20 Horror movies adapted from real incidents

Annabelle (2014) | Image Source: New Line Cinema
Annabelle (2014) | Image Source: New Line Cinema

8. The Girl Next Door (2007)

The Girl Next Door (2007) | Image Source: The Weinstein Company
The Girl Next Door (2007) | Image Source: The Weinstein Company

Based on the gruesome real-life torture and murder of Sylvia Likens in 1965, The Girl Next Door explores the tragic and cruel abuse she suffered while residing with the Baniszewski family. The movie portrays the gruesome physical and emotional torture Sylvia underwent right before her death, leaving the nation in shock. Though the film dramatizes some of the facts, the viciousness of the actual crime is retained in the film, which has been a chilling reminder of the human evil that is capable of such acts.

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