Comments on: 6 Flicks That Drove Crazies to Kill

By: doc

doc — Fri, 30 May 2008 03:49:13 +0000

To the guy who suggested ‘Birth of A Nation’, I would also like to offer ‘Der ewige Jude’, or ‘The Eternal Jew’. It’s a lovely little Goebbels financed hate-piece, directed by Fritz Hippler in 1940. People watched this excrement, and bought it. This film is responsible for plenty of deaths…more than any serial killer could ever fathom.

By: Tayside News

Tayside News — Sat, 24 May 2008 09:27:21 +0000

You need to read the story about Eric Red. He is a well known writer director, writing many films such as The Hitcher.

He may not be crazy (perhaps a genious if the driver in the hitcher really was the schizo hitcher – but thats another story)

Google ‘LA Weekly Eric Red’ to read the story.

By: Jorg

Jorg — Fri, 23 May 2008 23:11:38 +0000

Friedkin must have a monopoly on movies that make people kill: I seem to remember several news reports related to brutal crimes committed after several screenings of Exorcist. People killing others due to the fact that they (victims) were “possessed” and that “god” made the murderers kill the victims…

By: Sillstaw

Sillstaw — Fri, 23 May 2008 02:36:23 +0000

Samazon: The chances that “The Basketball Diaries” influenced anybody to kill anybody are slim. The movie was rather obscure before Columbine, after which they used one scene to justify it.

Mike: True, “Birth of a Nation” led to a resurgence of the KKK. But at the same time, you’d have a hard time claiming that everybody in the KKK is crazy. Sorely misled and evil, yes, but I highly doubt that they’d be found not guilty by reason of insanity.

And I just have to say, “Bug” is an amazing movie, although it can be incredibly disturbing. I’m not sure how the guy got the idea to kill his daughter from it, though. (And I have to add that one reason the movie wasn’t popular, besides being very uncommercial, is that it was released against “Pirates of the Caribbean 3.”)

By: Tom

Tom — Wed, 21 May 2008 03:04:53 +0000

Looks like Mike will use mental_floss as a blog that drove him to kill…?

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 21 May 2008 01:47:01 +0000

WTF? way to go mental floss…

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 21 May 2008 01:45:47 +0000

well this is bullshit. the number one movie that drove people to kill is Birth of a Nation, which was the very first hollywood blockbuster ever created. The movie caused a resurgence of the KKK and literally lead to the deaths of at least thousands of African Americans in the early part of the century. The movie was even used as a recruiting film for the Klan. If any film can be considered to kill someone, this is the one.

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 21 May 2008 01:40:33 +0000

the number one movie that drove people to kill is Birth of a Nation, which was the very first hollywood blockbuster ever created. The movie caused a resurgence of the KKK and literally lead to the deaths of at least thousands of African Americans in the early part of the century. The movie was even used as a recruiting film for the Klan. If any film can be considered to kill someone, this is the one.

By: Dan

Dan — Wed, 21 May 2008 00:36:07 +0000

Kip Kinkel – who first shot his parents and several students at Oregon’s Springfield High School – was very much influenced by the DeCaprio version of Romeo and Juliet. He played the theme music while he waited for his mother to come home.

By: Dom

Dom — Wed, 21 May 2008 00:07:11 +0000

there is a crazy guy in our city who thinks hes in the Truman show, he’s super nuts so just a matter of time till he makes this list.