Why have infamous serial killer cases become so popular in the media and are portrayed in Hollywood films/TV shows? Why do the audiences find horror movies based on killers entertaining? Are the viewers psychologically predisposed by these depictions to react with violence and commit murder? The life of famous serial killers is always an exciting topic.
What did the serial killer do? How did he do it? Why did he do it? Who were his victims? Did he allow the victims to suffer? The most interesting question is, what will trigger a man to become a notorious serial killer? (“What Makes a Serial Killer Tick?” 2002, p.1) Several theories have been offered to explain why persons commit a crime or why people become serial killers. Buffalo Bill was the twisted serial killer who killed women for their skin. Many
aspects of Bill’s character make him memorable and terrifying to the public. It’s interesting to see how such a haunting character came about. When Thomas Harris constructed Buffalo Bill (also known as Jame Gump), he turned to lives and biographies of real-life serial killers.
Ed Gein was also the inspiration for other famous movie monsters such as Psycho and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. The most disturbing aspects of Buffalo Bill’s character are borrowed from the lives of Ted Bundy and Ed Gein. They are not the only real-life killers whose real-life crimes influenced parts of this famous movie killer.
In 1982, Stephen King, a renowned horror author, published a brief essay titled “Why We Crave Horror Movies” and then submitted it to the Playboy Magazine.
Around that time, a few years prior, mass murder and a serial killer named Ted Bundy, who was in his prime between 1784 and 1778, was found connected to at least 36 murders. Ted Bundy proclaimed that the reason behind his mass murders was due to pornography, which can be found in any Playboy magazine. There are however many sane, functioning, safe members of society who watch porn and they don't become vicious monsters like these killers, I don't think we will ever know what creates these freaks, what we do know for sure is that society, for reasons that I am sure we will also never know, is infatuated with serial killers, and movies and TV shows showcasing these monsters are some of the highest grossing shows on streaming services.
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