
Real Fear: The Truth Behind the Movies
2012, English. Directed by John D'Auria.
Real Fear
In Real Fear: The Truth Behind the Movies, Chiller investigates the terrifying factual stories that inspired some of the scariest horror movies of all time, including Silent Hill, The Amityville Horror, The Mothman Prophecies and Poltergeist, through exclusive eyewitness interviews and reenactments of actual events. Paranormal investigator Katrina Weidman (Paranormal State) travels with three of her friends into the dark recesses of the unknown to uncover the buried secrets behind these four iconic films. Journey down the haunted high-ways of the American East Coast on a road trip to discover the origins of our most beloved horror films made. From a grisly series of murders in the small town Amityville to a devastating, subterranean fire in the rural town of Centralia...From the eye-witness reports of the inexplicable, red-eyed creature known as Mothman to the documented paranormal activity that inspired Poltergeist...The movies may be fiction, but the fear is very, very real...
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Real Fear: The Truth Behind the Movies is streaming on Amazon Prime Video and Troma NOW in India.
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- 11 March 2012
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- United States of America
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Real Fear: The Truth Behind the Movies: quick answers
What comes after Real Fear: The Truth Behind the Movies?
Next in the series: Real Fear 2: The Truth Behind More Movies (2013).
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How long is Real Fear: The Truth Behind the Movies?
Real Fear: The Truth Behind the Movies runs 120 minutes (2h 0m).
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Which OTT platform is Real Fear: The Truth Behind the Movies on?
Real Fear: The Truth Behind the Movies is streaming on Amazon Prime Video and Troma NOW in India. (Checked 14 November 2026.)
What movies are like Real Fear: The Truth Behind the Movies?
If you liked Real Fear: The Truth Behind the Movies, try Pennywise: The Story of ‘It’, Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror, Lovecraft: Fear of the Unknown.
Who directed Real Fear: The Truth Behind the Movies?
Real Fear: The Truth Behind the Movies (2012) was directed by John D'Auria and stars Katrina Weidman, Chris Holt, Charity Winters.
