Psycho, Scream, and more: The true stories behind 17 terrifying horror movies – SYFY WIRE

Arguably the most famous horror film based on horrifying, allegedly real events, The Amityville Horror has spent more than four decades giving audiences a permanent case of night terrors with the story of a young couple and their house in Amityville, New York haunted by violent spirits.

Four years prior to the films release, the real-life Lutz family claimed to have suffered a fate similar to that of their fictional counterparts. Upon moving into an Amityville home one year after Ronald DeFeo Jr. murdered six of his family members there, the family reported that they experienced nearly a months worth of strange sounds and even stranger sights that eventually sent them fleeing from their home.

But, the Lutz family took some serious creative license of their own in their report. In the years since, their claims have been debunked. Yup no black ooze, ecotplasm, or foul odors. And especially no cloven hoofprints left behind in the snow seeing as how there was no snow on the ground on the day the Lutz family reported their paranormal activity. But leave it to Hollywood to not let something like the truth get in the way of telling their version of it.

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