Behind the Horror
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Dr. Lee Mellor
Uncover the twisted tales that inspired the big screen's greatest screams.Which case of demonic possession inspired The Exorcist? What horrifying front-page story generated the idea for A Nightmare on Elm Street? Which film was based on the infamous skin-wearing murderer Ed Gein?Unearth the terrifying and true tales behind some of the scariest Horror movies to ever haunt our screens, including the Enfield poltergeist case that was retold in The Conjuring 2 and the serial killers who inspired Hannibal Lecter in The Silence of the Lambs.Behind the Horror dissects these and other bizarre tales to reveal haunting real-life stories of abduction, disappearance, murder, and exorcism.
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Author
Dr. Lee Mellor
Pages
288
Publisher
Penguin
Published Date
2020-07-28
ISBN
0744030919 9780744030914
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"I really enjoyed reading this book ! I’m a big horror movie fan so finding out which movies have truth behind them and which don’t was pretty interesting and kept me on my toes. I rate this book 8/10 . I really enjoyed it and loved that it had pictures and everything was so well described. "
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