HALP! I am trying to compile the most thorough list I can of horror movies that were marketed as being based on actual events–perhaps especially if that claim is extremely tenuous and abstract, or the “true story” itself is in question.
*I would like to omit movies based on specific, well-known serial killers, which are kind of in their own class.
*I would accept movies like THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT, whose origins were purposefully kept ambiguous until its release…though I don’t know how many of those there are!
*Unless you have a great exception, I’d like to stick with movies that were specifically advertised as factual–for instance, we all know that SILENCE OF THE LAMBS was inspired by Ed Gein on some level, but that wasn’t an important part of the marketing campaign.
REBLOG ME pls!
Tag: marketing
I can trace my mistrust of anything anyone tries to sell me to two high school experiences:
Being invited by a friend to what turned out to be a pitch by his older brother for a pyramid scheme at a time when I was unaware of pyramid schemes. It was a big event, everyone lined up in chairs for the presentation of whatever garbage we were supposed to sell. It had like a $1,000 buy-in and there was a strange hunger from everyone wanting you to commit. I hesitated, putting off saying no by telling them I’d think about it. Then, in the car ride back, how my friend’s brother got weirdly upset about the fact that I had to think about it. He seemed to be annoyed that they drove me there and didn’t get a sale for their trouble. Suffice to say I noped out and didn’t look back.
And my first job at a shoe store, where the basis of the business is not just selling you shoes but also getting you to buy stuff with a big markup like shoe cleaner and laces. I think our goal was always to get you to buy a trifecta of clothing such as a T-shirt, cleaner, and laces. And I felt like an asshole every time I had to do it. I eventually stayed long enough to gain seniority and choose to work in the stock room, when it didn’t matter if I achieved any sales goals because I was in the stock room most of the time.
We’re always trying to sell each other shit we don’t need. Our societal structure depends on it. What the hell, man.