Victor Salva movies.

Ok.... So now we all know that you're a closet pedophile.

Moving right along...

Mostly Agree. I found that south park episode funny. We deal with female teachers who molest boys differently than we do male pedos. People laugh and make jokes about a female teacher molesting young male students. But we are disgusted by a male who molests young men or women! I mean Salva knew the what he did was illegal before he did it. He probably had moral conflicts about it as well. But he did it. Maybe the 12 year old did consent. But Salva was not in love with him as much as he was lusting after him. NAMBLA says love has no age restrictions, but these people just want laws lifted against having sex with minors!

"Okay, check this out: there's a 1983 cult horror movie that also features a lot of young male nudity. Sleepaway Camp. The director has kids, is probably still married or was married at the time he made the movie. We see guys with no shirts on, guys in nothing but underwear (those briefs that look like what WWF/WCW wrestlers used to wear in the 1990's, before they started all wearing pants), you see one kid's naked butt, and at the end, someone short is totally nude and you see his penis.

So what?"

What does that have to do with anything? Did you think the OP's point was that every director who shows a shirtless boy is a pedophile? His point was the exact opposite, that we see those things all the time in movies and don't think twice about it. It's only knowing what we know now that makes you rethink those things. I mean he obviously abused his position of power over young Nathan Winters. He raped a young boy, an actor in his movie, but the idea that he might have rewritten certain scenes for his pleasure is out of the realm of possibility?

Next, all your "examples" of what you think society considers pedophilia are wrong. It's not illegal for 15 and 16 year old guys to have sex with each other, or for a 17 year old girl to have sex with a 15 year old guy. Likewise, your example of the 30 year old retarded person is wrong. People have been charged with rape for taking advantage of someone who is mentally disabled.

I'm not saying every person of every age should be grouped in some black and white category, but if age is nothing but a number, why don't we allow 8 year old kids to drive, or 10 year old kids in a liquor store? The whole point is, children on a whole, even if they "consent" are in no position to make rational decisions.

It seems like every Brian De Palma movie begins with naked ladies in the shower. I sometimes wonder if De Palma was getting off on the dailies.

"Fellas, don't drink that coffee! You'd never guess, there was a FISH in the percolator!"

Know a lot of cunning 12 year olds do you? What was the job and where in rural Mississippi? I'm just asking because I can't think of a place that would hire a 12 year old, let alone a job where a 12 year old could "use their body to get ahead". And even if that was true, Salva still disgusting for having sex with a 12 year old and as an adult should never have been in a situation where that was a possibility.
And yes we do know what Nathan Forrest Winters reaction was. He came out and protested Salva's movie Power specifically because he was afraid of Salva having access to child actors again. Which should tell you everything you need to know about what happened. And seriously, if Winters "IS still suffering over this, he needs to get therapy. It was over 20 yrs ago now. Even if it was forced rape, it's done and over and time for ALL OF US to move on"? How do you know that he hasn't been in therapy since it happened? Do you realize how much mental development happens during your childhood and preteen years? How something as common as your parents divorcing during childhood can completely consume the rest of your life?
Imagine Winters' situation. He was raped as a child. He can go to any Blockbuster in America and be vividly reminded of that fact. Not only that, in the same section he can find a movie by the guy that did it, who still makes millions of dollars, and also still has access to child actors.
Why don't you do the rest of us a favor and go back to posting on NAMBLA message boards?

We DO know that it not consensual. Winters told his mother after the making of Clownhouse that Salva forced him to have sex, which led to the arrest and the search of Salva's home that turned up the video evidence.

That's Winter's take on it. He DID talk about it, during the protests of "Powder."

As for the suggestion he slept with Salva to further his career, note that his career ended with this movie. That suggests Winters permanently swore off acting due to what happened, not that he sought it out.

Salva did indeed serve his time, and nobody else has stepped forward with new charges. The fact that pedophiles have the highest recidivism rate of all sex offenders, and that Salva previously worked as a child care provider, raise serious doubts as to whether this was his first offense or just the first time he was caught. A man can't be legally punished for the suggestion he might have committed other crimes, but that doesn't mean we should turn a blind eye and pretend he was arrested for jaywalking, either.

And you can't blame folks for finding it difficult to watch his films after finding out about his arrest. That's an issue of suspension of disbelief, and not something within the control of moviegoers.

In any case, I've heard of no one protesting "Jeepers Creepers" and begrudging him work with adult actors--just that some folks have a hard time watching his movies now, knowing of his crime. The protests against "Powder" were specifically about him getting a foot in the door with a company that more often employs, and whose main audience is, children and teens. Surely that's reasonable, in light of his arrest record.

You are sick for even suggesting that an 11 or 12-year-old is capable of consent.