List of shooters/killers/attackers favorite movies

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David Sonboly:
The Matrix

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Neah wrote:: Adam Lanza's top 25:

1971 Lets Scare Jessica To Death
1971 Willard
1972 Crawlspace
1972 Haunts of the Very Rich
1972 Private Parts
1972 Folks at Red Wolf Inn
1972 Children Shouldn't Play With Dead Things
1973 The Baby
1973 Messiah of Evil
1973 Don't Look in the Basement
1973 The Killing Kind
1974 Bad Ronald
1975 Lemora: A Child's Tale of the Supernatural
1979 Driller Killer
1980 Don't Go in the House
1980 The Attic
1980 The Pit
1983 Night Warning
1985 Deadly Messages
1986 Link
1988 Killer Klowns from Outer Space
1988 Bloody Wednesday
1989 Pin
1989 Beyond Dream's Door
1993 Stalking Laura

Adam had the movie Rampage (2009) on his removable hard drive

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Daniel Gonzalez:
A Nightmare On Elm Street series
Friday The 13th series
Freddy Vs. Jason

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Guilherme Taucci Monteiro and Luiz Henrique de Castro:
Elephant

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TheOne99 wrote:

malatic wrote:: Vladislav Roslyakov:
Lost Highway (1997)
Pulp Fiction (1994)
Stand By Me (1986)

His least favorite movie seemed to be American History X (1998) though.

Vladislav also liked the movie Klass

Along with Hobo With A Shotgun

Also:
Ghoul (1997)
Falling Down (1993)
Natural Born Killers (1994)
Voroshilov Sharpshooter (1999)
American Psycho (2000)

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Alvaro Castillo liked Natural Born Killers

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ArjyBajy wrote:: I saw above that someone had already mentioned the film so I'll add to it, Kimveer Gill liked natural born killers and said that he liked Quentin Tarantino's films alot too.

It was already in the kimveer post

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Jared Lee Loughner:
Donnie Darko
A Scanner Darkly
He also liked the documentary films Zeitgeist and Loose Change.

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Eh, I decided to give this thread a revival in a different section.

Michael and Robert Bever (family killers) both liked the movie Rampage

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"Now! Feel death, not just mocking you. Not just stalking you but inside of you. Wriggle and writhe. Feel smaller beneath my might. Seizure in the Pestilence that is my scythe. Die, all of you."
- T.J. Lane (in his Facebook poem)

Guest wrote:: Steven Kazmierczeck:
Saw
*I do know for a fact he did watch other horror movies but I cannot remember them at this time*

Also he liked or had DVDs of these movies:
Robot Monster
Rambo
Mr Brooks
Fight Club
Night of the Living Dead
Aliens
The Devil's Rejects
Dawn of the Dead
House of 1000 Corpses
No Escape (1994)
Third World Cop
Psycho Cop Returns
Snakes on a Plane
Tromeo and Juliet
Halloween
Plan 9 from Outer Space

Ian David Long:
The Purge

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Felipe Díaz (Calbuco attempted bomber):
A Clockwork Orange
Zero Day
V for Vendetta
Klass
Fight Club
8 Mile
La Haine
Spirited Away
Donnie Darko
John Dies at the End
The Butterfly Effect
Repo Men
The Theory of Everything
Once
Interstellar
Warcraft
It

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Jack Reed (attempted mass killer):
Taxi Driver
American Psycho
Apocalypse Now
Platoon

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Old boy- Cho seung hui

Kim de Gelder (2009 Dendermonde nursery attack) watched The Dark Knight "an unusually high number of times," allegedly quoted Harvey Dent at the start of his stabbing, and his makeup / hair dye drew comparisons to the Joker.

Kimveer Gill liked Final Destination 1 and 2
Bastian Bosse liked the film "Bang Bang You're Dead"
Eric Harris also liked A Nightmare on Elm Street 3

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"One day I might just disappear and you will never find me. Nobody will ever find me"

Branimir Donchev (1974 Sofia shooting) watched The Godfather: it apparently made a strong impression on him.

Trey Sesler reviewed:
InuYasha
Grave of the Fireflies
Digimon
Cowboy Bebop
And probably more. I'm not sure which ones he reviewed favorable or negatively, though.

Laurie Dann:
Christine (1983)

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Jeff weisse: Elephant, zero days

Jeff Weise liked the phantasm movies with Phantasm 3 being his personal favourite

He also liked the movie dawn of the dead though i'm unsure if he meant the 1978 or 2004 version

As well as the movie Thunderheart 1992

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Between Eros and Thanatos

Gang Lu's favorite movies were:
No Way Out
Die Hard
Indiana Jones
"Clint Eastwood’s movies where a single cowboy fights against a group of incorporated bad guys who
pick on little guys at their will or cover up each other’s ass." (I don't know Clint Eastwood movies so I don't know which one(s) he's referring to.)

He also mentioned About Last Night as the first movie he saw in the US.

Elliot Rodger also liked Star Wars.

Keita Shimazu said on his Twitter that his favourite movie was The Eternal Zero

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"So-called civilized, well-brought up people will eat their own fellow kin, often their own friends, without being able to say why.
Their subconscious will cause them to do so."
-Oscar Kiss Maerth
"Said he was a wolf, only the difference
Was, a wolf’s skin was hairy on the outside,
His on the inside;"
- John Webster
"I cannot allow the cheap fireworks of some amateur terrorist to trigger my beatiful apocalyptic display!"
-Dr. Kabapu
"But hey, you wouldn't have signed on if you weren't planning to becoming a martyr. So let's get to work."
-Mannagaer lol

Karl Pierson liked The Matrix, and suggested they watch it instead of taking tests.

Hayden Jagst:
The Hunger Games
The Matrix
V for Vendetta
Idiocracy
Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith
Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back

Also Hayden Jagst:
The Incredibles

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"One day I might just disappear and you will never find me. Nobody will ever find me"

In "A Mother's Reckoning," Sue Klebold mentions Cat Ballou as "one of our family’s favorites."
They also liked The Magnificent Seven.

Hayden Jagst also liked Spaceballs. (I'll side with him on this one.)

Jeong Sang-jin (2008 Nonhyeon-dong massacre): A Bittersweet Life

Kenneth Tornes (Jackson firehouse shooting) - The Terminator

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Between Eros and Thanatos

Daniil Pul'kin (2019 Volsk school attack): Zero Day (his Instagram has a post taken from it.)

Jakrapanth Thomma:
Joker (2019)

Had photo of the movie on his Facebook:
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Also this article in Thai that says he was inspired by the movie and Prasitthichai Khaewkao, which okay.
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"So-called civilized, well-brought up people will eat their own fellow kin, often their own friends, without being able to say why.
Their subconscious will cause them to do so."
-Oscar Kiss Maerth
"Said he was a wolf, only the difference
Was, a wolf’s skin was hairy on the outside,
His on the inside;"
- John Webster
"I cannot allow the cheap fireworks of some amateur terrorist to trigger my beatiful apocalyptic display!"
-Dr. Kabapu
"But hey, you wouldn't have signed on if you weren't planning to becoming a martyr. So let's get to work."
-Mannagaer lol

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Ian David Long: Tropic Thunder, American Psycho
He also had posts about the Joker on his Instagram.

Jeff Weise - Elephant

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"One day I might just disappear and you will never find me. Nobody will ever find me"

Adam Labus (2002 Freising shooting): Taxi Driver and other "films in which the hero is a loner who takes revenge." John Hinckley Jr. (attempted Ronald Reagan assassin) also liked this movie.

William Atchison - Cannibal Holocaust (1980) / Man Friday (1975)

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Between Eros and Thanatos

Ross McKnight and Matthew Swift (2009 Manchester shooting plot): Bowling For Columbine

Karl Pierson checked out Full Metal Jacket and North By Northwest from his school's library.

Liam Lyburd (Newcastle colloge shooting plot) - Tower Block 2012

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Between Eros and Thanatos

James Rouse (1995 Richland High School Shooting) liked Natural Born Killers.
(In an interview in 2004 he said: “Natural Born Killers .... made killing look easy and fun, I mean, it fascinated me.”)

daisylee671 wrote:: James Rouse (1995 Richland High School Shooting) liked Natural Born Killers.
(In an interview in 2004 he said: “Natural Born Killers .... made killing look easy and fun, I mean, it fascinated me.”)

it's a shame Rouse was so eager to blame violent media for his own actions

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I condemn the horrific actions of Blackbeard the pirate; I will not tolerate his glorification.

Chris Harper-Mercer
- Cloud Atlas
- Terminator Series
- Living Dead Series
- The Exorcist
- The Exorcism of Emily Rose

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"One day I might just disappear and you will never find me. Nobody will ever find me"

Alexandre Bissonnette:
The Last King of Scotland
World War Z
The Conjuring
Inception
Sanctum
The Adventures of Tintin
Avatar
Scream

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"One day I might just disappear and you will never find me. Nobody will ever find me"

Lee Boyd Malvo - The Matrix

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Between Eros and Thanatos

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Kip Kinkel- Romeo + Juliet, Jurassic Park.

Jeff Weise - Cheech and Chong up in smoke (1978)

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Between Eros and Thanatos

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Randy stair- Frozen

margaflor wrote:: Randy stair- Frozen

Of course.

margaflor wrote:: Randy stair- Frozen

Also Randy:
Halloween Series
Friday the 13th Series
Creepshow
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
The Breakfast Club
Inception
Home Alone
Bruce Almighty

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"One day I might just disappear and you will never find me. Nobody will ever find me"

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Pekka Eric auvinen
-Natural Born Killers
- end of days
- The Matrix
- The Untouchables
- Falling down
- a View to A Kill
-Reservoir Dogs

margaflor wrote:: Pekka Eric auvinen
-Natural Born Killers
- end of days
- The Matrix
- The Untouchables
- Falling down
- a View to A Kill
-Reservoir Dogs

Its already mentioned in the very first post

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