IT'S TRUE!! IT'S TRUE by: Zombie Zane

YEP-YEP-YEP-YEP let’s do this motherfucker! Zombie Zane here one more time from the seven six one oh seven. Hope all is well wherever you may dwell. Hey, that rhymed. I rule. Okay, this week at Dead End Horror, My partner in crime the lovely Sasha Slaughter and myself will be talking about true story horror movies. Sasha has written a kick ass article on the story of Sylvia Likens. Those events inspired the book and the movie, ‘THE GIRL NEXT DOOR.’ Which by the way is some of Jack Ketchum’s shit. If you’re unfamiliar with him and the story of Sylvia Likens, then you should look into it. It’s not an easy film (or book) for that matter to watch/read but it is horror in it’s absolute. As for me, I’m gonna be listing a few of my favorite true story horror films and writing a review on ‘HENRY: PORTRAIT OF A SERIAL KILLER.’ Yeah, I know we did serial killer shit last week, but this film is based on a true story and it’s on Netflix So there ya go. Ok, enough foreplay, let’s get to my list.

ZOMBIE ZANE’S FAVORITE TRUE STORY HORROR MOVIES

The first movie on my list is PSYCHO (1968). By now everybody knows the plot of this film. If not, egads and yikes you suck and are a total tool. But did you know that the character Norman Bates was inspired by serial killer Ed Gein? Mr. Ed was all about digging up the graves of women who reminded him of his dead mother. He also made a woman suit out of their skin. He was arrested in 1957 for killing two people and spent the rest of his life in a puzzle factory.

The next film to make my list of fav’s is, ‘JAWS.’ That’s right, the 70's classic about a 25 foot killer shark. Again, the plot is well-known so I’ll skip that part. This film was inspired by a series of shark attacks that plagued the Jersey shore over a two week period in the early 1900's. (1916 to be exact.) During the a 12 day span, 5 people were attacked, 4 bit the dust. A seven foot great white shark was captured and in it’s stomach were human remains. (Cue up the Jaws theme song!)

Ok, what about this film? Ever seen the movie ‘DEAD RINGERS?’ This 1988 horror film is about twin OBGYN’S that like to share women. Beverly, the more sensitive of the twins, falls in love with their latest ‘toy’ and when she finds out what the twins have been doing, she shit-cans them both sending Beverly into a downward spiral of drug abuse and dragging his brother down with him. Now here’s what really happened....In 1975 the rotted and emaciated bodies of twin OBGYN’S Stewart and Cyril Marcus were found in their apartment. The cause of death was an extreme withdrawal due to an addiction of barbiturates. It’s unknown to what lead to their horrible state.

Here’s another great horror film that was inspired by true events. THE HILLS HAVE EYES (1977). This film is about a family of violent cannibals who terrorize a vacationing family traveling in an RV across the desert. This film was inspired by the legend of one Alexander Bean. Bean was the head of a 40 person clan that killed and munched over 1000 people. However, as cool as that sounds, most historians really don’t believe that Bean ever existed. As for me, I don’t know if he did or didn’t. And honestly I don’t give shit number one. It’s a cool fuckin’ story though huh?

Obie Kaybe. The last movie on my list, and the one that Sasha and I are gonna review is one of my all time favorite films. Ever heard of the movie, ‘HENRY : PORTRAIT OF A SERIAL KILLER.?’ This 1986 film is about a serial killer named Henry who, with the help of his roommate Otis kills hundreds of people. Neato huh? The film was inspired by serial killer Henry Lee Lucas. The film is really based more on Lucas’s accountants rather than cold hard facts. Lucas confessed to over 600 killings. (He did that to improve his conditions while in custody.) Lucas was found guilty on 11 counts of murder and spent the rest of his life in the big house.

Well, there you go. Some of my favorite true story horror films. Be sure and check out Sasha’s stuff as well. Until next time, take care, stay a-scared and I am out.