This is a line that needs to be banned from those films that are truly not based upon reality. The films that want nothing more for the audience to believe that there is some amount of truth to them. I know that many may think that this is a harmless practice, but I argue the contrary. Too often people are duped into believing that a film they just watched was based upon events that truly happened. Granted, no one is foolish to believe that a film is depicting reality as it happened. Even the most dedicated film to the truth takes liberty with reality in favor of entertainment value. Many believe this also to be a somewhat new practice. Starting out with The Blair Witch Project and growing from there. Unfortunately this practice began long before The Blair Witch Project.

No, unfortunately this practice began way back with The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Not just the original was guilty of this act. Even the remake tries to dupe the audience into believing that these events actually happened. The majority of the intelligent community would in no way buy that load of crap, but unfortunately there are some who maintain to this day that leather face is still out there. Even when the evidence is presented to them, they point to the films and all of the fake crap written about them that try to convince people of the films basis in true events. To make matters worse, the believers write articles about how those events happened. And other believers use this as evidence to back up their position. Any one familiar with the film may be surprised to find out that the main character, Leather Face, was loosely based upon the well known serial killer Ed Gein.

In the movies Leather Face kills lots of people. In reality Ed Gein only confessed to two murders and was only tried and convicted for one. It was the nature of the case that got Gein his notoriety as a serial killer, even though technically he does not fit the definition. All of the body parts found in his home were attributed to his grave robbing activities and not people he actually killed. He had heads, skulls, organs, and various other body parts. He made skin suits and covered his furniture with skin. All of these gruesome details are what lead to Gein's fame.

Next we have the Amityville Horror. This movie is claimed to be based upon true events, and it may be. I have a sneaking suspicion that this is nothing more than a clever story created to help two people get out of financial troubles. They bought a house they could not afford or had other debts, or they simply created this story; because they wanted to be rich. A good enough story is worth a lot of money. There are still people today who believe that the events depicted in this film are real.

Fast forward to the Blair Witch project. The filming style of this movie is what leads the audience to believe that there is some kind of truth to the film. That there may be a small town out there with a local legend of a witch. Children gone missing with no good explanation as to why. Very few people would buy into any part of this film being based in reality, but there are exceptions to the rule.

Another more recent film claiming to be based upon some kind of reality is Paranormal. When you see the preview, you think to yourself, "wow, that looks scary". Unfortunately you then watch the film and find out that it is nothing more than a long and boring piece of crap. Once again the audience is lead to believe that there is some kind of truth to the film. When in reality it is nothing more than a reality based film. The style of filming is meant to have a real life, home movie feeling. Does stuff like this happen? There is a ton of evidence out there to at least lead someone to believe in the paranormal. This film does that evidence a great disservice. In my mind it is a slap in the face to people who have dealt with real life situations involving the other side.

The most recent film, one that inspired this article is called The Fourth Kind. The movie starts out with Actress Mila Jovovich claiming that the events in the film are real and that it was up to us to decide. The film company, Universal I believe, created a fake web site and articles to help create the illusion that these events happened. The interviews done in a home video style sprinkled throughout the film adds to the films reality. It leads the audience to believe that the footage is real and was taken by a real psychiatrist. This real life footage from the real life story is what inspired this film. This is what we are supposed to believe.

Of course when you do a little digging, you find out that there is no psychiatrist, there were no hypnosis sessions that revealed alien abductions taking place in Nome, Alaska. The FBI was investigating some cases up that way, but they did not find anything out of the ordinary. Now I know that it all could be one big conspiracy. The government is covering things up, to make us think these things did not happen. The fact remains that without evidence i can't buy into it. The best I can do is probability. It may or may not have happened. I did the research for myself and I found the fake web sites, but I did not find anything else about anything in this film that looked believable or real. This was a good movie, I really enjoyed it. I just wish they did not try so hard to sell it as a true story.

What these films should say is Based upon themes that occur in reality, or inspired by events that take place in the world. Too many people buy into these films, which does not really hurt anyone. It just drives me crazy when I am lead to believe one thing only to find out that there is no basis in reality. When I see a film like this, I in no way believe that what I am watching is all truth. I do expect that at least one or two of the characters in the film actually existed.

It would be nice to find some shred of evidence that could support any part of the film. Honestly, the big problem for me is that I want some part of these movies to be true. I'm not talking about films like the Texas Chainsaw Massacre. I'm talking about films like Amityville, Paranormal, and the Fourth Kind. Amityville and Paranormal, because of the prospect of there being evidence of something beyond this life. The Fourth Kind, because of the possibility of having evidence that we are not alone in the Universe. Fire in the Sky was a good film for that. At least when i looked up those characters i found out they existed and the story they claimed to have happened is what the movie is based upon. I also like the fact that they all passed a lie detector test. So, when I find out these stories are bogus, its a big let down. Based upon a true story or inspired by true events should be left to films like RUDY, WE ARE THE TITANS, MALCOM X, NIXON, ALI, and so forth.



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