Popular movies that were actually inspired by magazine and newspaper articles (15 Photos) By: Staff In: Interesting, Movies Jun 9, 2016 658 Liked! 84 Disliked 0 1 “A Nightmare on Elm Street” The horror film is based on several newspaper articles from the “Los Angeles Times.” The articles told the story of a series of deaths in Southeast Asia where men were apparently dying of terrifying nightmares. Like this post? 658 Liked! 0