10 Actual Crimes From the Inspiration of Movies & TV

10. Fight Club

“The first Fight Club rule is that you must refrain from discussing it.”

But, after the movie's premiere, young Americans continued to share films of their own real-life fight clubs online. And that's not the only connection between this horrific movie and the real world; it's also thought to have inspired two bombers. In an effort to generate mayhem with his own project Mayhem, Karl Shah detonated a homemade explosive next to a Starbucks while Luke Helder attacked mailboxes with pipe bombs.

"The Project Mayhem Demolitions Committee wrapped blasting gelatin around the foundation columns of a dozen structures. A few square blocks will be turned to smoldering rubble in two minutes after primary charges blow base charges.

9. The Deer Hunter

The usage of Russian roulette in this movie attracted initial criticism for inaccurately portraying the Vietnam War. But, as news of fatalities linked to Russian roulette emerged, criticism of its depiction of the deadly game of chance increased significantly. According to estimations, 25 people died worldwide as a result of trying their luck using a game that resembles the one Robert De Niro and Christopher Walken played.

8. Dexter

This thriller about a blood spatter analyst by day and a serial killer by night has won praise but also criticism, particularly after it was thought to have been the inspiration for numerous real killings. Following the murder of Andrew Conley's 10-year-old brother by a Dexter fan, Mark Twitchell gained notoriety for pursuing a double life and seducing married men looking for extramarital affairs via an online dating site. He only murdered one individual, though, before being apprehended. in Mid August, his web profile was modified to state Mark has too much in common with Dexter Morgan.

7. Magnum Force

The second Dirty Harry movie, starring Clint Eastwood, has a scene where a prostitute is killed using drain cleaner. And it was apparently this incident that served as the model for the actual hi-fi killings. A home audio business was the target of robbers who had their captives swallow the liquid. The three prisoners were tortured, raped, and killed by the criminals when their victims did not pass away soon enough.

6. The Child's Play Series

The Child's Play movie series and the homicidal Chucky doll have been connected to a number of terrifying situations, including the 1996 Port Arthur Massacre. After forcing a teen to listen to a looping tape while torturing and killing her. "I'm Chucky wanna play?" The media also connected the films to a case in which two 10-year-olds painted a 2-year-old boy before torturing and killing him.

5. The Matrix

The Matrix has been held responsible for numerous crimes, ranging from the Columbine High School shooting to the 2002 Beltway sniper shootings, because of its stylized brutality and distinctively dressed characters. Even the Matrix defense, which was employed in two distinct court cases where a landlady was killed and the defendants were ultimately found insane, was inspired by the plot's alternate reality.

4. Scream

The most successful and profitable slasher film in America has been associated with countless copycat slashings in real life. The first murder to make headlines was the 1998 scream murder, which occurred when two cousins stabbed one of their mothers 45 times to raise the funds for their intended killing spree. The following year, two teens stabbed a 13-year-old boy, who survived. Last but not least, there was Thierry Jerroday, whose unrequited love led him to murder Allison Cambier, a teenage girl, while wearing a Ghostface mask.

3. A Clockwork Orange

Stanley Kubrick reportedly removed this film from British distribution voluntarily because it allegedly caused so many crimes and received so much criticism from the people. Similar crimes included a number of teenage male killings as well as a man dressed as a droog assaulting a woman. The film's singing in the rain rape scene, which had unsettling similarities to a real-life gang rape in which the attackers also sang the song, was perhaps the most notorious.

2. Natural Born Killers

This movie was shocking from the start since its plot was based on the lives of two actual mass murderers. Sarah Edmondson and Benjamin James Daris chose to become natural-born killers, killing one another and paralyzing one another in an instance of art imitating life rather than life imitating art.

They were then brought to court along with Time Warner and Oliver Stone. As allegations that the Columbine High School killers were also fans emerged, the debate got worse.

1. Taxi driver

John Hinckley Jr. grew obsessed with pursuing Jodie Foster after witnessing her play a young prostitute in this vigilante film at the age of 14. He made the decision to target President Reagan in 1981 in an effort to mimic the assassination attempt made by Robert De Niro's character in the movie. Thankfully, the President was only slightly hurt, and Hinckley was convicted due to insanity.

Even if they are a medium of expression, movies, and television shows can depict unpleasant, hazardous, or realistic crimes and scenarios. It's crucial to understand our past in order to avoid repeating it.