The American Psychiatric Association’s article, “Psychiatric Effects of Media Violence” states that “Individuals with greater exposure to media violence see the world as a dark and sinister place.” The APA goes on to say:

The critical period for lasting harm from exposure to depictions of violence is pre-adolescent childhood. Children as young as 14 months model behaviors. Viewers of violent programming can come to perceive the world as more violent than it really is, and a callous attitude toward violence can emerge. Fifty percent of murder victims are between 15 and 34 years old, and 55% of those arrested for murder are under 25 years old. One third of all the violent crimes in the U.S. a

There have been many murder cases in which the suspect claims to be under the influence of a movie during the crime. For example, The Matrix has been linked to many murder cases since its release in 1999. According to “Matrix Mania: Movie makes its way into the Courtroom,” Matt Bean writes:

Ansley said to police, “They commit a lot of crimes in The Matrix. That's where you go to sleep at night and they drug you and take you somewhere else and then they bring you back and put you in bed and, when you wake up, you think that it's a bad dream" (Bean). When Vadim Mieseges was accused of murder, he used a successful insanity plea that he was “sucked into the Matrix” when he chopped up his landlady (Bean). In the case of the Washington D.C. snipers, Lee Boyd Malvo claims he was driven by The Matrix to commit the murders. The police seized sketches that Malvo drew while he was in jail. The sketches had the words “free yourself from The Matrix” written on them (Bean). According to Sonja Barisic, a psychologist who examined Lee Boyd Malvo testified that Malvo’s mood was oddly cheerful and seemed quite out of step with the seriousness of the situation (Barisic).

One of the biggest insanity cases involving a movie came from the movie Taxi Driver. John Hinckle attempted to assassinate President Ronald Reagan in 1981. In the article “Dutch” by Denise Noe, she writes that John Hinckle watched the movie at least 15 times. Hinckle became obsessed with the actress

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