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'The Killing of America' is a 1982 documentary chronicling the violence of 1970s USA. Exclusive footage of assassinations, protests, serial killers, cults and examples of the general violent crimes that swept the states. Weird times well contrasted with the conservative pre Elvis America which the narrator seems to represent. This period of US history saw massive change and the movie reminded me of Hunter S Thompson's articles around that time ('The Great Shark Hunt'). It's on YouTube if you're interested.

'Mum and Dad' - whoa! This is one f****d up beast of a movie. Perhaps inflenced by the Fred and Rose West story, this 2008 UK movie was a real unpleasant surprise to me and would probably make it into my top ten horrors of the decade. Darkly funny Dad (Perry Benson) is just great - sometimes sentimental and traditional othertimes raging temper and sickness. Can't wait for director Stephen Sheil's next project - anyone know anything?