Veronica: The True Story Behind the Spanish Horror Film

Horror fans love seeing the “based on a true story” title pop up at the beginning of any spooky film, and even the filmmakers employ creative liberties to make the narrative scarier in order to arouse strong emotions in the audience. The real events are considerably creepier than the ones that you see on-screen because there is no fiction involved, especially when it’s a case where someone actually faced paranormal activities that no one was able to comprehend and occasionally resulted in their demise.

​ Netflix’s Veronica is inspired by the real events of the Vallecas case, which went down in history as the scariest phenomenon. Here’s the true story.