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Post by iamrobot on Apr 18, 2018 14:34:31 GMT
Based on True storys? The Conjuring. Annabelle. The Exorcist. Amityville Horror. The Entity. Blair Witch. Paranormal Activity. do people really expect audiences to believe those things really happened
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Post by politicidal on Apr 18, 2018 14:38:31 GMT
Selling point. Ghost shows and wannabe X-Files are all the rage now.
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Post by masterofallgoons on Apr 18, 2018 15:08:13 GMT
To be fair, I don't think that's only true of supernatural horror movies. Slashers and other types have played that card too.
But I do roll my eyes more when it's a ghost or something, because obviously it's nonsense. But yes, I do think some people believe those things, and yes that becomes a selling point. People are gullible.
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Post by cwsims on Apr 18, 2018 15:16:38 GMT
Based on True storys? The Conjuring. Annabelle. The Exorcist. Amityville Horror. The Entity. Blair Witch. Paranormal Activity. do people really expect audiences to believe those things really happened Blair Witch and Paranormal Activity are both found footage horror |
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Post by masterofallgoons on Apr 18, 2018 15:26:37 GMT
Based on True storys? The Conjuring. Annabelle. The Exorcist. Amityville Horror. The Entity. Blair Witch. Paranormal Activity. do people really expect audiences to believe those things really happened Blair Witch and Paranormal Activity are both found footage horror Also, both claimed to be based on true stories. In the Blair Witch's case they claimed the footage was real for a period of time. That was a bit of very creative marketing. Paranormal Activity came so much later that that tactic wouldn't have worked, but they did claim it was based on a true story. |
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Post by iamrobot on Apr 18, 2018 17:51:45 GMT
To be fair, I don't think that's only true of supernatural horror movies. Slashers and other types have played that card too. But I do roll my eyes more when it's a ghost or something, because obviously it's nonsense. But yes, I do think some people believe those things, and yes that becomes a selling point. People are gullible. That's most likely the reason The Conjuring franchise has been so successful both Conjuring films and both Annabelle films were based on true events i'd be willing to bet money both The Nun and Crooked Man will be atleast loosely based on true events |
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Post by RiP, IMDb on Apr 18, 2018 18:54:33 GMT
Wolf Creek (2005) IS a prime example of this. The film makes it seem like it's based on one serial-killer when in-fact it's a composite of three. Two more well-known cases and one lesser-known.
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Post by politicidal on Apr 18, 2018 23:06:52 GMT
This has been in the Hollywood playbook of marketing for years though. Fargo is probably the most famous example; marketed as a true story when it's an amalgamation of different events and outright fiction.
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