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.
- ISBN10 0241409438
- ISBN13 9780241409435
- Publish Date 16 July 2020
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 1 March 2023
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Dorling Kindersley Ltd
- Imprint DK
- Format Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
- Pages 288
- Language English