Scorn (2000)

Directed by

Sturla Gunnarsson

Genre

crime, drama

Country

Canada

Runtime

1h 36m

Rating

8.0 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This film dramatizes the true story of a gay teenager who manipulated two classmates into murdering his mother and grandmother in 1990. It follows the events leading up to the killings and the investigation that followed.

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What happens

Scorn is a Canadian dramatic television film directed by Sturla Gunnarsson. It dramatizes the true story of Darren Huenemann, a gay teenager from Victoria, British Columbia, who manipulated his classmates Derik Lord and David Muir into murdering his mother Sharon and grandmother Doris in his grandmothers's Tsawwassen home in 1990. The film stars Eric Johnson as Huenemann, Brendan Fletcher as Lord, Bill Switzer as Muir, Kelly Rowan as Sharon and Pam Hyatt as Doris, as well as Emily Hampshire, Michael Hogan, Jesse Cadotte, Jerry Wasserman, Bill Dow and Hrothgar Mathews in supporting roles. The film premiered theatrically at the 2000 Vancouver International Film Festival, and received a followup theatrical screening at the 2001 Victoria Film Festival, before being broadcast by CBC Television on March 18, 2001. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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