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Teen Killing Prompts Call for 'Scream' Ban

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A French politician called on Wednesday for a ban on "Scream," a trilogy of violent teen-slasher movies that a 17-year-old boy said inspired him to stab a schoolmate to death.


Didier Fischer, a left-wing candidate in next week's parliamentary elections, also said movie makers should be investigated for crimes linked to violent films.

"I call for the immediate withdrawal from sale and public rental across the national territory of any videotape, DVD disc and any other form of distribution, including on the Internet, of the film 'Scream'," Fischer said in a statement.

The victim, a 15-year-old girl, was found bleeding in a park near the western town of Nantes on Monday. She was able to give the name of the attacker before dying in hospital.

When questioned, the adolescent suspect said the "Scream" films had given him the desire to kill and he wanted to commit a murder similar to those shown in the movies, police said.

The case mirrors that of two French teenagers who were convicted in 1998 of killing a classmate after watching U.S. director Oliver Stone's ultra-violent "Natural Born Killers," about a couple on a serial-killing spree.

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