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      • From Academy Award-winning fare like 1991's The Silence of the Lambs to grindhouse features like The Texas Chain Saw Massacre from 1974, serial killer movies based on true stories have been a mainstay of our culture for decades.
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    • Zodiac (2007) The Zodiac Killer is one of the most prolific unsolved serial killer cases in America. The self-named Zodiac Killer has five confirmed kills and seven confirmed victims.
    • Monster (2003) "Monster" depicts the unsettling crimes of American female serial killer Aileen Wuornos. She was a sex worker in Florida, and committed a series of murders in 1989.
    • The Silence of the Lambs (1991) "Hello, Clarice." Any true crime (or horror) fan will hear Hannibal Lecter's (Anthony Hopkins') voice uttering those famous words, even if they have yet to view this iconic film.
    • No Man Of God (2021) 'No Man of God' chronicles the relationship between FBI profiler Bill Hagmaier (Elijah Wood), and serial killer Ted Bundy (Luke Kirby).
  2. Mar 2, 2023 · One of the most terrifying things about some scary movies is when they claim to be based on true stories. Here are some ranked by critics and fans.

    • Are serial killer movies based on True Stories?1
    • Are serial killer movies based on True Stories?2
    • Are serial killer movies based on True Stories?3
  3. Aug 27, 2023 · From "Monster" to "Dahmer" to "The Texas Chain Saw Massacre," some of history's scariest serial killer movies were based on even more terrifying true stories. From "Psycho" to "Zodiac," these serial killer movies will freak you out — because they're based on real life.

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    • 23 Wolf Creek
    • 22 The Night Stalker
    • 21 Next Time I'll Aim For The Heart
    • 20 Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil, and Vile
    • 19 The Clovehitch Killer
    • 18 No Man of God
    • 17 The Strangers
    • 16 The Frozen Ground
    • 15 Scream
    • 14 10 Rillington Place

    Inspired by the backpacker murders that were committed by Ivan Milat in Australia from 1989 to 1993, the engrossing horror film Wolf Creek focuses on three backpackers in the Australian outback who are targeted by a sadistic serial killer after offering to help the trio when they become stranded at Wolf Creek crater. The slasher's antagonist, Mick ...

    Lou Diamond Phillips delivers a downright chilling performance as notorious serial killer Richard Ramirez in The Night Stalker, which centers on the efforts of a fictional lawyer to get Ramirez to confess to a murder another man has been convicted and sentenced to death for. The drama serves as an overview of the killer's heinous and violent crime ...

    Next Time I'll Aim for the Heartis a hidden gem in this list. Hidden, mostly because of its lack of availability to the global audience. Cedric Anger's take on Alain Lamare and his crimes portrays a shocking picture of just how often people get away with their wrongdoings in plain sight just because nobody stops to take a second look at things. Lam...

    Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil, and Vile follow Liz Kendall (Lily Collins), a single mother who believes she has found the man of her dreams. Her whole world is turned upside-down when he's put on trial for a series of grisly murders. Adamant that he is innocent, Ted Bundy (Zac Efron) defends himself in America's first nationally televised trial...

    Inspired by the life and crimes of Dennis Rader, the Kansas serial killer who deemed himself BTK (for "bind, torture, kill"), the coming-of-age thriller The Clovehitch Killer focuses on a 16-year-old boy who makes the chilling realization that his seemingly picture-perfect family may not be all it seems when he suspects his father is a violent kill...

    Speaking of Ted Bundy, No Man of Godalso centers on the killer who, in 1980, was sentenced to death by electrocution. In the following years, he agreed to share the details of his crimes, but only with one man, Bill Hagmaier (Elijah Wood). The movie is based on the true story of the bizarre and complex relationship that formed between an FBI agent ...

    Although it started off as low-rated and critically ignored when it was first released in theaters, Bryan Bertino's The Strangershas since become a significant cult classic in the true crime genre. What makes this movie so unique is that it is based on two different heinous activities that shook people. One of them being the Manson family murders a...

    The Frozen Ground is a thriller based on real-life serial killer Robert Hansen, a.k.a. the Butcher Baker. Hansen abducted, sexually assaulted, and murdered 17 women in and around Anchorage, Alaska, between 1971 and 1983. Hansen would turn his victims loose in the secluded Alaskan wilderness and hunt them down with a Ruger Mini-14 and a knife. He ma...

    Wes Craven's iconic '90s slasher Scream completely took the world by storm when audiences watched in horror as Hollywood It-Girl Drew Barrymore was brutally murdered by the terrifying Ghostface in the opening scene of the cult classic. In the highly-influential film, teenager Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell) and her fellow friends and high school st...

    Based on the story of John Christie, a British serial killer who has murdered eight people, this film focuses on how he lured women and strangled them to death at his flat, 10 Rillington Place. Richard Fleischer ensures that the reality of Christie's crimes is reflected through the film. An important factor in this particular film is that it also f...

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  4. "Out of the Darkness" is a gripping thriller telling the true story of the hunt and capture of David Berkowitz, a.k.a. "Son of Sam" - the infamous serial killer who stalked New York City in the 1970s.

  5. Jun 27, 2022 · These are the best serial killer movies to watch right now on Netflix, Hulu, HBO and more, including true stories like Zodiac, Jeffrey Dahmer and Ted Bundy.

  6. Apr 17, 2022 · These outstanding films based on true events tackle that tricky subject matter. RELATED: 9 Best Fictional Films & Shows Based On Real-Life Crimes