually making it scarier. I also think that it tends to be a creative crutch so writers don't actually have to think of something on their own they just Frankenstein it.

The only movie that ever really creeped me out was one that I can't even remember the name of. All I can recall from it was that a young boy and girl are playing doctor in a room, it cuts to a shot of the gap of the bottom of the door and blood starts running under it. It had other moments that I remember freaking me out but I can't remember because it was 10+ years ago and I was a kid.

AsadM107 · 13 days

IP man is the worst offender. The movie was so, so good, but the truth was so far from it. It was about a Kung Fu master who basically reinvented the movement with his technique and even trained Bruce Lee. This was completely true, but the movie sensationalized him by not only making him going into epic fights (which admittedly, was bound to happen), but actually defeat the japanese occupation during WW2 by fighting the Jap general. The second movie was him fighting a boxer in Hong Kong. The truth really spoiled an excellent movie.

SC0TTBL4M · 13 days

Please try not to repost and post reaction gifs in /r/reactiongifs.

edit: Don't downvote me because I'm quoting rules that are off to the side that this post is clearly violating.

LordOfTurtles · 13 days

Please try not to repost and post reaction gifs in /r/reactiongifs.

HumanistGeek · 13 days

What's with the hands and phone that appear at the bottom of the screen in the middle of the animation?

Ghoulglum · 13 days

That gif makes me want to slap that girl senseless.

Decyde · 13 days

Any type of movie that says, "based on a true story," usually means it is going to suck. You cannot say it sucks because it is based on a true story...

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