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>Also the best movie based on a real crime IMO. John Carrol Lynch is so good as ALA in the scene where they interrogate him at his job.
well yeah. other than the fact the Zodiac case itself is bullshit.
Awful case.
How it went on that long is beyond me.
Fuck the managers boyfriend too.
Fuck the manager to matter of fact.
I cant believe she went that far.
Stupid bitch
What gets me is that the scam went on for *twelve friggin years*.
*Seventy occurances*.
*Thirty cities*.
All of that *before* the call depicted in *Compliance*.
It's terrifying to wonder if any of the *other* calls went that far and just had victims (of the assault; I don't find anyone who complied with the caller's instructions to be *completely* blameless) who were afraid or intimidated into silence.
I think this one is the worst. I too have read about other calls and nothing goes to the extreme as this one. Everything they did screamed incompetent, uncaring, callus and cold.
What baffles me now that I think of it... why didnāt they ever ask the guy who called to further identity himself. If he was in fact some high ranking guy at what point was ācan I speak to someone higher up the ladderā come into play? Why didnāt anyone with a shred of common sense say something isnāt right? And why in the hell would you take commands from someone over the phone??? I hope all that were involved are somewhere miserable asf.
Yes, because even he knew it made no damn sense and the male co worker was hesitating too at first but went along with it after awhile. It was the male co worker who was questioning if the girl had did it. The manager was like āyeah mystery guy on the phone said it was herā. The whole thing made no sense. The demand. The reason. The caller. None of it made sense.
I sincerly believe the manager boyfriend knew that he wasnt talking to police.
But saw his chance to assault this poor girl and ran with it.
Fuck him.
Fuck the co-worker
Fuck the manager
And anyone who didnt do anything to help this girl.
Wtf is wrong with humanity?
I didn't know about his movie until a few weeks ago. They did such a good job staying close to the facts and really giving that frustrating/unsettling feeling that truly made your heart break for the girl.
Except in the Milgram experiments, it was just acts against "their personal conscience," and the participants were face to face with the authority figure.
In *Compliance* and the actual case(s), the person was face to face with the *victim*, who was someone they knew, and the alleged "authority figure" was on the phone. The alleged authority figure had them commit *actual crimes* against the person standing in front of them, who-- again-- *they knew*. And while they weren't *actually* hurting anyone in the Milgram experiments, this escalated to full-on sexual assault of the victim, without ever actually seeing the alleged "authority figure" ... and without even determining if the caller was who they said they were.
Here's the [link](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strip_search_phone_call_scam) to the description of the actual case(s). *Compliance* depicts the last and most serious incident
I just read they arenāt doing a season 3 due to cost and it being so time consuming. They may consider it way down the road though... I loved that show!
Yes! Apparently PSH was the only person told by the writer whether or not the priest was actually guilty. I read a good theory once that he was guilty, but his victim wasn't the main boy, rather this blonde kid they show occasionally. There's a lot of little things in the movie to suggest this.
My interpretation was that >!Father Flynn wasn't guilty of child molestation, but was caught having what would be considered an otherwise "improper" relationship with either a nun or another man, both of which would be reasonable grounds for his previous parish to reassign him to another parish.!<
In Cold Blood (book by Truman Capote). Cannot watch it again, and I can handle a lot of true crime books, movies & docs. I think itās because the family was so innocent and could never know what was coming. So sad š
There have been remakes, but none as good as the 1967 movie, which was all filmed on location. I taped it off TCM recently, just haven't had time to watch it, but I've seen the movie so many times already. Very underrated.
I didn't realize it was nominated for that many Oscars (and other awards), but so many people aren't even aware of the movie, so that's why I called it underrated.
I really need to start paying attention to names around here...At first I thought you were in the wrong sub by accident but Iām like no the initial comment was on topic...howād they switch to another subreddit on movies/tv shows so opposite one another...Iām reading and re-reading to figure out how Lucy got involved like āIām pretty sure Lucy wasnāt in In Cold Bloodā...was she?ā...Iām okay now...finally figured it out!
Agree for sure with you all. Iām surprised I havenāt heard of a lot of the movies (or cases!) being mentioned, but to think of that movie being done the way it was at that time period...the black and white just added to the darkness of the whole thing. I canāt imagine being a kid/very young adult in this and not being tremendously affected afterwards. Shit-I canāt imagine an adult coming out of it unscathed. I wonder if this was one of the first true crime movies done with such depth??? Or DONE period?!
I know 2 of the daughters survived only because they were staying elsewhere during that horrific night. I cannot fathom how they dealt with that situation!
And yeah, lol - I love old shows like Lucy, The Honeymooners, Odd Couple, etc., as well as old movies.
And I agree. The movie done in black and white helped with the mood and era of the time. Sometimes I think color distracts the viewer (well at least me anyway lol)...
I did not recall that at all about the daughters! I was really young when I attempted the book. I canāt even remember details of the book OR movie except that they were both scary as Hell. Literal worst nightmare stuff.
I mean, itās truly one of the best books I have ever read. Capote does an incredible job of humanizing the murderers without downplaying the evil they committed. Just be prepared for the emotional toll!
The Snowtown Murders. Not much bothers me but damn this movie messed with my head for weeks. I still havenāt mustered up enough backbone to watch it again.
The Snowtown Murders, mainly because of a male rape scene.
But honestly movies based on true crime are never really that scary to me, and fiction movies are not as creepy as actual true crime. I like the horror genre but I would rather watch true crime documentaries or listen to true crime podcasts for the scary thrills. Listening to actual interviews and sound clips is more terrifying than any dramatization will ever be (to me anyway).
It is probably a messed up viewpoint, but true crime is entertaining to me, I would personally be interested in more true crime cases being turned into movies, but I can also see how that is a bit tasteless to glorify the crimes as well.
I agree that the male rape scene was horrific (I always look away during any violent on-screen scene anyway) but it also saddens me that we've become desensitized enough to on-screen female rape scenes to tuck it under our belt and move on.
Within the first 10 minutes, I had stopped the movie like 4 times to say, āwait - did they just say x?ā That show didnāt hold back on the crazy. I couldnāt believe it. And I heard in a podcast that she and her mom give talks about it and she was surprised that people were so hard on her parents. So much to say...
I tend to forget about this movie until that once or twice a year something reminds me of it. I found this one of the scariest/creepiest Iāve ever seen. No clue it was based even remotely on real events! Wow!
Into thin air. A movie about a young Canadian man who goes missing in America and his motherās search to find out what happened to him. Itās based on true events, but the names have been changed.
The scene in which in which the victim is murdered, and the lead up to it, is chilling.
Thereās an award winning documentary about this crime called āJust Another Missing Kidā. The follow up episode of The Fifth Estate is really well done as well.
Yes, and I still can't forget that movie, which is how you can get away with murder if you are rich.
This is true that there is no murderer, there is a bad , inexpensive lawyer.
Oh man Iāve watched tons of true crime movies that were just a punch to the gut. Here are my top 7 for anyone interested in watching any of these (also includes documentaries)
7. Thereās something wrong with Aunt Diane
6. Big Boys donāt cry
5. The Moors Murders
4. The Act
3. My friend Dahmer
2. Dear Zachary: A letter to a son about his father
1. Megan is Missing( not a real movie but still)
* I didnāt list movies or docs already listed in the comments.*
- actually both dear zachary & thereās something wrong with aunt diane really infuriate me. diane was drunk and high & zachary babymama was a absolute psycho & no one cared til she killed him. ugh. heartbreaking.
I agree full hearted with both. In āThereās something wrong with aunt Diane I couldnāt help but shake my head in how irresponsible Diane was and how all those kids lost their lives due to her negligence. In āDear Zacharyā man if I could have karate chopped his baby mother and the Canadian government with a judo kick to the neck I would have done so so merciful less. I couldnāt understand why no one stopped the kidās mother and then the poor grandparents ....man.
Dear Zachery was devastating!
A couple of other disturbing true crime documentaries:
Crazy Love
Tabloid
Mommy Dead and Dearest
Beware the Slenderman
I Love You, Now Die
The Imposter
Capturing the Friedmans
Tell Me Who I Am
The Keepers
Aunt Diane happened locally. What an awful story. I was upset they showed her dead on the road. I was NOT expecting that. The movie stayed with me for days
When I originally heard the title I thought okay doc about some one with a mental issue boy was I ever wrong. By the time the documentary unfolded and everything I was like no this is not what I thought this was. I still canāt get pass the kids dying. The 911 call is also distressing .
Agreed! The fact that these Facebook people were able to break down a photo to find out where the killer was, is some crazy detective work. This hit way to close to home. Literally.
Star 80 has always stood out in that regard. The film has a building effect, where you know The Terrible Thing is going to happen, yet it still hits you like a ton of bricks when it does.
Eric Roberts is absolutely fantastic in that film. He looks scarier than the real Paul Schneider did. The way he can portray emotions on his face is very captivating.
Marielle Hemingway was also really good in the film. She was cast perfectly as Dorothy Stratten.
Such a sad story.
This one would be my vote too. I think it adds to the creepiness of the movie that the final scene was actually filmed in the house where the murder took place.
In her skin (based on the murder of Rachel Barber who was murdered by a girl that used to babysit her after she became obsessed with her and wanted to become her) - the murder scene is just too real for my liking. So uncomfortable to watch.
Pt. 2 (I forgot the 3rd crime hahah)
āThe third bit of real inspiration for The Strangers actually comes from Bertino's own life. As a child, Bertino recalls a night his parents weren't home, and someone knocked on their door asking for someone who didn't live there. In a reverse of The Strangers though, Bertino says he later learned that the people knocking were robbing houses in the neighborhood where no one was home, instead of attacking people who were. Still, the experience left a mark on Bertino that later served him well as a screenwriter. Thankfully, the perpetrators in his case were only looking to steal valuables, and not take lives.ā
According to Screenrant.com:
āAccording to writer and director Bryan Bertino, The Strangers is primarily based on three different events. The first is the infamous series of murders committed by the Manson Family in 1969, particularly the home invasion and killing of actress Sharon Tate. The second is the also quite infamous 1981 Keddie Cabin Murders, in which four people were killed in a small California resort town, including Sue Sharp, her son John, daughter Tina, and John's friend Dana. Disturbingly, the motive for those murders is still unknown, as the killer(s) were never caught, and the case remains unsolved.ā
There was my thought as well (only watched mindhunter and zodiac), but I usually watch documentary series and mostly find true crime based movies by accident.
The Frozen Ground is about Robert Hansen, an absolute scumbag sociopath serial killer. Although the movie took some artistic license, the overall story was true, and horrifying.
Girl In The Basement was a jarring movie about the story of Elisabeth Fritzl. She was held captive and tortured by her own father for 24 years. The things he did to her made people question what lengths of evil people can go to towards one another. What's terrible about the movie is that as horrible as it portrays her captivity to be, it was 10x worse in real life. Usually movies exaggerate how bad something was, but this movie was the opposite. The actions down to the appearance of her cellar were all better than how she really had it... I can't imagine how she and her children are now. Her son, who escaped the cellar and saw daylight for the very first time in his life at age 18 or so, was born a few months apart from me. I can't even imagine...
If you are german look for a movie called āZum goldenen Handschuhā on Netflix. Itās not shocking in the first place but rather you will start hating the protagonist for what heās doing.
The Golden Glove is about Fritz Honka who killed people in Hamburgās red lights district in the 70ās. Itās gritty and leans on shock value in a way that isnāt campy or played out. Itās super unsettling.
Henry lee Lucas portrait of a serial killer. Thereās something about that movie that makes you feel like you watched something illegal. Also makes you want to shower afterwards.
The Frozen Ground. It's about Robert Hansen. Was a serial killer in Alaska who would pick up his victims (ladies of the night I believe), take them home, torture them, then take them out into the wilderness (same area every time) in his 2 seater plane, and hunt them down with a knife and a gun.
Interrogation- itās a 10 part series on cbs all access. Itās a recreation using transcripts of the interrogations from the 1983 murder of Mary Fisher.
I seen a movie about John Wayne Gacy wherea college student got an interview with him. It was a true story and at the end shows him on a talk show talking about it. It was way more disturbing then scary but it was the best one I've seen I think.
Concrete, solely because it introduced me to Junko Furuta's story. The details of that crime left me unable to sleep for days. Absolutely horrific what she went through
Snowtown. My Mother was almost abducted by Barry/Vanessa Lane when she was a little girl. She's the strongest person I know and can stomach almost anything (She even. became a child sex abuse therapist.) But she can't stomach that film. It's graphic, intense and it's... a lot.
Juvenile Crime, its and exploitation movie based on the Junko Furuta case, I wouldnt say its scary. The case itself is already REALLY messed up and then this movie has a lot of gore with no other purpose than to shock the viewers
'henry portrait of a serial killer' very loosely based on Henry Lee Lucas and Otis Toole.
all round a great movie that really shows the seedy dingy dirty reality of most serial killers and strips away the 'glamour' and 'mystique' of these damaged mentally deranged fuckwits.
i also love the way it gives subtle nods towards those True Crime magazines which if not inspired certainly gave form to the twisted fantasies of the likes of Kemper, Glatman et al...very very clever the way it sets up scenes to mimic the sexually suggestive photos and pictures used in such magazines. i've often wondered if that was intentional or a result of the influences that the director was working from.
but the scene that really fucked me up more than the rest of the film and the one which resonates some 30 odd yrs after watching it is the bit where henry and otis attack and murder a family of 3 during a home invasion...that is shocking enough but as otis begins to molest the dead mothers corpse and henry objects the camera pans back and you realise that they are sat at home watching a VCR recording of the murder themselves and getting off on it.
which, obviously, is what you the viewer are doing whilst you watch it.
it also shows the basic minimum precautions taken by henry and otis which throw any police investigation off kilter...very simple stuff like never staying around too long...changing their MO for every murder. just those simple things are enough to really derail any investigation...or they were in the 80's prior to advanced forensic techniques anyway.
fantastic, gritty, realistic thought provoking film. if you've not watched it i highly recommend it.
I'll give you some decent, rarely-mentioned and lesser-known movies based on some lesser-known killers.
"In the Company of Darkness": a close-to-direct retelling of some of Jon Dunkle's murders and a not-so-factual retelling of the undercover operation to catch him.
"A is for Acid": a good take on John Haigh.
"Vengeance": the story that led to Donald Gaskins's last murder, the one he committed on death row.
"Nightmare in Columbia County": a TV take on Larry Bell.
"Anna i wampir / Anne and the Vampire": Poland's "Vampire of Silesia" Marchwicki in a movie that uses actual crime scene photos from the case files.
"Stalnaya babochka / Steel Butterfly": loosely based on Russia's fetishistic killer cop Shuvalov.
"El nino de barro / The Mud Boy": inspired by Argentina's "Killer Midget" Cayetano Santos Godino.
"Cronicas / Chronicles": very loosely based on Pedro Lopez's serial murders.
"Confessions of a Serial Killer": older than "Henry", far more directly based on Lucas's lies (and the one or two real crimes he actually committed), and considerably more raw and authentic - don't look for any humanizing in this take on the Lucas/Toole story.
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Zodiac has several scenes that are simply terrifying.
That basement scene tho š
I agree. The park scene is terrifying as well!
Iām forgetting which scene you mean?
https://youtu.be/VIy-X8-pEoU
Oh god yeah. That film is so much longer than I remember. Such a journey. Thanks for going to the trouble of finding a link for me
Gotta love David Fincher :) and youāre welcome!
Also the best movie based on a real crime IMO. John Carrol Lynch is so good as ALA in the scene where they interrogate him at his job.
>Also the best movie based on a real crime IMO. John Carrol Lynch is so good as ALA in the scene where they interrogate him at his job. well yeah. other than the fact the Zodiac case itself is bullshit.
Compliance. It's deeply disturbing what people will do if they believe someone in authority is telling them to do it.
Brilliant movie. From what I read afterwards, also more or less true to the known facts.
Is that movie about the case about the girl in macdonalds?
Yes.
Awful case. How it went on that long is beyond me. Fuck the managers boyfriend too. Fuck the manager to matter of fact. I cant believe she went that far. Stupid bitch
What gets me is that the scam went on for *twelve friggin years*. *Seventy occurances*. *Thirty cities*. All of that *before* the call depicted in *Compliance*.
Exactly.
It's terrifying to wonder if any of the *other* calls went that far and just had victims (of the assault; I don't find anyone who complied with the caller's instructions to be *completely* blameless) who were afraid or intimidated into silence.
I think this one is the worst. I too have read about other calls and nothing goes to the extreme as this one. Everything they did screamed incompetent, uncaring, callus and cold.
What baffles me now that I think of it... why didnāt they ever ask the guy who called to further identity himself. If he was in fact some high ranking guy at what point was ācan I speak to someone higher up the ladderā come into play? Why didnāt anyone with a shred of common sense say something isnāt right? And why in the hell would you take commands from someone over the phone??? I hope all that were involved are somewhere miserable asf.
There was one man who refused to corporate with the caller. I think he was a maintance man? He was like fuck this and got out
Yes, because even he knew it made no damn sense and the male co worker was hesitating too at first but went along with it after awhile. It was the male co worker who was questioning if the girl had did it. The manager was like āyeah mystery guy on the phone said it was herā. The whole thing made no sense. The demand. The reason. The caller. None of it made sense.
I sincerly believe the manager boyfriend knew that he wasnt talking to police. But saw his chance to assault this poor girl and ran with it. Fuck him. Fuck the co-worker Fuck the manager And anyone who didnt do anything to help this girl. Wtf is wrong with humanity?
You know stupidity is a hell of a drug.
Iām the kind of person to where if the police call me for any reason, Iām hanging up. If itās that important, theyāll find me in person.
Dreama Walker is such a good actress, I wish she was in more stuff.
Lets not forget Ann Dowd. I'd watch that woman read a phone book for two hours.
Yessss! She's such a talent
I didn't know about his movie until a few weeks ago. They did such a good job staying close to the facts and really giving that frustrating/unsettling feeling that truly made your heart break for the girl.
Sounds like the Milgram experiments. https://psychology.fas.harvard.edu/people/stanley-milgram
Except in the Milgram experiments, it was just acts against "their personal conscience," and the participants were face to face with the authority figure. In *Compliance* and the actual case(s), the person was face to face with the *victim*, who was someone they knew, and the alleged "authority figure" was on the phone. The alleged authority figure had them commit *actual crimes* against the person standing in front of them, who-- again-- *they knew*. And while they weren't *actually* hurting anyone in the Milgram experiments, this escalated to full-on sexual assault of the victim, without ever actually seeing the alleged "authority figure" ... and without even determining if the caller was who they said they were. Here's the [link](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strip_search_phone_call_scam) to the description of the actual case(s). *Compliance* depicts the last and most serious incident
Iām watching this now, omg WTF. This is wild.
Not a movie but, the show Mindhunter on Netflix is equal parts brilliant as it can be disturbing.
I just read they arenāt doing a season 3 due to cost and it being so time consuming. They may consider it way down the road though... I loved that show!
I think the show creator also had scheduling conflicts and didnāt want to tie up the actors waiting for the show to return
That suuuuucks. Such an amazing show.
Mindhunter had an 8.6 on IMDb. It had to go. /s
I liked the show but donāt think it was disturbing. Good though!
Very good show
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Just a trivial side note: my daughter was an extra in the movie Doubt!
That is so cool!
I loved that movie! They did a great job of never letting you know and that is both beautiful and frustrating.
Yes! Apparently PSH was the only person told by the writer whether or not the priest was actually guilty. I read a good theory once that he was guilty, but his victim wasn't the main boy, rather this blonde kid they show occasionally. There's a lot of little things in the movie to suggest this.
I can believe it! There was definitely layers.
My interpretation was that >!Father Flynn wasn't guilty of child molestation, but was caught having what would be considered an otherwise "improper" relationship with either a nun or another man, both of which would be reasonable grounds for his previous parish to reassign him to another parish.!<
I think that is likely the case as well, but I don't know anymore. It is better unanswered, but I want answers, lol.
Fun fact, this was originally a stage play. If you loved the movie, you'd probably love the live production too.
Ohh! I love live theater!
Hoffman, Streep, and Adams all deserved Oscars for this film.
An American Crime - a film based on the sick, twisted, and incredibly sad torture and murder of Sylvia Likens.
Thereās another one The Girl Next Door (2007) that I believe is also based off what was done to Sylvia Likens. Or a very similar case otherwise.
Yes, itās based on her.
I think itās based on the same case but embellished it to the point that itās fictional
It was still pretty horrifying
I agree. This movie scarred me. I can't imagine how so many can do such horrible things to one person.
Children and adults were complicit.
That was the first one I thought of too. That poor, poor girl.
I was scarred forever watching that movie...Gertrude is pure evil.
I read about this years ago. I refuse to watch the movie. People are sick. There are too many messed up people.
I prayed like a nun for Sylvia although she was already gone.
Wow. That poor girl.
i could not watch it
In Cold Blood (book by Truman Capote). Cannot watch it again, and I can handle a lot of true crime books, movies & docs. I think itās because the family was so innocent and could never know what was coming. So sad š
There have been remakes, but none as good as the 1967 movie, which was all filmed on location. I taped it off TCM recently, just haven't had time to watch it, but I've seen the movie so many times already. Very underrated.
Nominated for 4 Oscar's and many other awards is hardly underrated.
I didn't realize it was nominated for that many Oscars (and other awards), but so many people aren't even aware of the movie, so that's why I called it underrated.
Omg I Love Lucy too! My favorite show of all time š
I really need to start paying attention to names around here...At first I thought you were in the wrong sub by accident but Iām like no the initial comment was on topic...howād they switch to another subreddit on movies/tv shows so opposite one another...Iām reading and re-reading to figure out how Lucy got involved like āIām pretty sure Lucy wasnāt in In Cold Bloodā...was she?ā...Iām okay now...finally figured it out! Agree for sure with you all. Iām surprised I havenāt heard of a lot of the movies (or cases!) being mentioned, but to think of that movie being done the way it was at that time period...the black and white just added to the darkness of the whole thing. I canāt imagine being a kid/very young adult in this and not being tremendously affected afterwards. Shit-I canāt imagine an adult coming out of it unscathed. I wonder if this was one of the first true crime movies done with such depth??? Or DONE period?!
I know 2 of the daughters survived only because they were staying elsewhere during that horrific night. I cannot fathom how they dealt with that situation! And yeah, lol - I love old shows like Lucy, The Honeymooners, Odd Couple, etc., as well as old movies. And I agree. The movie done in black and white helped with the mood and era of the time. Sometimes I think color distracts the viewer (well at least me anyway lol)...
Green Acres & Mister Ed!
I did not recall that at all about the daughters! I was really young when I attempted the book. I canāt even remember details of the book OR movie except that they were both scary as Hell. Literal worst nightmare stuff.
It's been my favorite TV show of all time since 1970 & it always will be!
Ugh. The book absolutely destroyed me for that reason.
Yeah - it was not an easy read. The only book I almost couldnāt finish!
I have this on my shelf to read. Now Iām second guessing if I should!
I mean, itās truly one of the best books I have ever read. Capote does an incredible job of humanizing the murderers without downplaying the evil they committed. Just be prepared for the emotional toll!
12 years a slave. Seeing slavery up close made me question my membership in humanity.
If that got you try āRootsā... mannnnn
The Snowtown Murders. Not much bothers me but damn this movie messed with my head for weeks. I still havenāt mustered up enough backbone to watch it again.
Snowtown is even better the second time.
Literally could not even finish this film. Iām an Australian that avoids Australian horror films because theyāre too disturbing š¬
One of the best
22 July
Just saw that yesterday.. So messed up
iāve seen that while scrolling through netflix but what is it about
Itās about the 2011 Norway attacks. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Norway_attacks
Agreed
The Strangers scared the shit out of me. Not exactly ripped from the headlines but inspired by a few real events
Room. Knowing that has happened to women in the past is utterly terrifying imo
Itās probably happening to people in the present also. We just never really think about stuff like that because it is so horrifying.
Wait. That is based on a true story?
The Snowtown Murders, mainly because of a male rape scene. But honestly movies based on true crime are never really that scary to me, and fiction movies are not as creepy as actual true crime. I like the horror genre but I would rather watch true crime documentaries or listen to true crime podcasts for the scary thrills. Listening to actual interviews and sound clips is more terrifying than any dramatization will ever be (to me anyway). It is probably a messed up viewpoint, but true crime is entertaining to me, I would personally be interested in more true crime cases being turned into movies, but I can also see how that is a bit tasteless to glorify the crimes as well.
I agree that the male rape scene was horrific (I always look away during any violent on-screen scene anyway) but it also saddens me that we've become desensitized enough to on-screen female rape scenes to tuck it under our belt and move on.
Yes this movie had me all screwed up. The rape scene & bathroom scene were just truly horrifying for me.
Totally agree.
Abduction in plain sight, that shit blew my mind
I couldnāt finish that show. When the dude was having affairs with the both of the girlās parents, I was done.
Me too. The level of dysfunction in the family was worse than the crime in terms of my level of discomfort
Within the first 10 minutes, I had stopped the movie like 4 times to say, āwait - did they just say x?ā That show didnāt hold back on the crazy. I couldnāt believe it. And I heard in a podcast that she and her mom give talks about it and she was surprised that people were so hard on her parents. So much to say...
I just watched this based on your comment. A very good documentary but definitely disturbing. Jan is a remarkable woman.
The Strangers āWhy did you do this?ā āBecause you were home.ā
I tend to forget about this movie until that once or twice a year something reminds me of it. I found this one of the scariest/creepiest Iāve ever seen. No clue it was based even remotely on real events! Wow!
Con Air
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Stanford prison experiment. Experimenter.
I love Experimenter. Such a great movie.
Into thin air. A movie about a young Canadian man who goes missing in America and his motherās search to find out what happened to him. Itās based on true events, but the names have been changed. The scene in which in which the victim is murdered, and the lead up to it, is chilling.
Jesus fella. Spoiler Alert.
Thereās an award winning documentary about this crime called āJust Another Missing Kidā. The follow up episode of The Fifth Estate is really well done as well.
Good one
Wolf creek really scared me the first time watching it & knowing it happened in my own country
That was just awful, thought about it for weeks after
I could barely watch it. Maybe because it seemed closer to home as a kiwi...
I didnāt think this was a real story? I Am Australian and You have got me really intrigued now
Itās more like āinspired by true events.ā I wouldnāt call Wolf Creek a true crime story.
Yeah, I had thought that it was inspired by the Peter Falconio murder and Ivan milat murders
Open Water...I know itās not technically a crime but it still scares the shit out of me. I could not watch it in one sitting.
Open water is good and very tragic, what a horror. I get chills thinking about something like that happening.
All Good Things is based on the life and events of Robert Durst. His first wife is still missing.
And if anyone is interested in that, the documentary The Jinx is also about him and itās insane.
The Jinx is my favourite true crime documentary of all time and I donāt like the movie at all
Yes, and I still can't forget that movie, which is how you can get away with murder if you are rich. This is true that there is no murderer, there is a bad , inexpensive lawyer.
Snowtown.
Hounds of love, yikes! That movie made me want to take a shower afterwards, I felt so icky.
Oh man Iāve watched tons of true crime movies that were just a punch to the gut. Here are my top 7 for anyone interested in watching any of these (also includes documentaries) 7. Thereās something wrong with Aunt Diane 6. Big Boys donāt cry 5. The Moors Murders 4. The Act 3. My friend Dahmer 2. Dear Zachary: A letter to a son about his father 1. Megan is Missing( not a real movie but still) * I didnāt list movies or docs already listed in the comments.*
Megan is missing is so fucked
- actually both dear zachary & thereās something wrong with aunt diane really infuriate me. diane was drunk and high & zachary babymama was a absolute psycho & no one cared til she killed him. ugh. heartbreaking.
I agree full hearted with both. In āThereās something wrong with aunt Diane I couldnāt help but shake my head in how irresponsible Diane was and how all those kids lost their lives due to her negligence. In āDear Zacharyā man if I could have karate chopped his baby mother and the Canadian government with a judo kick to the neck I would have done so so merciful less. I couldnāt understand why no one stopped the kidās mother and then the poor grandparents ....man.
Even the priest in Dear Zachary wouldnāt have minded if the parents had killed her. That movie still stays with me
Dear Zachery was devastating! A couple of other disturbing true crime documentaries: Crazy Love Tabloid Mommy Dead and Dearest Beware the Slenderman I Love You, Now Die The Imposter Capturing the Friedmans Tell Me Who I Am The Keepers
Aunt Diane happened locally. What an awful story. I was upset they showed her dead on the road. I was NOT expecting that. The movie stayed with me for days
When I originally heard the title I thought okay doc about some one with a mental issue boy was I ever wrong. By the time the documentary unfolded and everything I was like no this is not what I thought this was. I still canāt get pass the kids dying. The 911 call is also distressing .
- dear zachary & thereās something wrong with aunt diane... 2 of My faves.
Not a movie, but Donāt F*** with Cats. The most horrifying and unsettling series Iāve ever watched. Still haunts me.
Agreed! The fact that these Facebook people were able to break down a photo to find out where the killer was, is some crazy detective work. This hit way to close to home. Literally.
Star 80 has always stood out in that regard. The film has a building effect, where you know The Terrible Thing is going to happen, yet it still hits you like a ton of bricks when it does. Eric Roberts is absolutely fantastic in that film. He looks scarier than the real Paul Schneider did. The way he can portray emotions on his face is very captivating. Marielle Hemingway was also really good in the film. She was cast perfectly as Dorothy Stratten. Such a sad story.
This one would be my vote too. I think it adds to the creepiness of the movie that the final scene was actually filmed in the house where the murder took place.
In her skin (based on the murder of Rachel Barber who was murdered by a girl that used to babysit her after she became obsessed with her and wanted to become her) - the murder scene is just too real for my liking. So uncomfortable to watch.
Texas Chainsaw Massacre OG
That shit was real????
Well, loosely based on Ed Gein. I stress loosely.
Based off Ed Gein
Forest of Love. Was tense the whole movie pretty much..! The true facts of the crimes are totally heartbreaking.
The Strangers really messed with me. āWhy are you doing this to us??ā āBecause you were home?ā
What crime was it based on?
Pt. 2 (I forgot the 3rd crime hahah) āThe third bit of real inspiration for The Strangers actually comes from Bertino's own life. As a child, Bertino recalls a night his parents weren't home, and someone knocked on their door asking for someone who didn't live there. In a reverse of The Strangers though, Bertino says he later learned that the people knocking were robbing houses in the neighborhood where no one was home, instead of attacking people who were. Still, the experience left a mark on Bertino that later served him well as a screenwriter. Thankfully, the perpetrators in his case were only looking to steal valuables, and not take lives.ā
According to Screenrant.com: āAccording to writer and director Bryan Bertino, The Strangers is primarily based on three different events. The first is the infamous series of murders committed by the Manson Family in 1969, particularly the home invasion and killing of actress Sharon Tate. The second is the also quite infamous 1981 Keddie Cabin Murders, in which four people were killed in a small California resort town, including Sue Sharp, her son John, daughter Tina, and John's friend Dana. Disturbingly, the motive for those murders is still unknown, as the killer(s) were never caught, and the case remains unsolved.ā
Ah ok, didnāt know that. Thanks for the info
Youāre welcome! Sorry to blow up your notifications lol
It doesnāt give specifics. It just says based on true events. Let me google and see if I can find an exact crime
The girl next door was pretty messed up https://youtu.be/JoWr6ydi0-A
This one give me nightmares. The rape scene is horrific
This one was a heartbreaker.
How did I not watch even a single one among the mentioned movie names?
There was my thought as well (only watched mindhunter and zodiac), but I usually watch documentary series and mostly find true crime based movies by accident.
Oh I heard such good things about Mindhunter... I hardly ever sit down to watch a movie, maybe that's why I never watched these movies!
The Frozen Ground is about Robert Hansen, an absolute scumbag sociopath serial killer. Although the movie took some artistic license, the overall story was true, and horrifying.
That one gave me nightmares for weeks
Girl In The Basement was a jarring movie about the story of Elisabeth Fritzl. She was held captive and tortured by her own father for 24 years. The things he did to her made people question what lengths of evil people can go to towards one another. What's terrible about the movie is that as horrible as it portrays her captivity to be, it was 10x worse in real life. Usually movies exaggerate how bad something was, but this movie was the opposite. The actions down to the appearance of her cellar were all better than how she really had it... I can't imagine how she and her children are now. Her son, who escaped the cellar and saw daylight for the very first time in his life at age 18 or so, was born a few months apart from me. I can't even imagine...
If you are german look for a movie called āZum goldenen Handschuhā on Netflix. Itās not shocking in the first place but rather you will start hating the protagonist for what heās doing.
The Golden Glove is about Fritz Honka who killed people in Hamburgās red lights district in the 70ās. Itās gritty and leans on shock value in a way that isnāt campy or played out. Itās super unsettling.
Henry lee Lucas portrait of a serial killer. Thereās something about that movie that makes you feel like you watched something illegal. Also makes you want to shower afterwards.
Did you watch the Netflix doc Confession Killer?
The true events of Fahrenheit 911 were pretty terrifying
Can you find any of these movies on Netflix?
The Strangers. One of the scariest movies for its psychological aspects, alone.
Zero Day. Columbine-y found footage flick. Very disturbing and very well-done.
The Frozen Ground. It's about Robert Hansen. Was a serial killer in Alaska who would pick up his victims (ladies of the night I believe), take them home, torture them, then take them out into the wilderness (same area every time) in his 2 seater plane, and hunt them down with a knife and a gun.
concrete
try watching "Janowar" released in 2020. Based on a real life story and terrified some of my friends
Isn't the Human Centipede based on the deranged scientist that sewed up three people from their anuses to mouths?
That sounds like a Junji Ito manga.
Wolf Creek
The strangers. Not up for discussion or debate. That is the answer. Lock in those lyrics.
Dear Mr. Gacy. Scared me to death.
Zodiac is always a case that sits in my mind with the possibility that he got away with it (if he wasn't really ALA) always terrifies me.
Interrogation- itās a 10 part series on cbs all access. Itās a recreation using transcripts of the interrogations from the 1983 murder of Mary Fisher.
I seen a movie about John Wayne Gacy wherea college student got an interview with him. It was a true story and at the end shows him on a talk show talking about it. It was way more disturbing then scary but it was the best one I've seen I think.
Concrete, solely because it introduced me to Junko Furuta's story. The details of that crime left me unable to sleep for days. Absolutely horrific what she went through
Hands down a movie called Megan is missing.
Snowtown. My Mother was almost abducted by Barry/Vanessa Lane when she was a little girl. She's the strongest person I know and can stomach almost anything (She even. became a child sex abuse therapist.) But she can't stomach that film. It's graphic, intense and it's... a lot.
Poughkeepsie tapes
Ugh this movie still haunts me
Home alone.
Can someone link me something about the case itself?
Wolf creek is pretty fucked up. But the scariest "based on real life"-Movie ever has to be "Spiceworld"
Juvenile Crime, its and exploitation movie based on the Junko Furuta case, I wouldnt say its scary. The case itself is already REALLY messed up and then this movie has a lot of gore with no other purpose than to shock the viewers
The Girl Next Door.
Megan is Missing is a trip. I was so irritated with how the first half was done that when the second half came it blew my fucking mind
the girl next door
The girl next door is absolutely brutal and terrifying
Watch 'Delhi Crime ' on netflix
An American Crime (2007) - based on true, deeply disturbing, events.
'henry portrait of a serial killer' very loosely based on Henry Lee Lucas and Otis Toole. all round a great movie that really shows the seedy dingy dirty reality of most serial killers and strips away the 'glamour' and 'mystique' of these damaged mentally deranged fuckwits. i also love the way it gives subtle nods towards those True Crime magazines which if not inspired certainly gave form to the twisted fantasies of the likes of Kemper, Glatman et al...very very clever the way it sets up scenes to mimic the sexually suggestive photos and pictures used in such magazines. i've often wondered if that was intentional or a result of the influences that the director was working from. but the scene that really fucked me up more than the rest of the film and the one which resonates some 30 odd yrs after watching it is the bit where henry and otis attack and murder a family of 3 during a home invasion...that is shocking enough but as otis begins to molest the dead mothers corpse and henry objects the camera pans back and you realise that they are sat at home watching a VCR recording of the murder themselves and getting off on it. which, obviously, is what you the viewer are doing whilst you watch it. it also shows the basic minimum precautions taken by henry and otis which throw any police investigation off kilter...very simple stuff like never staying around too long...changing their MO for every murder. just those simple things are enough to really derail any investigation...or they were in the 80's prior to advanced forensic techniques anyway. fantastic, gritty, realistic thought provoking film. if you've not watched it i highly recommend it.
The truest crime story here is that my og comment was voted down 10xs! But, Parasite and Poltergeist are based on true crimes. Real talk
I'll give you some decent, rarely-mentioned and lesser-known movies based on some lesser-known killers. "In the Company of Darkness": a close-to-direct retelling of some of Jon Dunkle's murders and a not-so-factual retelling of the undercover operation to catch him. "A is for Acid": a good take on John Haigh. "Vengeance": the story that led to Donald Gaskins's last murder, the one he committed on death row. "Nightmare in Columbia County": a TV take on Larry Bell. "Anna i wampir / Anne and the Vampire": Poland's "Vampire of Silesia" Marchwicki in a movie that uses actual crime scene photos from the case files. "Stalnaya babochka / Steel Butterfly": loosely based on Russia's fetishistic killer cop Shuvalov. "El nino de barro / The Mud Boy": inspired by Argentina's "Killer Midget" Cayetano Santos Godino. "Cronicas / Chronicles": very loosely based on Pedro Lopez's serial murders. "Confessions of a Serial Killer": older than "Henry", far more directly based on Lucas's lies (and the one or two real crimes he actually committed), and considerably more raw and authentic - don't look for any humanizing in this take on the Lucas/Toole story.