Many who watch horrors often become even more shocked and terrified by horrors when the small text comes across the screen prior/after the film reading "Based on true events" But why is that?
A Nightmare on Elm Street:
Sudden unexplained nocturnal death syndrome. The real life syndrome that kills many in their sleep, unexpectedly, with no cause yet discovered, that assisted the feared hype of the film.
Predominately common in Asian males.
CHICAGO — Since April, 1983, at least 130 Southeast Asian refugees have
left this world in essentially the same way. They cried out in their
sleep. And then they died.
( http://articles.latimes.com/1987-01-11/news/mn-3961_1_asian-refugees)
Craven explains his inspiration for the film after he read an article: "He told his parents he was afraid that if he slept, the thing chasing him would get him, so he tried to stay awake for days at a time. When he finally fell asleep, his parents thought this crisis was over. Then they heard screams in the middle of the night. By the time they got to him, he was dead. He died in the middle of a nightmare. Here was a youngster having a vision of a horror that everyone older was denying. That became the central line of Nightmare on Elm Street."
http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Nightmare-Elm-Street-Was-Inspired-By-Horrific-True-Story-67798.html
Scream:
With the rise of mobile technology, and all technology for that matter, the fear of what issues these may cause are raised within the film. As seen as well in One Missed Call (Valette, 2008), The Ring (Verbinski, 2002), technology is used by those 'villains' to torment and as part of their modus operandi.
Teenage murders have also been influenced by the films: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2001/nov/18/filmnews.film
Saw:
Fear of kidnap.
There was also fear just after the film's release as it appeared that people were becoming 'inspired' by the films.
"A Salt Lake City mother turned in her son and his friend after she overheard them plotting to kidnap, torture, and murder several people. The two boys, aged 14 and 15, had detailed plans to set up games in the Saw style to teach a lesson to people they claim were harming others, including a police officer (the occupation of many Jigsaw targets) and two middle-school girls. The boys even told police they had procured cameras and camcorders to document the murders, as Jigsaw did. "
"Meanwhile, in Tennessee, two teenage girls found themselves in hot water after what they claimed was a prank gone wrong. A 52-year-old woman received a voicemail in the Saw style, stating that a friend had been hidden in her home, and the caller was about to release the toxic gas they had rigged inside. She had to decide whether to save herself or risk saving her friend. When she received the message, it came at the worst possible time—during a funeral procession. The woman was so terrified that she suffered a stroke. She recovered, but the girls were charged with phone harassment."
http://listverse.com/2013/11/04/10-movies-that-inspired-real-life-crimes/
As shown from the article, people had taken the films as inspiration for their 'enjoyment' as it is described as 'games'
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