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'Annabelle' (2014) - The makers of 'The Conjuring' (2013) released this film due to the interest generated by the doll in the 2013 film.

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'Annabelle' (2014) - This film is based on the real life investigation by Ed and Lorraine Warren, who believed that a doll was possessed by an evil spirit.

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'Eaten Alive' (1976) - The owner of a hotel kills a number of different people who irritate him, and feeds their bodies to his pet crocodile.

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'Eaten Alive' (1976) - The film is based on the true story of Joe Ball, a serial killer who murdered more than 20 women in the 1930s. He supposedly fed the bodies to his crocodiles.

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'The Amityville Horror' (1979) - A couple move house, to a place that was the location of multiple homicides. They then experience a series of paranormal events.

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'The Amityville Horror' (2005) - A series of films have been made about the story, which happened to the Lutz family. They moved to the Amityville house in 1975 and were subsequently beset with a series of supernatural occurrences.

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'The Conjuring' (2013) - The film is based on the real events experienced by Ed and Lorraine Warren, who investigated paranormal activity.

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'The Conjuring' (2013) - Many points of the film are based on fact, which has resulted in a number of law suits for those who made it.

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'The Exorcist' (1973) - A girl is possessed by an evil spirit, and so her mother asks for help from two priests.

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'The Exorcist' (1973) - The film is inspired by a book by the same name, which itself was based on a real exorcism which happened in 1949.

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'The Haunting in Connecticut' (2009) - A family are hit by a series of paranormal events in their new house.

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'The Haunting in Connecticut' (2009) - This is based on the true story of Al and Carmen Snedeker, who bought a house which was previously used as a funeral parlor. Many paranormal events depicted in the film actually happened.

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'The Possession' (2012) - A young girl buys an old box at a yard sale, not knowing that there is actually a spirit trapped inside it.

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'The Possession' (2012) - The film is inspired by tales about a 'dybukk' box, which holds spirits. The box was later sold on Ebay.

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'The Silence of the Lambs' (1991) - In order to catch a serial killer that skins his victims, a young FBI agent seeks the help of another imprisoned murderer.

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'The Silence of the Lambs' (1991) - Some writers are inspired by true stories, as was the case for serial killer Ed Gein.

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'The Strangers' (2008) - A young couple spends their holidays in an isolated house and is terrorized by a family of three.

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'The Strangers' (2008) - The creators of the film were inspired by the real life killings committed by Charles Manson in the 60s. Manson and his family committed a number of homicides.

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'The Texas Chainsaw Massacre' (2003) - A group of five friends are hunted down by a disfigured man with a chainsaw.

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'The Texas Chainsaw Massacre' (2003) - The film was inspired by the true story of Ed Gein, a serial killer who had made nine masks out of human skin by the time he was caught.

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'The Hills Have Eyes' (2006) - 'Wrong Turn' (2003) - Both films have slightly different story lines, though they both end with people being hunted down and eaten by a family of cannibals, in an isolated area.

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'The Hills Have Eyes' (2006) - 'Wrong Turn' (2003) - The plot of this movie is similar to a story about a Scottish family in the 15th century who ate hundreds of people. Sawney Bean, the family patriarch, was executed.

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'Zodiac' (2007) - The film tells the story of a cartoonist who is obsessed with solving the case of the zodiac killer.

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'Zodiac' (2007) - The zodiac killer terrorized California in the 60s and 70s. 5 murders are confirmed to have been his, and the killer is suspected of having been involved in a further 23. He sent letters to the press, but his identity was never discovered.

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'The Exorcism of Emily Rose' (2005) - In the film a lawyer defends a priest who is accused of negligent homicide after carrying out an exorcism.

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'The Exorcism of Emily Rose' (2005) -

The story is based upon the supposed possession of Anneliese Michel, who was known for having been subject to various exorcisms over almost an entire year.

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