20 movies based on real-life serial killers

Woman of the Hour (2024) | Image Source: Anna kendrick/Instagram
Woman of the Hour (2024) | Image Source: Anna kendrick/Instagram

11) Scream (1996)

Scream (1996) | Image Source: Dimension Films
Scream (1996) | Image Source: Dimension Films

Wes Craven's Scream revitalized the slasher genre, but it's not a well-known fact that it related to actual events. The film was an inspiration by the Gainesville Ripper, Danny Rolling, who killed five students in Florida in 1990. Scream combines self-aware humor with legitimate scares to make a great meta-horror masterpiece. Ghostface, the masked killer of horror legend, became a cult phenomenon. With Neve Campbell and Courteney Cox, it breathed new life into horror movies with a combination of humor and fright.

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Edited by Tanisha Aggarwal
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