Are movies about killers glorifying them?

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When I say killers, I don't mean like Jason, or Jigsaw,
but real ones, serials killers, or shooters.

Of course, there have been many films inspired by them,
such as Monster, Henry:Protrait Of A Serail Killer, Dahmer, etc.

I enjoy these kinds of films, but I have heard people say that people shouldn't glorify serial killers by making movies based off them.

What do you think?

These movies are meant to be educational, not glorifying. 14
These movies just make killing look cool! < This is an angry response. 2
We don't have movies where I live. 0
It's wrong! Wrong wrong wrong! *Throws computer* 2
Screw what people say, I love true crime movies! 12
This subject doesn't relate to me at all! 2
I don't watch movies. EVER. Not even TV. 0
*Shocked* Serial killers are real?! 2
I only think killers in movies should be fictional/not real. 5
Some films are okay, but others are just bad. 12
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  • [Old Memory]
    10 years ago

    I like watching crime documentaries.

    It's good to have movies like this because ignoring a problem only makes it worse. People need to be aware that some people may kill you for no reason and you wont even see it coming.

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    • 69
      10 years ago

      heh, i love discovery ID, but i think that the documentaries and films OP is talking about do give some people ideas that they otherwise wouldn't have on their own. also the news has great influence. take school shootings for instance, it's not a common crime anywhere else in the world, it's a very american thing. see, i'm not saying it doesn't happen elsewhere, but if you look up statistics you'll find there have been 50+ shootings in america as opposed to almost 20 in other countries combined. i think seeing that it has been done does influence people to act on their rage or whatever their motives and feelings are

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      • [Old Memory]
        10 years ago

        It's because they give them so much attention here which creates copy cat killers.

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        • 69
          10 years ago

          yes, that was my point

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    • Anonymous Post Author
      10 years ago

      Yes, that is how I feel about it. I read and watch stuff about serial killers, and it has taught me many interesting things and facts. It's made me more aware about people around me, and hitchhiking is a bad idea,
      as is meeting strangers off the internet, but everyone should know that.

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      • [Old Memory]
        10 years ago

        I love meeting new weirdos but I'm a weirdo myself.

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  • ToxicCrayons
    10 years ago

    It depends on the way the killer is portrayed in the movie. If they're portrayed in a way which is supposed to provoke empathy from the audience, it's glorifying the killer. True crime documentaries tend to condemn serial killers more than movies about the killer's lives.

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  • [Old Memory]
    10 years ago

    You have to be a fairly gullible person to start idolizing the killers portrayed in movies.
    Then again, there are a lot of stupid people watching these films....... Eeep!

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  • Riddler
    10 years ago

    They are more educational than anything. We cant pretend killers do not exist, we cant pretend rapists do not exist and we cant pretend pedos do not exist. They are here and we need to understand them.

    When you understand your enemy you can prepare for your enemy. If you do not know your enemy they will defeat you. I think most horror movies are either 1.to send a message 2.educational. When its on a real event it can make us aware of these events. We can learn from these events and we can try to understand what was wrong with these people.

    Some of these movies like "paranorman" and "Silent hill" are meant to send a message. People reject those they do not understand. Simply being different does not always make you a monster. The only real monsters are those who would kill the Innocent. I have written a lot of horror fiction in my life time and the stories always have a message.

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  • Tommythecat.
    10 years ago

    Does it matter?

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  • crion
    10 years ago

    Richard Ramirez married groupie Doreen Lioy in prison, after he was convicted of killing thirteen people.

    People are weird to begin with. Movies just take advantage of it.

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  • Holzman_67
    10 years ago

    Yeah we're brutalizing the audience

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  • 69
    10 years ago

    so many options, yet i couldn't chose ONE hehe sorry, OP

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  • Teh4HorsMen
    10 years ago

    These movies just make killing look cool! < This is a happy response.

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