Movies You Had No Idea Are Based On Insane True Stories

Not all of the films that we know and love in Hollywood come from someone’s imagination. In fact, there are quite a few movies that come from absolutely true stories. You probably just assumed that it looked like an awesome flick, and didn’t twice about it.

But these films found their inspiration in some insane real life events that prove truth is stranger than fiction.

Hostel

The film followed a group of friends who are backpacking across Europe. But a hostel full of beautiful girls, end up leading to a deadly game where people pay to kill someone.

Director Eli Roth actually discovered there was an underground practice where people paid $10k to kill someone.

The Hills Have Eyes

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A family’s car breaks down in an area inhabited by deformed savages, who are also cannibals. They attack the family and turn them into lunch.

In real life, Scotsman Alexander Bean led 40 men, who lived in caves, and ate over a thousand people in the 15th century.

Psycho

Of all the movies that are based on true stories, you’re probably familiar with this one. Norman Bates kept his dead mother’s corpse, and assumed her identity.

In real life, murderer Ed Gein from Wisconsin was arrested in 1957 for digging up women’s corpses who reminded him of his dead mother.

50 First Dates

Drew Barrymore plays a woman who forgets everything she did the day before, hence why she deals with the pain of dating Adam Sandler.

In real life, a woman named Michelle Philpot has had the same problem for the last 20 years and uses Post-It notes to remember things.