Want to know a real red flag for me in movies? "Based On A True Story."

[Archae]

I see that in a promo and a red flag just springs up.

The latest being this movie called "Possession."

The thing is, script writers, producers and directors can take a "true story" and embellish it up the yin yang, yet still call it "Based on a true story."

Oliver Stone is really notorious for doing this.

So now we've got yet another "possessed by demons" movie, embellished to the point of being 99.99999% fiction, but still "Based on a true story."

[Denninmi]

1. You mean because they change almost EVERYTHING, and then still say "based on a true story"?

Gee, cant' imagine why that would be a problem for anyone!

Yeah, they're morons.

[ZombieHorde]

2. Horror movies sometimes use this gimmick to make the story seem more scary.

Even Return of the Living Dead claimed to be true.

[Archae]

3. Well, that movie is a documentary about the rise of the Teabaggers.

Mindless zombies stumbling around wanting to eat "Brainssss..."

[ZombieHorde]

4. Funny. nt

[Liberal Veteran]

5. I always joke that "Based on true story" means....

....yeah, there was some folks living in a house (or went to a doctor, or got married, or went camping).

[Archae]

6. The worst of the "Based on a true story" movies...

ANY of the "Amityville Horror" movies.

The originators of that story made up the whole thing just to cash in.

The house itself is still standing, and the current owners never see anything weird.
Except when "Amityville Horror" groupies show up.

[raccoon]

7. Yeah, like FARGO implied that it was based on a true story, but it wasn't. nt

[CBGLuthier]

8. I Love you Philip Morris was an odd entry in that group

The strangest oddest most unbelievable parts of the movie actually happened.

I always think of George M. Cohen after watching an alleged biopic Yankee Doodle Dandy he remarked that it was a swell picture but who was it about?