Top 21 must-see best documentary movies from documentary movies, including Cropsey, Memory: The Origins of Alien, Scream, Queen! My Nightmare on Elm Street, To Hell and Back: The Kane Hodder Story, Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy, The Nightmare, Hostage to the Devil, Haunters: The Art Of The Scare, Killer Legends, and Demon House ranked and rated by score.
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Plot / Synopsis: Realizing the urban legend of their youth has actually come true; two filmmakers delve into the mystery surrounding five missing children and the real-life boogeyman linked to their disappearances.
Tagline: What if your urban legends were real?...
Directors: Barbara Brancaccio, Joshua Zeman Stars: Joshua Zeman, Barbara Brancaccio, Bill Ellis, Dorothy D''Eletto, Geraldo Rivera
Plot / Synopsis: The untold origin story behind Ridley Scott's Alien - rooted in Greek and Egyptian mythologies, underground comics, the art of Francis Bacon, and the dark visions of Dan O'Bannon and H.R. Giger. A contemplation on the symbiotic collaborative process of movie-making, the power of myth, and our collective unconscious.
Tagline: Before Alien, there was Starbeast. Before Starbeast, there was...
Director: Alexandre O. Philippe Stars: Bijan Aalam, Tim Boxell, Axelle Carolyn, Veronica Cartwright, Roger Christian
Plot / Synopsis: Examines the infamous homoer***c subtext and the special place the film holds in the Nightmare franchise as well as the gay film canon. Partly in thanks to evolving social mores, Nightmare on Elm Street 2 - which was considered controversial at the time of its release - is now being looked back upon with a new appreciation and fondness...
Directors: Roman Chimienti, Tyler Jensen Stars: Mark Patton, Cecil Baldwin, Robert Englund, Jack Sholder, David Chaskin
Plot / Synopsis: To Hell and Back: The Kane Hodder Story is the harrowing story of a stuntman overcoming a dehumanizing...
Tagline: He's been beaten, bullied, and burned- and that's just the beginning of his story...
Director: Derek Dennis Herbert Stars: Kane Hodder, Mike Aloisi, John Carl Buechler, Bruce Campbell, Jack Coleman
Plot / Synopsis: Explore the origins of "dream demon" Freddy Krueger in this award-winning documentary that takes you behind the scenes of the most frightening and imaginative horror franchise in motion picture history!
Tagline: don't... fall... asleep...
Directors: Daniel Farrands, Andrew Kasch Stars: Heather Langenkamp, Stacey Alden, Erika Anderson, Marshall Bell, Fran Bennett
Plot / Synopsis: A child possessed. An exorcist locked in combat with an ancient evil. In the battle for saving a soul, just who really is the 'Hostage to the Devil'?
Tagline: You can't look at the Devil and not expect him to look back...
Director: Marty Stalker Stars: Malachi Martin, Eugene O''Neill, Robert Blair Kaiser, Robert Marro, Lila Karpf
Plot / Synopsis: Delving into our collective nightmares, this horror-documentary investigates the origins of our most terrifying urban legends and the true stories that may have inspired them.
Tagline: Be careful where the truth may lead ...
Director: Joshua Zeman Stars: Rachel Mills, Joshua Zeman, Stephen Winick, James Presley, Casey Roberts
Plot / Synopsis: The story takes place with doing a docudrama about the home he purchased in Gary, Indiana. He convinces a couple of previous tenants to come back and discuss their accounts of the frightening ordeals that they endured during their stay at the home. A woman becomes possessed and begins speaking in tongues. Following the extreme amount of activity documented,...
Director: Zak Bagans Stars: Adam Ahlbrandt, Zak Bagans, Matthew Mourgides, Barry Taff, Billy Tolley
