Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills (1996)
- Directed by
- Joe Berlinger, Bruce Sinofsky
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 2h 30m
- Rating
- 7.6 of 10 from 203 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This documentary covers the murder trials of three teenagers accused of killing three young boys in Arkansas. It shows the evidence, the community's reaction, and the legal proceedings around the case.
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What happens
Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills is a 1996 American documentary film directed, produced and edited by Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky about the trials of the West Memphis Three, three teenage youths accused of the May 1993 murders and sexual mutilation of three prepubescent boys (Steve Edward Branch, Christopher Byers and Michael Moore) as a part of an alleged satanic ritual in West Memphis, Arkansas. The film uses the music of Metallica instead of an original soundtrack, the first time that the band authorized their music to be used in a film; the accused teenagers were fans of the band, something which played a part in their trials. It was well received by critics, and was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Informational Programming. It was followed by two sequels, also made by Berlinger and Sinofsky, which followed the evolution of the case through the years: Paradise Lost 2: Revelations (2000), and Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory (2011). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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