20 Horror movies adapted from real incidents

Modified Dec 25, 2024 06:19 ET

Annabelle (2014) | Image Source: New Line Cinema

9. Wolf Creek (2005)

Wolf Creek (2005) | Image Source: Dimension Films

Wolf Creek is influenced by an actual Australian serial murderer known as Ivan Milat. Ivan Milat committed serial killings on unsuspecting backpackers in the Australian countryside in the 1990s.

The film revolves around the travellers who are taken in by a psychopath when exploring the Australian outback. This is, of course, a horror story, fictionalized for sure, but it is steeped in the awful facts of real crimes. The gritty realism makes it a darling of survival horror buffs.