News came earlier this week that Chicago will have a record six scripted series shooting in Chicago for the next TV season: 'Chicago Fire,' it's spin-off 'Chicago PD' and 'Crisis' for NBC 'Betrayal' and 'Mind Games' for ABC and the half-hour comedy 'Sirens' (produced by Denis Leary) for USA. Filmmaker Dan Sallitt will be at the Friday and Saturday screenings. 'The Unspeakable Act' plays at the Siskel Film Center through Thursday. We'll see if I ever feel like I'm a little more' - he paused, searching for the right word - 'presentable.' I have not yet been able to look anybody in the eye and say to them with a straight face that they'll get their money back.

'Everything I've ever done has been self-financed. It's not the life of a full-time filmmaker at allu. Not just the money, but also the vacation time. For this movie, I made it on vacation time, which I saved up. 'When you're working in the computer world, very often companies rise and fall and you find yourself on the street with whatever savings you have - and that actually kind of worked out because I would make a movie between jobs. This is how I've made a little extra money that I can plow into movies. I'm a tech writer for the City of New York. Here are 30 horror movies based on or inspired by true stories, from stories about chilling haunted homes to actual exorcisms.'It's about life.

Because even if what you're watching doesn't seem real, there's always the persistent question: what if it is? Whether they’re only loosely based on actual events or are total re-imaginings of the stories, we promise these movies will leave you shaking in your seat-and a little more cautious of those creepy neighbors you have.

Even if you don't believe in ghosts or demonic possession, even the most determined skeptics will have a chill go down their spine. True horror movies-those that are based on real-life happenings-remind us that the world we live in is sometimes a dark one, and that humans (and sharks and bears) are maybe the scariest monsters of them all. There's nothing worse than the sinking feeling that what you're watching really happened – or at least most of it did 'Based on a true story' movies can still take some creative liberties. But what’s the category that rises above all others? The movies that are utterly and undeniably frightening? The scenes that leave us shook to the core for nights to come? Simple: the ones that take directly from IRL events. With plenty of zombie, vampire, and slasher flicks to go around, there’s a little something for everyone to get their scare on, no matter what it is that keeps them up at night.

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