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Horror Fan Gives Genre Bad Name With Freddy-Style Slashing
Thursday, April 5, 2007


By: MrDisgusting
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More tragedy in the news this morning as a horror movie fanatic who repeatedly slashed his terrified friend with a home-made Freddy Krueger glove was jailed for life yesterday, according to This London. Jason Moore was obsessed with the Nightmare on Elm Street killer, Freddy Krueger, and spent hours crafting various recreations of his 'horrific' weapon. Read on for the massive story.

This London writes:

A horror movie fanatic who repeatedly slashed his terrified friend with a home-made Freddy Krueger glove was jailed for life yesterday. Jason Moore was obsessed with the Nightmare on Elm Street killer and spent hours crafting various recreations of his 'horrific' weapon.

His final model featured four curved steel blades - each as sharp as a cut-throat razor - that were attached to a welded brass amulet.

Deranged Moore, 37, used the glove to attack his friend John Skamarski as he slept, causing slash wounds to his face, neck and hands. In the films he worshipped his 'hero' Krueger also struck while his victims were asleep - appearing in their dreams to maim and murder them.

Police said Mr Skamarski, 59, was 'very lucky' to survive the attack with relatively minor injuries - but added that he would be traumatised for life. Leicester Crown Court heard how Moore had a 'morbid fascination' with serial killers and horror films, particularly the Nightmare on Elm Street series. Balraj Bhatia, prosecuting, said: "He admitted he had watched that film on around 20 occasions and on the weekend prior to this incident.

"The central character was one Freddy Krueger, and his chosen weapon of violence was a glove which had embedded in it a number of knives. "Such was Moore's fascination that he prepared and made a number of these gloves and took some pleasure and pride in the quality of his workmanship."

Mr Bhatia said Moore put "time and effort into his creations", adding: "It is clearly a labour of love. He practised slashing curtains with the glove."

Moore, a stonemason, told a psychiatrist after his arrest how he constructed a total of four gloves - the first in the 1980s, when the film came out. Mr Bhatia told the court: "He said that he enjoyed how the gloves looked - menacing - and that he enjoyed 'the power' he felt when he put them on."

On August 30 last year Moore met Mr Skamarski in a park before they went back to Moore's flat in Clarendon Park, Leicester, for a drinking session. The pair consumed around four litres of cider before Mr Skamarski dozed off after taking a sleeping tablet - only for Moore to slash him as he slept.

Mr Bhatia said: "He awoke to find Moore attacking him with a bread knife and clawed glove. He fought him off in a struggle lasting around 10 minutes. "At one point Moore said 'I am going to do you', which he took to mean he was going to kill him. He managed to calm Moore, who apologised."

Moore - who was originally charged with attempted murder - phoned 999 himself, telling the operator he didn't know why he carried out the attack. He said: "I almost stabbed him to death. I'm going out of my mind. For some unbeknown reason I attacked him in the chest. I tried to stab his heart."

Mr Bhatia added that when quizzed by police Moore claimed he couldn't remember the incident and said he 'came to' covered in Mr Skamarski's blood.

Philip Gibbs, defending, said: "He accepts he is a danger. He has only ever wanted to understand his actions. He is a damaged individual." Moore, who admitted wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm, was told to serve at least four-and-a-half years before being considered for parole.

Passing sentence, Judge Michael Pert QC told him: "You had taken the trouble to construct four gloves. It was plainly a labour of love for you.

"A considerable amount of work has gone into backing that glove with brass and figuring into the plates curved talons of the sharpness of cut-throat razors. "You were fascinated with using that glove to kill someone. The person you chose was your friend, who was asleep and had no reason to expect that attack. "You are obsessed with violence and killing and are obsessed in particular with the character of Freddy Krueger. You are an extremely dangerous man."

The court heard Moore - who was still wearing his glove when paramedics arrived - admired all the films of Nightmare on Elm Street director Wes Craven.

Craven's other movies include Last House on the Left, which was banned in the UK for 18 years because of its graphic scenes of rape and violence. After the case Deputy Sergeant Gary Rogers, of Leicester police, who investigated the attack, condemned horror films for their excessive brutality.

He said: "It is obvious these films influence the way people act. It gives us some concern, and unfortunately we have to pick up the pieces afterwards.

"This was probably the most horrific weapon I have ever seen. The victim could have been seriously injured and will live with the trauma for the rest of his life."

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reverend jack sayer
12:18pm, April 5, 2007

this story looks pretty fake to me. poorly written, repetitive, obvious, and with some pretty glaring logical/legal inaccuracies. a belated april fool's hoax, perhaps.


Bob
12:25pm, April 5, 2007

In the movie, Rod was framed for killing his girlfriend while she was asleep too! Can't the justice system put the pieces together?! Freddy's real man!


GOAT
12:40pm, April 5, 2007

I just hope the mainstream media realizes that it was the fact this fucktard had mental problems and it wasn't the movie's fault, but they won't. I'm already sick of Bill O'Reilly's tirades on how horror films (or torture films as he likes to refer to them) are bad for society. Put the blame where it belongs for once! On the retard with mental problems!


Kim
12:48pm, April 5, 2007

This is all Bill O'Reilly needs to start mouthing off again about how bad horror movies are for society. Hopefully this story will fly under his radar.


paul
12:55pm, April 5, 2007

na not fake its in one of our papers in the uk


rick
1:23pm, April 5, 2007

damn wut tha hell is wrong with that dude he needs 2 serve tha death penalty with sum1 stabbin him with tha glove..sick dude real sick... o ya bob freddy isnt real it was just a movie.


Dr.Doom
1:26pm, April 5, 2007

Horror is healthy if you're healthy, Horror is unhealthy if you're unhealthy. People with power should take heed of that and not try to cure the world of their own fears.


Syko2k2
3:18pm, April 5, 2007

What a tard!


reverend jack sayer
3:38pm, April 5, 2007

then that paper needs some new writers.


reverend jack sayer
3:40pm, April 5, 2007

Bob, you're on to something. we need to work on the pharmaceutical patent for Hypnocil. or discover our Dream Powers and go to battle.


Jack
4:25pm, April 5, 2007

thats pretty stupid.


Bob
9:19pm, April 5, 2007

FREDDY'S BACK


John
11:46pm, April 5, 2007

This is all fake. it's just a work to get publicity for a possible new nightmare movie or something. Dumb.


RamoneOfTheDeaad
12:30am, April 6, 2007

Bullshit... the guy is an idiot... plain and simple Kim - who cares if it flys in his face. Only people that care about Bill Oreilly or Rush Limbaugh care about Bill OReilly or Rush Limbaugh. Majority of folks realize they are egomaniacal dolts and don't give a rats ass about them. The sun still rises in the east and sets in the west regardless of what they say.


mark
4:15am, April 6, 2007

lol they always blame the films, this guy was a nutter in the first place, i watch loads of horror films and i dont want to hurt or kill anyone, i also watch action films but i dont want to run around with guns etc the people who do these things alrady have a problem, if they never watched those films they would still do those things eventually.


zombified
3:54pm, April 6, 2007

we all know what this guy's excuse will be. the movie made me do it.


Another Goddamn Idiot Fucks It Up For The Rest OF
12:30am, April 8, 2007

I think my screen name pretty much says it all...


YouKnowWhatYouAre
2:17am, April 9, 2007

So whats your point Goat, Kim and Ramone? Do you realy care if O'Reily or the big "Mainstream Media" (ABC,NBC,CNN,BBC) puts their spin on all this? I know i don't, but i bet if Micheal Moore made another shit-tastic propaganda film about this you would lap it up like Cynide Kool-aid wouldn't you? Dance puppets Dance!


n0rman_666
12:28pm, April 9, 2007

wow not another idot huh


Coked Up Corpse
7:49pm, April 9, 2007

What a moron. If his will is so low that he attacks his friend after seeing a movie, I'm glad he got put away. He seems like a nutter to me.


asshole what a asshole
10:54pm, April 22, 2007

i hope this dont ruin what is a great series for this maron thats dont even deserve to watch them for me these movie make me sane in a way that it keeps me out of reality and when its over im thankfull its not real


SplAtterDay
10:53pm, May 12, 2008

GOAT << I just hope the mainstream media realizes that it was the fact this fucktard had mental problems and it wasn't the movie's fault, but they won't. I'm already sick of Bill O'Reilly's tirades on how horror films (or torture films as he likes to refer to them) are bad for society. Put the blame where it belongs for once! On the retard with mental problems! Kim >>> I hope your right. Im so sick of fucktards acting out and then blaming the films. I mean why ruin this outlet for all of us "sain" horror fans ?? For many of us it's just an excape from the mundain boring world. 99% of us are of above average intellegence and are very grounded.


stormsiren609
9:18am, July 29, 2008

I hate when people try to blame the movies for stuff like this and then try to get them banned. News flash, people been killing people way before movies were even invented. Get a clue fuckers.


metalmessiah007
9:09am, September 4, 2008

movies don't kill people stupid ass motherfucker's who believe that they are real kill people. like everyone else said this guy obviously has issues, and he needs to be castrated-ha!


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