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more about #spanking more comments → Tart of Darkness: The one concept that I haven't really seen addressed here is that in the book since we are seeing everything from the perspective of the psychopathic ... more » Cerridwen: You know what is even grosser than the trailer itself? The fact that this trailer keeps showing up on certain sites devoted to nothing but the objecti... more » BettyCrocker: Rural America - scary as hell since (at least) 1952. I don't mind horror movies either, but this one crosses a line. #violenceagainstwomen more » Vivelafat says Sweep the leg, Johnny.: It seems to me that it will be "good" in an Irreversible sort of way. (ie, extremely disturbing but unlike any other film experience to date). That'... more » RiloKilo: I haven't read the book, so I can't comment on the story... but the simple fact that they chose Jessica Alba and Kate Hudson as the leading ladies mak... more » Penny: The only thing I have gotten from this thread is that I REALLY want to read this book now. #violenceagainstwomen more » FroderickFronkensteen: Dear Hollywood, You already made Patrick Wilson a pedophile, don't ruin Casey Affleck for me too. Sincerely, Froderick #violenceagainstwomen more » inshallah123: "So unless Winterbottom is willing to delve into the dynamics of consent/control, The Killer Inside Me will be no better than a snuff film." Uh, what... more » adrienne.arno: I too am a fan of Jim Thompson's work. I am also a female forensic psychologist with ties to the film business - I have a slightly different view to o... more » ZombieApocalypse: I am a horror movie fan and my tastes in that genre tends to lean towards the movies that are difficult for most people to watch. For example, I have ... more » vamvaki_poulaki: On the topic of showing rape on tv, it always shocks me that such a thing is allowed while people freak out about Gossip Girl?! I mean, this sounds re... more » winner: This is a long-standing source of conflict for me. I am a big fan of Jim Thompson's, Peter Mathiessen's and Cormac McCarthy's (I love The Road but mo... more » Our Lady of the Massacre: What is the purpose of movies like this? The books it's based on is trashy pulp fiction, not a nuanced exploration of a difficult topic. #violenceagai... more » sybann: This looks truly awful - but a snuff film is one in which someone actually (not fictionally) gets killed on camera. And I hope no more of them ever ge... more » bluebears: Great job in summing up what is so disturbing about the premise of this movie Katy. I'm going to bookmark this page so I can forward this to everyone ... more » -
#filmschooled
The Killer Inside Me: Sex, Death & Sadism
Sociological Images has come across a trailer for the film The Killer Inside Me and it's disturbing. Caution: We've rated it NSFW, Spoiler Alert, and Serious Trigger Warning. More » -
#youmakemewanna
"This Is So The Issue Right Now"
Oh dear. Oh no. It seems today's anti-spanking, "pregnancy-flaunting, soccer-cheering, organic-snack-proffering generation of parents" have a dark secret: sometimes they yell at their kids. More » -
#sparetherod
Is America Ready For A "Spanking Ban?"
One New Year's, my family went to stay at one of those Catskills resorts, now closed, that catered to Jews of a certain era. Think Dirty Dancing with less Swayze, more sour cream. And one day someone smacked a child: More » -
#sparetherod
Study: Spanking Worse For Kids Than Yelling
According to a study, kids who were spanked at age one were more likely to be aggressive at two, and cognitively behind their peers at three. Verbal punishment didn't seem to produce these ill effects. [CNN] -
#sparetherod
Experts Claim Southern Kids Are Spanked More
Sociologist Brian P. Hinote says many parents in the Bible Belt are tolerant of spanking, citing the phrase, "spare the rod, spoil the child." Southern kids are apparently spanked in school more as well...something we didn't realize was legal. [UPI] -
