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Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills (1996) | User Rating
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MPAA Rating
NR
Running Time
2 hours, 30 minutes
Country USA
Studio HBO
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• Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills
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Genre: Documentary, Murder, Teenage, True Story, Disturbing, Suspense, Law, Society, Biography, Devil, Occult, Courtroom, Mental Illness
Tagline: It's frightening to think they did it. It's terrifying to think they didn't.
Plot: In 1993, three eight-year-old boys were found brutally murdered in the woods of West Memphis, Arkansas. Though the evidence suggested the masterwork and skill of a seasoned killer, the police hastily assigned the blame to three alienated boys with a predilection for heavy metal music and black clothing. The directors' omnipresent yet unobtrusive camera draws the viewer into an intensely gripping trial and investigation, during which an atmosphere of small town "Satanic panic" and a case filled with holes reveals itself. All sides of the story are carefully explored--the emotions and opinions of victims' families, lawyers, and the boys themselves--as the trial slowly builds to its shocking outcome. The masterful editing of Berlinger and Sinofsky transforms the often dry courtroom documentary into smooth and compelling storytelling, and the most articulate of the condemned boys, Damien Echols, emerges as the fascinating centerpiece. Effective use is made of heavy metal band Metallica's early music, which gives an audio soundtrack to the alienation and hopelessness of the accused boys. Powerful and often heart wrenching, this award-winning documentary is, in the fact of its reality, more frightening, tragic, and unforgettable than many works of
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 ...perhaps the scariest thing ever made, not because it's all real but because the true horror doesn't come from the killings, the true horror doesn't come until afterwards.--Sonny Fernandez (Diabolical-Dominion.com)
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Joe Berlinger
Brother's Keeper, Paradise Lost 2: Revelations, Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 | Bruce Sinofsky
Metallica: Some Kind of Monster, Brother's Keeper, Paradise Lost 2: Revelations |
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| Cast |
Joe Berlinger
Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2, Metallica: Some Kind of Monster, The 20th IFP Independent Spirit Awards | Bruce Sinofsky
Metallica: Some Kind of Monster, Brother's Keeper, Paradise Lost 2: Revelations | | Jason Baldwin
Paradise Lost 2: Revelations, The Long Haul of A.I. Bezzerides | | | | |
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Metallica
Metallica: Some Kind of Monster, Paradise Lost 2: Revelations, Metallica: Cunning Stunts |
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