Movies that are not really true
This is a list of mockumentaries and movies that claim to be based on or inspired by a true story but are not true at all.
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- DirectorOren PeliStarsKatie FeatherstonMicah SloatMark FredrichsAfter moving into a suburban home, a couple becomes increasingly disturbed by a nightly demonic presence.
- DirectorHenry JoostAriel SchulmanStarsChloe CsengeryJessica Tyler BrownChristopher Nicholas SmithIn 1988, young sisters Katie and Kristi befriend an invisible entity called Toby, who resides in their home.
- DirectorTod WilliamsStarsKatie FeatherstonMicah SloatMolly EphraimAfter experiencing what they think are a series of "break-ins", a family sets up security cameras around their home, only to realize that the events unfolding before them are more sinister than they seem.
- DirectorShane Van DykeStarsErin Marie HoganFia PereraNorman SaleetPrepare to see what is allegedly the "actual footage" of the supernatural events leading up to the 2008 murder of Samantha Finley. Released against the wishes of the authorities, this D.V.D. proves that nothing human caused Samantha's death.
- DirectorMarc CinquantaStarsMarc CinquantaMatt CinquantaAtom GorelickIn 1984, a hidden crime became a deep, dark secret between friends. Five years later, on Halloween night 1989, the secret got out. Here is the actual footage of the events of October 31 and November 1, 1989, when the group returned to the scene of the crime and came face to face with their wicked past. IN THE DARK is a stylish horror film, which tells the "true-life" story of Lizzy Duncan, a young, institutionalized mental patient who was unmercifully picked-on by a group of delinquent teenagers brought into the institution on a work study program. On Halloween day 1984, a tragic event left Lizzy severely disfigured and another female inmate dead. This film captures the actual footage from five years later, when the juvenile's return to the burned-out institution as a Halloween prank. IN THE DARK is a chilling tale that sets itself apart from other horror films by offering an intricate and thought-provoking plot, and telling its story by employing creative and compelling camera techniques. IN THE DARK will make you jump out of your seat by appealing to your deepest fears and never sells-out to the typical blood and gore approach.This one fooled me, I really thought it was true for a while.
- DirectorMark AtkinsStarsLira KellermanMichael HolmesTomas BoykinA family moves in to look after the Winchester mansion for a few months, and soon find themselves terrorized by vengeful spirits. With the help of a paranormal investigator they'll unravel the mystery of the house.
- DirectorGonzalo López-GallegoStarsWarren ChristieLloyd OwenRyan RobbinsDecades-old found footage from NASA's abandoned Apollo 18 mission, where three American astronauts were sent on a secret expedition, reveals the reason the U.S. has never returned to the moon.
- DirectorShane Van DykeStarsBill Oberst Jr.Courtney AbbiatiJenna StoneIn this spine-chilling indie horror flick, a sheriff relocates to Salem, Mass., with his family - only to discover that the house they've moved into is plagued by an ancient curse and haunted by malicious spirits.
- DirectorGeoff MeedStarsJason WilliamsAmy Van HorneDevin ClarkIn disregard of the shocking DeFeo murders, an unsuspecting family moves into the infamous house on 112 Ocean Avenue. Now, ghostly apparitions start to appear in their video surveillance system. Can they survive the Amityville haunting?
- DirectorWilliam Brent BellStarsFernanda AndradeSimon QuartermanEvan HelmuthIn Italy, a woman becomes involved in a series of unauthorized exorcisms during her mission to discover what happened to her mother, who allegedly murdered three people during her own exorcism.Matthew Peterman and Brent Bell first came up with the idea for the movie when they read an article about the Vatican starting a school for exorcism
- DirectorPhilip Adrian BoothStarsSteffany HuckabyMelanie LewisYolanda PecoraroFor an initiation stunt, five college women are locked in a Kentucky hospital built in 1910 where 63,000 people died from a disease known as the "white plague". Deep under the hospital is the "Death Tunnel" which once were used to secretly remove the dead from the grounds.
- DirectorDaniel MyrickEduardo SánchezStarsHeather DonahueMichael C. WilliamsJoshua LeonardThree film students vanish after traveling into a Maryland forest to film a documentary on the local Blair Witch legend, leaving only their footage behind.
- DirectorSid BennettStarsSean Cameron MichaelAndre WeidemanCandice D'ArcyA team of scientists testifies that they found the remains of a sea creature with ties to human origins - a modern day mermaid. They claim a massive government cover-up is currently hiding the creature's existence from the general public.
- DirectorDaniel StammStarsPatrick FabianAshley BellIris BahrA troubled evangelical minister agrees to let his last exorcism be filmed by a documentary crew.
- DirectorJoel AndersonStarsRosie TraynorDavid PledgerMartin SharpeStrange things start happening after a girl is found drowned in a lake.
- DirectorOlatunde OsunsanmiStarsMilla JovovichElias KoteasWill PattonA thriller involving an ongoing unsolved mystery in Alaska, where one town has seen an extraordinary number of unexplained disappearances during the past 40 years and there are accusations of a federal cover up.According to promotional materials from Universal, the film is framed around a psychologist named Abigail Tyler who interviewed traumatized patients in Nome. However Alaska state licensing examiner Jan Mays says she can't find records of an Abigail Tyler ever being licensed in any profession in Alaska. Ron Adler, CEO and director of the Alaska Psychiatric Institute and Denise Dillard, president of the Alaska Psychological Association say they've never heard of Abigail Tyler. Web sites for an "Alaska Psychiatry Journal" and "Alaska News Archive" containing references to Tyler were created by the film's producers, but were outed as hoaxes when it was discovered they were registered a month before the film's release and the purported author of one of the archived news articles stated she had never written it.
The movie's hoaxed interviews have angered the families of real missing persons in and around Nome, Alaska, for trivializing their loss. Melanie Edwards, Vice President of Kawerak Inc. (an organization representing tribal peoples in Alaska), described the movie as "insensitive to family members of people who have gone missing in Nome over the years". Universal has refused to discuss the movie with that organization or with local journalists. - DirectorStefan AvalosLance WeilerStarsDavid BeardLance WeilerStefan AvalosA film crew ventures into the forest in search of the mythical 'Jersey Devil'.
- DirectorTobe HooperStarsDennis HopperCaroline WilliamsJim SiedowA radio host is victimized by the cannibal family as a former Texas marshal hunts them.
- StarsLoren ColemanDallas SantanaJessica Lynch AlfaroExplores the possibility of hidden creatures through "found footage" videos and information provided by experts.
- DirectorMartin Wichmann AndersenStarsSteve BencichTony BessonHayley DerryberryIn 2010, paranormal investigators tried to film Richard Speck's ghost at the site of his heinous killing spree. The victims' families have finally released the footage that documents their last days.
- DirectorMark AtkinsStarsPhilip CocEric DarinsDaniela FlynnA movie created from "found footage" of a lost military expedition that exposes the origins of life on earth.
- DirectorJohn Alan SchwartzStarsMichael CarrSamuel BerkowitzMary Ellen BrightonA collection of death scenes, ranging from TV material to homemade super 8 movies.
- DirectorLesley ManningStarsMichael ParkinsonSarah GreeneMike SmithIn a "live" broadcast on Halloween night, a BBC team investigate a reported poltergeist in an ordinary London home.
- DirectorAnthony SpadacciniStarsPaul McCloskeyBarbara LessinBrinke StevensA film edited from the home movies of serial killers Wayne and Andrea Montgomery, which presents a look into their quiet, suburban lives...and the graphic, disturbing details of their horrific crimes.
- DirectorMatthew Charles HallStarsJames AddisonAdam BeesleyMichael EvansA group of college students experience the ultimate close encounter of the most ferocious kind in the deserts outside of Roswell, New Mexico in this documentary styled horror film.
- DirectorZak PennStarsWerner HerzogKitana BakerGabriel BeristainA documentary exploring the myth of the Loch Ness monster.
- DirectorAlbert PyunStarsJenny Dare PaulinMorgan WeisserAlan AbelewOn May 19, 2004, an unprecedented biological outbreak occurred in Lawton, California. A classified N.S.A.A. report detailed the carnage which ensued that night. This film is based on that top-secret report.
- DirectorJoe CastroStarsKatsy JoinerJ.T. TrevinoChris DoughtonThe Chupacabra (Spanish for "goat sucker")--Is it mere folklore? A government conspiracy? Some weirdo in a latex suit? When the mutilation of her uncle's goats (and her uncle) by the brutal Chupacabra is caught on tape, Maria Esperanza vows to find out despite the superstitious fears of the locals.
- DirectorMaximilien DejoieStarsValentina BartoloElisabetta FischerPia LanciottiA new, very dangerous virus, spreading all over Europe in early 2011.
- DirectorJames HardimentStarsJames HardimentBran RaineyRobert PoirierA group of film students and actors from Toronto camp out on the property of one of this town's only residents. Brandon, the camera man, starts noticing strange things on the tapes, and people start acting weird. Could the people of Bonville have something to hide?
- DirectorSean TrettaStarsPatti TindallMike MarshDavina JoyRenowned "ghost hunter", Carter Simms is paid to conduct a paranormal investigation of a supposedly haunted house. Along with a cameraman, a reporter, and a spiritual advocate, she embarks on a three night journey into terror.
- DirectorCorey GrantStarsDrew RauschRich McDonaldAshley WoodAfter a "Bigfoot Hunter" claims to possess the body of a dead Sasquatch, a disgraced investigative journalist stakes his comeback -- and the lives of his documentary film crew -- on proving the find to be a hoax.
- DirectorMatthew ArnoldStarsDallas RobertsAlison EastwoodMattie LiptakA radio talk show host unravels a conspiracy about encounters with mysterious beings known as The Shadow People and their role in the unexplained deaths of several hundred victims in the 1980s.
- DirectorSean StoneStarsSean StoneAlexander WraithElla LentiniThree aspiring filmmakers document inexplicable events in a "haunted" abandoned mental institution.
- DirectorJose PrendesStarsAlex ArleoArielle BrachfeldGraham DenmanWhen a tour guide breaks into America's Most Haunted House, a bit of amateur ghost hunting with friends turns into more than they could have ever imagined.
- DirectorSean BardinRobert CooleyStarsHeather McCormickIn July 2010, a vacationing couple discovered something disturbing on a ranch in rural Texas. Armed with a home camcorder, they captured their experience on video.
- DirectorRicky WoodStarsDavid HaymanSamuel FeeneyGavin MitchellScottish cannibal Sawney Bean and his murderous, inbred family are responsible for over a thousand murders over the centuries.
- DirectorDean AliotoStarsBenz AntoineKristian AyreGillian BarberAfter a mysterious blackout, a son goes out to investigate and captures footage of actual aliens. When the aliens follow him and his brothers back to their home, all hell breaks loose.
- DirectorGlenn MillerStarsMarissa Lynne JohnsonLaura Alexandra RamosCat AlterThe Robertson County Sheriff's Department released found footage of what was thought at first to be a murder suicide, is now believed to be the return of a centuries old demon responsible for America's most famous paranormal event.
- DirectorYann GozlanStarsZoé FélixEric SavinArié ElmalehA group of medical aid workers in Kosovo are kidnapped by a Serbian gang of organ traffickers.
- DirectorJake Wade WallStarsHayley PalmaerNicole RodenburgCaleb CarlsonWhen a reality TV crew moves into Holmes County, Ohio to document the lives of an isolated sect of Swartzentruber Amish, production is halted by the death of a Brauchau, an Amish witch.