It's frightening to think they did it. It's terrifying to think they didn't.
Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills (1996)
Documentary
| Crime
| Mystery
DVD, 150 minutes
Country:
USA
Director:
Joe Berlinger
| Bruce Sinofsky
Producer:
Joe Berlinger
| Loren Eiferman
| Jonathan Moss
| Sheila Nevins
| Bruce Sinofsky
Plot outline
A horrific triple child murder leads to an indictment and trial of three nonconformist boys based on questionable evidence.
Cast
- Joe Berlinger
- Bruce Sinofsky
- Jessie Miskelly
- Jason Baldwin
- Damien Wayne Echols
- Christopher Byers
- Steven Branch
- Michael Moore
- Jessie Miskelly Sr.
- Pam Echols
- Joe Hutchinson
- Domini Teer
- John Mark Byers
- Melissa Byers
- Terry Hobbs
- Pam Hobbs
- Diane Moore
- Det. Byrn Ridge
- Regina Meek
- Marty King
Plots
- Berlinger and Sinofsky's documentary of a gruesome triple murder in West Memphis, Arkansas and the subsequent trials of three suspects, takes a hard look at both the occult and the American justice system in 'small-town' America. Three teenagers are accused of this horrific crime of killing three children, supposedly as a result of involvement in Satanism. As in their previous documentary, things turn out to be more complex than initial appearances and this film presents the real-life courtroom drama to the viewer, as it unfolds. Written by Tad Dibbern