PHOTO : EVERETT The 1996 original slasher film that spawned a whole franchise, was inspired by the Gainesville, Florida mutilations, in which several young people were murdered in the Florida community. After screenwriter Kevin Williamson watched a TV special on the Gainesville murders, the story inspired what would be a script about a knife-wielding killer. Share this:

In the Amanda Seyfried starrer Things Heard & Seen, a Manhattan couple moves to an historic hamlet, where they discover that their marriage has sinister secrets involving their new home’s history.

PHOTO : LIONS GATE/COURTESY EVERETT COLLECTION A couple left behind in the open ocean after their scuba diving group left without them is the premise of Open Water–and the real story of Tom and Eileen Lonergan. The Lonergans were tourists visiting Australia’s Great Barrier Reef when they were left behind on January 25, 1998. Experts doubt that the Lonergans shared the […]

The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005) PHOTO : SCREEN GEMS/COURTESY EVERETT COLLECTION The story of Emily Rose is loosely based on that of Anneliese Michel, a young German woman who underwent an exorcism and later died from malnutrition and dehydration. Her parents and the priests involved were charged with negligent homicide following her death. This is director Scott Derrickson’s first […]

Bond has uttered many witty one-liners, usually in response to the death of his enemy.