Fright Night: 10 Horror Movies Based on True Stories

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No. 3 The Exorcism Of Emily Rose (2005)

Movie Plot:  Erin Christine Bruner defends priest Richard Moore in a court room. The priest was accused of being responsible for the death of a girl, which resulted after he performed an exorcism on her.

True Story: the movie was based on the case of a 16-year-old German girl called Anneliese Michel, who was thought to be demonically possessed in 1968. Two priests took over the case in 1975 and performed an exorcism which took ten months to accomplish.

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