Every year Bollywood industry nurtures tons of top-notch movies to fill the fictional quotient of the audience. While most of the movies take on some fictional stories, some of the phenomenal movies are based on real-life events. And even we talk about the movies based on real-life events, we are not just talking about biopics. It is intriguing and scary to find out that Bollywood has churned out several horror movies based on real-life incidents. Today here we bring you a list of the top 8 Bollywood horror movies based on the real-life stories:
1. Ragini MSS: When the controversial venture of Balaji was first released, the audience took it as an erotic horror movie. But the audience lost their sleep for many nights when they got to know that it was the real-life story of a Delhi girl named Deepika. As per the reports by she signed a contract with Balaji Telefilms before reciting her story to them.
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2. Mahal: One of the initial horror projects of the Bollywood industry, Mahal follows the real-life incident that happened with actor Ashok Kumar. After the release of the movie, Ashok claimed that he saw a corpse of a woman when he was visiting a hill station. First, he thought it is just an illusion but he lost his senses when Police told him that 14 years ago a lady was found dead at the same spot.
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3. Stree: Stree has always been accounted in the genre of horror satire but originally it is loosely based on the tales of Naale Ba of Karnataka. Legend has it that a witch would often knock on doors at night and kill people.
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4. Bhoot Part 1: Capturing Vicky Kaushal in lead, Bhoot Part 1 portrays the tale of supernatural incidents occurring in an abandoned ship. The movie’s crew had themselves confirmed that the story had been inspired by a cargo ship that suddenly washed ashore along Mumbai’s Juhu beach under mysterious circumstances. It was June 2011.
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5. Bhool Bhualiyaa: Bhool Bhialiyaa which is the remake of the South Indian blockbuster Chandramukhi is too based on a real-life story. The movie which becomes a psychological thriller by the climax talks about the story of Avni, who was possessed by a spirit named Manjulika but in reality, she had Dissociative Personality Disorder which resulted in her developing multiple personalities. The movie is based on the real-life story of a girl from Bengali who got so attached to the tale of Manjulika, that started acting like her.
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7. Trip to Bhangarh: The story, as the name suggests, is about a group of friends who plan a trip to the scariest place in India, Bhangarh, and on returning, experience unnatural experiences. Real-life folklore legend claims the land is cursed and no one is advised to go or stay in that place. The movie was inspired by several real-life incidents of people who had experienced occurrences after visiting Bhangarh.
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8. Bhoot: The Plot of the movie is based on the most common horror story. But in reality, it is the story of a real-life couple who suffers spooky incidents about them when they freshly move to a new house.
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