Movies that are not really true
by becca141 | created - 12 Mar 2012 | updated - 6 months ago | PublicThis is a list of mockumentaries and movies that claim to be based on or inspired by a true story but are not true at all.
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1. Paranormal Activity (2007)
R | 86 min | Horror, Mystery
After moving into a suburban home, a couple becomes increasingly disturbed by a nightly demonic presence.
Director: Oren Peli | Stars: Katie Featherston, Micah Sloat, Mark Fredrichs, Amber Armstrong
Votes: 256,344 | Gross: $107.92M
2. Paranormal Activity 3 (2011)
R | 83 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
In 1988, young sisters Katie and Kristi befriend an invisible entity called Toby, who resides in their home.
Directors: Henry Joost, Ariel Schulman | Stars: Chloe Csengery, Jessica Tyler Brown, Christopher Nicholas Smith, Lauren Bittner
Votes: 99,789 | Gross: $104.01M
3. Paranormal Activity 2 (2010)
R | 91 min | Horror, Mystery
After experiencing what they think are a series of "break-ins", a family sets up security cameras around their home, only to realize that the events unfolding before them are more sinister than they seem.
Director: Tod Williams | Stars: Katie Featherston, Micah Sloat, Molly Ephraim, David Bierend
Votes: 109,923 | Gross: $84.75M
4. Paranormal Entity (2009 Video)
Not Rated | 88 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Prepare to see what is allegedly the "actual footage" of the supernatural events leading up to the 2008 murder of Samantha Finley. Released against the wishes of the authorities, this D.V.D... See full summary »
Director: Shane Van Dyke | Stars: Erin Marie Hogan, Fia Perera, Norman Saleet, Shane Van Dyke
Votes: 5,072
5. In the Dark (II) (2004)
100 min | Horror
In 1984, a hidden crime became a deep, dark secret between friends. Five years later, on Halloween night 1989, the secret got out. Here is the actual footage of the events of October 31 and... See full summary »
Director: Marc Cinquanta | Stars: Marc Cinquanta, Matt Cinquanta, Atom Gorelick, Mara Marini
Votes: 136
This one fooled me, I really thought it was true for a while.
6. Haunting of Winchester House (2009 Video)
Not Rated | 86 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A family moves in to look after the Winchester mansion for a few months, and soon find themselves terrorized by vengeful spirits. With the help of a paranormal investigator they'll unravel the mystery of the house.
Director: Mark Atkins | Stars: Lira Kellerman, Michael Holmes, Tomas Boykin, Kimberly Ables Jindra
Votes: 1,439
7. Apollo 18 (2011)
PG-13 | 86 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Decades-old found footage from NASA's abandoned Apollo 18 mission, where three American astronauts were sent on a secret expedition, reveals the reason the U.S. has never returned to the moon.
Director: Gonzalo López-Gallego | Stars: Warren Christie, Lloyd Owen, Ryan Robbins, Michael Kopsa
Votes: 57,990 | Gross: $17.69M
8. A Haunting in Salem (2011 Video)
R | 86 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
In this spine-chilling indie horror flick, a sheriff relocates to Salem, Mass., with his family - only to discover that the house they've moved into is plagued by an ancient curse and haunted by malicious spirits.
Director: Shane Van Dyke | Stars: Bill Oberst Jr., Courtney Abbiati, Jenna Stone, Nicholas Harsin
Votes: 1,561
9. The Amityville Haunting (2011 Video)
Not Rated | 86 min | Horror
In disregard of the shocking DeFeo murders, an unsuspecting family moves into the infamous house on 112 Ocean Avenue. Now, ghostly apparitions start to appear in their video surveillance system. Can they survive the Amityville haunting?
Director: Geoff Meed | Stars: Jason Williams, Amy Van Horne, Devin Clark, Nadine Crocker
Votes: 2,500
10. The Devil Inside (2012)
R | 83 min | Horror
In Italy, a woman becomes involved in a series of unauthorized exorcisms during her mission to discover what happened to her mother, who allegedly murdered three people during her own exorcism.
Director: William Brent Bell | Stars: Fernanda Andrade, Simon Quarterman, Evan Helmuth, Ionut Grama
Votes: 37,520 | Gross: $53.26M
Matthew Peterman and Brent Bell first came up with the idea for the movie when they read an article about the Vatican starting a school for exorcism
11. Death Tunnel (2005)
R | 97 min | Horror
For an initiation stunt, five college women are locked in a Kentucky hospital built in 1910 where 63,000 people died from a disease known as the "white plague". Deep under the hospital is the "Death Tunnel" which once were used to secretly remove the dead from the grounds.
Director: Philip Adrian Booth | Stars: Steffany Huckaby, Melanie Lewis, Yolanda Pecoraro, Kristin Novak
Votes: 5,354
12. The Blair Witch Project (1999)
R | 81 min | Horror, Mystery
Three film students vanish after traveling into a Maryland forest to film a documentary on the local Blair Witch legend, leaving only their footage behind.
Directors: Daniel Myrick, Eduardo Sánchez | Stars: Heather Donahue, Michael C. Williams, Joshua Leonard, Bob Griffin
Votes: 285,853 | Gross: $140.54M
13. Mermaids: The Body Found (2011 TV Movie)
82 min | Sci-Fi
A team of scientists testifies that they found the remains of a sea creature with ties to human origins - a modern day mermaid. They claim a massive government cover-up is currently hiding the creature's existence from the general public.
Director: Sid Bennett | Stars: Sean Cameron Michael, Andre Weideman, Candice D'Arcy, David Soul
Votes: 1,726
14. The Last Exorcism (2010)
PG-13 | 87 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A troubled evangelical minister agrees to let his last exorcism be filmed by a documentary crew.
Director: Daniel Stamm | Stars: Patrick Fabian, Ashley Bell, Iris Bahr, Louis Herthum
Votes: 52,127 | Gross: $41.03M
15. Lake Mungo (2008)
R | 87 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Strange things start happening after a girl is found drowned in a lake.
Director: Joel Anderson | Stars: Rosie Traynor, David Pledger, Martin Sharpe, Talia Zucker
Votes: 29,049
16. The Fourth Kind (2009)
PG-13 | 98 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
A thriller involving an ongoing unsolved mystery in Alaska, where one town has seen an extraordinary number of unexplained disappearances during the past 40 years and there are accusations of a federal cover up.
Director: Olatunde Osunsanmi | Stars: Milla Jovovich, Elias Koteas, Will Patton, Hakeem Kae-Kazim
Votes: 81,875 | Gross: $25.46M
According to promotional materials from Universal, the film is framed around a psychologist named Abigail Tyler who interviewed traumatized patients in Nome. However Alaska state licensing examiner Jan Mays says she can't find records of an Abigail Tyler ever being licensed in any profession in Alaska. Ron Adler, CEO and director of the Alaska Psychiatric Institute and Denise Dillard, president of the Alaska Psychological Association say they've never heard of Abigail Tyler. Web sites for an "Alaska Psychiatry Journal" and "Alaska News Archive" containing references to Tyler were created by the film's producers, but were outed as hoaxes when it was discovered they were registered a month before the film's release and the purported author of one of the archived news articles stated she had never written it.
The movie's hoaxed interviews have angered the families of real missing persons in and around Nome, Alaska, for trivializing their loss. Melanie Edwards, Vice President of Kawerak Inc. (an organization representing tribal peoples in Alaska), described the movie as "insensitive to family members of people who have gone missing in Nome over the years". Universal has refused to discuss the movie with that organization or with local journalists.
17. The Last Broadcast (1998)
86 min | Horror, Mystery
A film crew ventures into the forest in search of the mythical 'Jersey Devil'.
Directors: Stefan Avalos, Lance Weiler | Stars: David Beard, Lance Weiler, Stefan Avalos, Jim Seward
Votes: 6,240
18. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986)
Unrated | 101 min | Comedy, Horror
A radio host is victimized by the cannibal family as a former Texas marshal hunts them.
Director: Tobe Hooper | Stars: Dennis Hopper, Caroline Williams, Jim Siedow, Bill Moseley
Votes: 38,026 | Gross: $8.03M
19. Lost Tapes (2008– )
TV-14 | 30 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Explores the possibility of hidden creatures through "found footage" videos and information provided by experts.
Stars: Loren Coleman, Dallas Santana, Jessica Lynch Alfaro, Craig Stanford
Votes: 963
20. 100 Ghost Street: The Return of Richard Speck (2012)
R | 84 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
In 2010, paranormal investigators tried to film Richard Speck's ghost at the site of his heinous killing spree. The victims' families have finally released the footage that documents their last days.
Director: Martin Wichmann Andersen | Stars: Steve Bencich, Tony Besson, Hayley Derryberry, Chance Harlem Jr.
Votes: 1,255
21. Alien Origin (2012 Video)
Not Rated | 88 min | Action, Adventure, Horror
A movie created from "found footage" of a lost military expedition that exposes the origins of life on earth.
Director: Mark Atkins | Stars: Philip Coc, Eric Darins, Daniela Flynn, Mjr. John Frear
Votes: 1,705
22. Faces of Death (1978)
Not Rated | 105 min | Documentary, Horror
A collection of death scenes, ranging from TV material to homemade super 8 movies.
Director: John Alan Schwartz | Stars: Michael Carr, Samuel Berkowitz, Mary Ellen Brighton, Thomas Noguchi
Votes: 8,008 | Gross: $35.00M
23. Ghostwatch (1992 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 91 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
In a "live" broadcast on Halloween night, a BBC team investigate a reported poltergeist in an ordinary London home.
Director: Lesley Manning | Stars: Michael Parkinson, Sarah Greene, Mike Smith, Craig Charles
Votes: 6,066
24. Head Case (2007)
Not Rated | 96 min | Crime, Horror
A film edited from the home movies of serial killers Wayne and Andrea Montgomery, which presents a look into their quiet, suburban lives...and the graphic, disturbing details of their horrific crimes.
Director: Anthony Spadaccini | Stars: Paul McCloskey, Barbara Lessin, Brinke Stevens, Bruce DeSantis
Votes: 323
25. Hunting Grounds (2009)
Not Rated | 72 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
A group of college students experience the ultimate close encounter of the most ferocious kind in the deserts outside of Roswell, New Mexico in this documentary styled horror film.
Director: Matthew Charles Hall | Stars: James Addison, Adam Beesley, Michael Evans, Daniel Favela-Gary
Votes: 25
26. Incident at Loch Ness (2004)
PG-13 | 94 min | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
A documentary exploring the myth of the Loch Ness monster.
Director: Zak Penn | Stars: Werner Herzog, Kitana Baker, Gabriel Beristain, Russell Williams II
Votes: 4,424 | Gross: $0.04M
27. Infection (2005)
R | 81 min | Horror
On May 19, 2004, an unprecedented biological outbreak occurred in Lawton, California. A classified N.S.A.A. report detailed the carnage which ensued that night. This film is based on that top-secret report.
Director: Albert Pyun | Stars: Jenny Dare Paulin, Morgan Weisser, Alan Abelew, Tony Stewart
Votes: 1,384
28. Legend of the Chupacabra (2000 Video)
Not Rated | 81 min | Horror
The Chupacabra (Spanish for "goat sucker")--Is it mere folklore? A government conspiracy? Some weirdo in a latex suit? When the mutilation of her uncle's goats (and her uncle) by the brutal... See full summary »
Director: Joe Castro | Stars: Katsy Joiner, J.T. Trevino, Chris Doughton, Stan McKinney
Votes: 245
29. The Gerber Syndrome: il contagio (2011)
Not Rated | 88 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
A new, very dangerous virus, spreading all over Europe in early 2011.
Director: Maximilien Dejoie | Stars: Valentina Bartolo, Elisabetta Fischer, Pia Lanciotti, Nicola Marchitiello
Votes: 316
30. Windigo (I) (2011)
93 min | Horror
A group of film students and actors from Toronto camp out on the property of one of this town's only residents. Brandon, the camera man, starts noticing strange things on the tapes, and ... See full summary »
Director: James Hardiment | Stars: James Hardiment, Bran Rainey, Robert Poirier, Nicholas Merizzi
Votes: 181
31. Death of a Ghost Hunter (2007)
Not Rated | 107 min | Horror, Thriller
Renowned "ghost hunter", Carter Simms is paid to conduct a paranormal investigation of a supposedly haunted house. Along with a cameraman, a reporter, and a spiritual advocate, she embarks on a three night journey into terror.
Director: Sean Tretta | Stars: Patti Tindall, Mike Marsh, Davina Joy, Lindsay Page
Votes: 2,201 | Gross: $0.00M
32. Bigfoot: The Lost Coast Tapes (2012)
Not Rated | 90 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
After a "Bigfoot Hunter" claims to possess the body of a dead Sasquatch, a disgraced investigative journalist stakes his comeback -- and the lives of his documentary film crew -- on proving the find to be a hoax.
Director: Corey Grant | Stars: Drew Rausch, Rich McDonald, Ashley Wood, Noah Weisberg
Votes: 2,951
33. Shadow People (II) (2013)
PG-13 | 89 min | Horror, Thriller
A radio talk show host unravels a conspiracy about encounters with mysterious beings known as The Shadow People and their role in the unexplained deaths of several hundred victims in the 1980s.
Director: Matthew Arnold | Stars: Dallas Roberts, Alison Eastwood, Mattie Liptak, Anne Dudek
Votes: 3,302
34. Greystone Park (2012)
R | 83 min | Horror, Thriller
Three aspiring filmmakers document inexplicable events in a "haunted" abandoned mental institution.
Director: Sean Stone | Stars: Sean Stone, Alexander Wraith, Ella Lentini, John Schramm
Votes: 1,743
35. The Haunting of Whaley House (2012)
TV-MA | 89 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
When a tour guide breaks into America's Most Haunted House, a bit of amateur ghost hunting with friends turns into more than they could have ever imagined.
Director: Jose Prendes | Stars: Alex Arleo, Arielle Brachfeld, Graham Denman, Stephanie Greco
Votes: 2,424
36. Unaware (I) (2010)
Not Rated | 81 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
In July 2010, a vacationing couple discovered something disturbing on a ranch in rural Texas. Armed with a home camcorder, they captured their experience on video.
Directors: Sean Bardin, Robert Cooley | Star: Heather McCormick
Votes: 1,210
37. Lord of Darkness (2012)
R | 90 min | Crime, Horror, Thriller
Scottish cannibal Sawney Bean and his murderous, inbred family are responsible for over a thousand murders over the centuries.
Director: Ricky Wood | Stars: David Hayman, Samuel Feeney, Gavin Mitchell, William Houston
Votes: 1,379
38. Alien Abduction: Incident in Lake County (1998 TV Movie)
TV-MA | 93 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
After a mysterious blackout, a son goes out to investigate and captures footage of actual aliens. When the aliens follow him and his brothers back to their home, all hell breaks loose.
Director: Dean Alioto | Stars: Benz Antoine, Kristian Ayre, Gillian Barber, Michael Buie
Votes: 3,858
39. The Bell Witch Haunting (2013)
Not Rated | 91 min | Biography, Horror
The Robertson County Sheriff's Department released found footage of what was thought at first to be a murder suicide, is now believed to be the return of a centuries old demon responsible for America's most famous paranormal event.
Director: Glenn Miller | Stars: Marissa Lynne Johnson, Laura Alexandra Ramos, Cat Alter, Ben Anklam
Votes: 1,916
40. Captifs (2010)
Not Rated | 84 min | Horror, Thriller
A group of medical aid workers in Kosovo are kidnapped by a Serbian gang of organ traffickers.
Director: Yann Gozlan | Stars: Zoé Félix, Eric Savin, Arié Elmaleh, Ivan Franek
Votes: 2,370
41. Amish Witches: The True Story of Holmes County (2016 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 87 min | Horror
When a reality TV crew moves into Holmes County, Ohio to document the lives of an isolated sect of Swartzentruber Amish, production is halted by the death of a Brauchau, an Amish witch.
Director: Jake Wade Wall | Stars: Hayley Palmaer, Nicole Rodenburg, Caleb Carlson, Kaylyn Scardefield
Votes: 507
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