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Queen of the Damned - 15 (2002) Although this film is rated 15, it managed to influence Allen Menzies, 22, to kill his long time friend, Thomas McKendrick. Menzies claimed that he was visited in his home by the vampire, Akasha, from the film, he said that when she visited him she said that he would be rewarded with being a immortal (a vampire) in the 'next life' if he began to kill people. Menzies said that he believed that McKendrick and another friend, Stuart Unwin, were plotting to kill him and he claims he heard this in his mind. He told the court he killed McKendrick with a bowie knife, kitchen knife and a hammer, he had stabbed his friend to death, drank his blood and then eaten part of his head, he said that his father disposed of the body. Menzies told the court that he kept getting visits after the killing but he denied to kill more people, two psychiatrists had earlier said that Menzies was not suffering from a severe mental illness when he attacked his friend. The Exorcist - 18 (1973) This film is about a demon possessing a young girl, from the time it was made, the effects used to make it look like the girl was being thrown around in her bed and the demon speaking from her etc. were modern and this caused moral panic around the world due to it's religious content, it provoked vomiting, fainting and heart attacks within the cinemas. People became very anxious and panicked about the moral standards of society. The Interview - 15 (2015) This film is a comedy about an American chat show host who goes to do an interview with the leader of North Korea, Kim Jong-Un, and the CIA within the film demanded that they assassinate him. The film was complained about to the US by North Korea because of the assassination promoting terrorism. The spokesperson for Korea said, "shows the desperation of the US government and American society – a film about the assassination of a foreign leader mirrors what the US has done in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria and Ukraine.".
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