Comments on: 6 Flicks That Drove Crazies to Kill

By: Red Bunny

Red Bunny — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 14:14:16 +0000

There was an episode of Masters of Horror about a movie that drove people to kill. It was called Cigarette Burns. It was a about a film that made people kill each other and then themselves after they watched it.

By: Shadrach

Shadrach — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 20:07:01 +0000

I wish there was a way to read the opposite list. I want to know the movies that prevented the most serial killings. I wish we could magically come up with some sort of statisitc on, for instance, the number of people that got so caught up in a late night airing of ‘Dumb and Dumber’ that they completely forgot there plans to kill the family next door with knives.

By: hockeyzombie

hockeyzombie — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 19:17:52 +0000

@Vesey, no one isn’t blaming the killer. A lot of horrendous crimes were heavily influenced by completely unrelated things.

By: vesey

vesey — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 16:02:46 +0000

Blame the gun, blame the movie……how about blaming the killer !!!

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…