THE HORROR OF COPYCAT CRIMES

How many of your favourite scary movies may have inspired fiction to become reality? We investigate...

- JOHANNA BELL

With Halloween rapidly approaching, the horror film fans among us will revel in the excuse to indulge in gory flicks. But while most viewers separate fiction from reality, there have been disturbing cases where individuals claimed to be inspired by horror films when carrying out violent copycat crimes. We take a look at people who have seemingly been motivated by gory films to commit terrible crimes.

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SLASHER HORROR

Cinema goers in 1984 gasped when Freddy Krueger slashed his victims with a glove fitted with razors in A Nightmare on Elm Street