20 Historical Moments That Belong in Horror Movies
‘Human population was nearly eradicated 70,000 years ago’
Purveyors of horror love to fictionalize a creepy twist in historical events. Hell, Ryan Murphy has made a whole career out of it. Unfortunately, they’re usually much more mundane than they’re portrayed onscreen. The banality of evil simply doesn’t make a good monster movie.
Sometimes, however, history is even creepier than anything Blumhouse could imagine. There are atrocities ordered by ogres that moviegoing audiences couldn’t stomach, but there are also spooky mysteries and straight-up science-nonfiction.
That’s why user FatMallow asked r/AskReddit, “What is the creepiest true event in recorded history with some significance?”