Do Graphic Horror Films Lead to Violent Crimes?

There must be some books/research done on that topic. If you just want opinions, I think graphic Horror films affect people differently and don't really lead to violence, in any significant way. Maybe once in a while.

Desensitization is an issue but that would be something that leads movie-watchers to not care about suffering in the world, rather than commit crimes themselves.

BTW this isn't a very busy board so you might want to try Film General with your question, it has a lot more participants.


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I personally don't believe that graphic violence in movies leads to crime or violence in real life. There was violence before movies and there are people who committed violent crimes without seeing graphic violence in movies.

Only if the individual was already mentally unbalanced prior to having viewed such material. So, in short, no.

No, they don't. Similarly, that's why they make porn: just like that, not to arouse people (and cash in from that).

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If you're doing research on this subject matter, I highly recommend checking out the history of A Clockwork Orange. Kubrick was harassed and abused by the media for the rest of his life after this one because of the number of young people who claimed inspiration from his film, which they wrongly interpreted. White power critics called Kubrick a creator of "crank" culture in Britain and America and stalked him the rest of his life, largely inspiring Eyes Wide Shut. A Clockwork Orange had nothing at all in it that would obligate viewers to follow him, and criticisms like this, even with criminal confessions of being inspired by Kubrick, when held up to scrutiny, largely demonstrate the same pattern of violent outbreak and public panic that groundbreaking filmmakers like Orson Welles, Alfred Hitchcock, Martin Scorsese, and Quentin Tarantino supposedly "inspired." All of these filmmakers are considered legendery, especially Kubrick, despite "inspiring" some of the most publicized violence and criminality associated with its misinterpretation; and you can backtrack all of those claims and find stories associated with each filmmaker like this. But ever film history student knows those directors would have never made history had they been held back.

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White power critics called Kubrick a creator of "crank" culture in Britain and America and stalked him the rest of his life,

What is "crank culture"?

The fact that there was violence before movies doesn't mean movies can't provoke violence. One doesn't follow from the other, as violent behavior can have many causes independent of each other.

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