Nice job Ban these irresponsible scare tactic movies. Reviewer: fender12 - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - October 31, Subject: Amazing I remember watching this in the first grade in Abilene Texas and I was terrified for years. I still think about, obvisously enough to google it. I am 45 now and it still scares me. Reviewer: marysbest - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - September 22, Subject: THe child molester I think that everyone should have their children watch this film.
It is an excellant film on what could happen to our children. Reviewer: piquant00 - favorite favorite - July 19, Subject: Worth a Look-See The audio in this film badly needs to be cleaned up. I also was in elementary school in the 60s, and I don't recall seeing this film. I'm glad I didn't see it at the time, because I'm sure I would've been traumatized as others were as a kid, I could hardly watch film-strips with crude hand-drawn human anatomy stills, let alone actual corpses of children!
It's interesting that warning children about child molesters is tied to sex education see the blackboard drawing of what I assume is a fetus in utero , and also to general safety guidelines; the latter seems far more appropriate now. Nonetheless this is an interesting film with definite shock value towards the end.
I'm giving it just two stars because of the terrible audio. Reviewer: dcmuniz3 - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - July 17, Subject: Wow!!! Like most of the posted reviews, I too saw this film while in the 1st grade in Houston, Texas and it had a major impact on me as a child. The area I lived in was surrounded by heavily wooded area's and I could walk out my back door into woods that stretched for miles.
I along with the neighborhood kids would frequent them as our playground. Needless to say, after this film it took months for me to even venture into the woods with friends, even longer for me to enter them myself. The two images that stood still do out were of the beaten and deceased girls and the shoe floating down the creek. While it did keep me from talking to strangers, it really did do a number on me. It got to the point that I started thinking it was all just nightmare or something concocted in my head.
Then for me to stumble upon it after 40 some odd years!? Again, all I can say is WOW. In retrospect I'm glad I had the opportunity to watch it as a child, as I'm absolutely certain it kept me from EVER talking to strangers, much less taking candy or anything from them. I'm just happy it was real and I didn't imagine this horrific film.
Reviewer: pheret - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - January 17, Subject: the child molester this film is very relevant today; except for the clothing, i don't think they mentioned anything hysterical or incorrect.
I saw this in as a first grader. After school, I went home and laid on the sofa the rest of the afternoon with a stomach ache. I told my mother about the movie, and she totally didn't believe me. It scared the crap out of me, and I can't belive that I've now seen it 40 years later, and it is still very very disturbing.
I searched for this film for years, thinking that the name was "Strangers" or something with Stranger in the title. My younger brother never had to watch it, as they pulled kiddie showings in so he was spared the nightmares. I remember the shoe floating down the creek-the image other than the "crime scene" photos that disturbed me the most, because we had a creek in our neighborhood where all the kids played, all the time.
This film is definitely not for kids. Reviewer: jewjewfruit - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - November 11, Subject: This Film is a Necessity! I have read all of the reviews thus far, and I am sorry that some of you object to this film. I saw it when I was in first grade in the 70's I live in Iowa.
I, too, remember it like it was yesterday, mainly because of the haunting images at the end. I remember in my teenage years I was offered a ride by some guy when I was out for a walk; he was a good-looking "older guy" well, maybe too old to be exciting to a teenager , but anyway, thanks to that film I was terrified of creeps and declined his offer. That guy was up to no good, and maybe I would have known that without having seen "The Child Molester.
I had watch this film several times and use it as a reference when reminding them how serious stranger danger is. BTW, I also had them watch the red light green light meeting strangers film which we saw at the same assembly back in elementary.
Folks, this film is a keeper and needs to be repaired and reproduced. I have put a link to it on Facebook. Whoever is responsible for posting it on the Internet--thank you and God Bless you!
Reviewer: AJnobles - favorite - September 16, Subject: The Child Molester I am glad to know I was not the only child who experienced extreme fear, nausea, and weeks of being afraid to go outside from watching this horrific movie. I was more afraid of something happening to my little sister and brother, this movie should have never been shown to young kids. And most parents were not even aware of the ghastly crime scene photos.
I am all for educating kids about danger etc. Reviewer: angelhands. This film tells things how they are and the pictures and the end bring me to tears I was approached once at the age of 11 walking to school but luckily it didn't feel right to get in the car and i ignored the person and he left. Unfortunately i did not escape that from home being molested by my older brother I am so glad this film has surfaced again I really wish this awarness was spoken out today..
Tabboo that's what is calledn why because people will hope that this type of thing would just go away if not talked about or that childeren will just somehow know what to do when there mentality is to trust. I will defenitly share this with my blog viewers and post on "My Space" so like myself not take this type of education to childeren is followed along with 'crossing the street, ect.
Make childeren aware of the dangers from strangers and family Reviewer: erinserb - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - June 22, Subject: shock and awe The film was hideous to me at the time - 3rd grade circa It is anachronistic and severely dated, but the theme and the terror of the ending transcend space and time, and the message is all too familiar and frightening.
This film changed my life around perhaps forever because of the neighborhood that I lived in and the fact that my parents used to send me on "errands" to stores at the nearest "street corner". I would be very careful about really young children viewing this film - shock and awe are not necessarily the sole province of war. Shock and awe can be at our very doorstep. Reviewer: mjesfo - - December 16, Subject: Unbelievable I can't believe I finally came across this film that traumatized me for most of my 3rd grade year.
It was and after the PTA viewed this film they decided the student body should see this film! I don't remember if 1st or 2nd graders were there but the 3rd graders sure were. We had already been subjected to a year or two of Patch the Pony, a cartoon character from a filmstrip who cautioned us, "Nay, nay from strangers stay away!
I was absolutely terrorized by this movie. Already at the beginning of the film I am worried for the girls and recall I couldn't believe they fell for the oldest trick in the book:Candy from a stranger!
I was mad at the old lady who witnessed the kidnapping and the girl who knew not to accept the candy from the stranger for not warning the girls and then spending her afternoon window shopping and daydreaming before she reports what she saw happen. Our school was already doing a good job warning us to stay away from strangers but showing us this film was like taking care of a termite infestation with dynamite.
I feigned illness for weeks so I wouldn't have to go outside at lunchtime. When they finally got me to go outside to the playground my eyes were constantly scanning the area for potential stranger infiltration. I didn't want to play outside at home, either and my Mom finally asked me what was the problem and I told her.
That stupid film, "The Child Molester"! She complained to the school and it was never shown to the students again. So, I am fascinated by this film because of the profound impact it had on my childhood and glad I finally got to see it again as an adult so I could put it in the proper perspective. Yes, the acting is terrible but the subject matter is serious and disturbing and it still impacts me as an adult. Reviewer: 2muchtv - favorite favorite favorite - October 24, Subject: Passion, misunderstanding and misinformation While this item has certainly stirred the passions of reviewers, there is a fundamental misunderstanding that really should be addressed.
This film was never intended to be viewed by children and, of course, should never have been shown to children. This film was produced as a cautionary tale for parents to be exhibited at PTA meetings, neighborhood safety groups like today's block watches and similar audiences. In the vast majority of molestation cases, the victim knew or was related to the attacker. Learn more at the California Department of justice web page entitled www. Reviewer: kyrasdad - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - September 27, Subject: amazing film I find this film so amazing I hardly know where to begin.
One thing I might say right off is: the ending is not the only place that can be potentially triggering. I found I could stomach the crime scene pretty well, but the part where the bad guy actually catches up with the girl and she screams her head off had me screaming, crying and retching. My wife and I have taught our kids all these concepts emphatically, from an early age. While this film does harshly what I feel we did a little more gently, it is nonetheless one of the few examples of this correct and important principle: children can handle the truth and need to know enough to protect themselves.
If children feel traumatized by the film but one life is saved, that might not be such a bad deal. I gave a high rating not so much for the quality of the film itself, but for its uniqueness, the importance of the topic and this historic film's miraculous availability. Seen worse. Feel sorry for the victim, poor girl. Reviewer: Bronx Boy - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - July 11, Subject: That's kind of the point This film is a clear example of what ephemeral films were in the 60's.
I didn't see it then, but watching now for the first time was quite shocking and disturbing. However there have been a lot of comments about the films message and dialog.
IMHO if people are questioning the validity of the dialog - and it is homophobic - then they are missing the point as why this film is on this site. That is the whole reason why it's here - if it were well made and virtuous it would have been preserved for future generations of kids. This film is a great artifact of the time and reflects the arcane and frankly distorted views of the film's producers. Its a great piece of scare film history.
I guess I just love campy films like this one. Reviewer: Campfire - - June 24, Subject: Stranger danger? There's another side of this business of drilling it into our kids to be terrified of strangers. A couple of years ago in California three kids wandered off from a family campground and got lost in the woods. A massive search went on to no avail. It seems the kids had all been carefully taught to run in terror whenever a stranger spoke to them and that the whole world was evil and they needed to protect themselves from it at any cost.
So whenever the searchers came near them, they did what they were trained to do around strangers--they ran and hid. They successfully managed to avoid their rescuers for a week, until they were so near death that they couldn't hide any more. Luckily they were found. A couple of hours later they would have died rather than talk to a stranger. Reviewer: mycroft61 - favorite - June 24, Subject: 3rd grade nightmare I've had very disturbing is dreams about this movie for 40 years.
It was also the first time I remember seeing adults outside my family cry. Everyone from the janitor to the lunch lady stood for over an hour after the end sobbing and staring that yard stare. Reviewer: missyzu - favorite favorite favorite favorite - June 24, Subject: Stranger Danger I remember seeing this fascinating video clip in around third or fourth grade, but I thought it was entitled "Stranger Danger.
It always impacted me, especially at the end with the clips of the dead little girls eerily floating in the swamp, and the striking black and white footage. That's just something in my mind that I will never forget.
I remember telling my mom about it but she didn't believe me and said "they wouldn't have ever let you kids watch something like that at school. I let my daughter 9 watch it and explained to her that some people just like to hurt, touch, and even kill little kids--she's pretty tough, but I also think that it truly made her realize that not all people are truly nice in this world, no matter how "nice" they may seem, and will do or say anything to get you into their car.
Yes, it was low grade and cheesy, but it definitely got the point across. I couldn't believe I was about to watch the movie that not only scared the hell out of me as a child, but altered my sleepy habits for years and changed the way I viewed the world up to that time. I was 7 years old when I first saw this film and I've never forgotten it. Strangely enough, even as an adult and 40 years later, I am still hesitant to watch it. I actually saw this poorly made exploitation "educational" kiddy instructional film on two occasions in elementary school.
One time with the crime scene footage included and one time without. The lunchroom was packed. Like alot of films that where shown in the school auditorium Disney's POLLYANNA being one , students had to get permission from their parents by way of a signed permission slip in order to see the film. Back in , I'm sure my mother like alot of parents had no idea what they were signing when allowing their children to view this horrifically misguided cheap and irresponsible little film.
In , when this film was originally made, all public films were generally safe to view, certainly instructional and educational ones. Even the MPAA rating system for theatrical films didn't exist. Educational films were shown frequently in school, but none with the content that this one had.
Up to that time, as a 7 year old, I believed the world to be a wondrous safe place and the adults in it to be generally good and kind. At the end of the school day and in the lunchroom auditorium, a Police Officer introduced the film prior to it being shown and set us up for what we were about to see. The movie started out harmless enough. As a 7 year old I could easily identify with the little brown haired girl that the film focuses on.
I didn't however, understand why we in the audience could "hear" the strangers voice, but were never allowed to actually see him, except from the waist down. The juxtaposition back and forth between worried adults at home and the scene of the little girls being lead and stalked through the woods were unsettling. I remember the giggles from other kids in the auditorium at the moment when the busybody noisy neighbor runs out of her front door and her boobs are bopping up and down. That scene was laughed and talked about for days.
If the film seemed boring in spots, the scene when the film fades to black after the little girl screams in the pipe woke me up real fast. Odd, because I remember those images coming on the screen and not knowing exactly what I was looking at? It was like I had to piece that image together. Suddenly an older boy behind me said, "those are the girls".
The film ended and the Police Officer followed up with a reminder. I ran home from school as fast as I could and told my mother what I had seen. I talked and thought about nothing else for weeks. I slept on the edge of my parents bed for months.
I was unable to sleep alone or be in a room by myself. My mother continually reminded me the importance of "thinking nice thoughts" but to no avail. As the months wore on I gradually got over the experience. After all, I was a year older now, feeling more mature and ready to to see this freak show again.
However, this time, unbeknown to me, my mother had given strict instructions that I was not allowed to see the crime scene footage at the end. Sitting there in anticipation of what was coming next, suddenly a teacher ushered a group of children, to which I was among, out of the auditorium. I felt cheated. Too many parents protested that it was giving their children nightmares and the school quit their yearly run of it. Over 40 years have passed since I've seen this crummy little film.
A film as bad as any film ever made, maybe even worse coming from the paranoid fear of adult filmmakers. Poorly made with narration that is both prejudice and homophobic.
To a child, this film gives the impression that EVERY grown up in the world is a potential murderer and child molester. Walk outside of your house, there will be a molester. Go to the movies, there will be a molester. Play in the school yard and there will be a molester. The burden is on the child to protect himself. It was wrong and a cruel thing to instill fear into children by this means.
Shame on all of them for their so called "good intentions". They took a part of wonder that is apart of childhood and instead replaced it with fear at too early of an age. There are other ways of convening the information without scaring and traumatizing children. If I were to ever confront the producer of this film, I'd punch him right in the nose.
My rating is based on the Internet Archive giving viewers the opportunity to see this curiosity mishmash and not for the film itself, which wouldn't grant even half a star. It breaks my heart in so many ways, I always fear from my children all the time and especially when i'm in hollywood at night with my wife there are real bad weirdos out there that just stare at children. I found this video when I was on google trying to see how far my video has gone.
I have a video in which we caught a child molester on tape and reported it to the police in which they did nothing. Watch it to completely understand what i'm talking about. It's really creepy. All this makes me want to become a police officer to make a difference. I couldn't Imagen a world without my children and my family being a victim of this kind of horror, I would go crazy.
I could only feel for the families who have gone through this. May god help us all Reviewer: larryboy27 - favorite favorite favorite favorite - December 31, Subject: About the movie I downloaded this movie because my mother was born in She told me when she came home from school she said law enforcement and the FBI was in her backyard and all around her house.
The murders happened on the other side of her backyard. The murders of the 2 little girls happened the previous year. From what I can see it was all filmed in Mansfield. The killer was captured that much I know but I do not know what happened to him.
His name was Gerald Ray Howell. Any questions or comments feel free to email me and I will try to answer them as best as possible. Larryboy27 gmail. Reviewer: janedoe8 - favorite favorite favorite favorite - September 14, Subject: I also saw this film in first grade This is the first time I've seen this film again since when I was a first grader.
A policeman came to our school and the film was shown in the auditorium--in the morning for first through third graders, and later to fourth through sixth graders. I remember I didn't understand the word on the screen; I thought it was "monster" instead of "molester. When my brother and I got off our school bus, he told me why the officer did that and what had been shown.
Of course, I knew the girls had been killed, but I didn't connect the film with actual people; everyone knew these things happened, but this was well before made-for-TV movies and the ABC After-School Specials of the s. There were books with no graphic images , one's parents and the school systems for safety education. To this day, all those safety films school bus, drinking and driving, etc.
As for the acting? Most of the people in s and s safety films were volunteers chosen from local communities. I was asked to be in one , but another state was chosen for the production. Reviewer: du2vye - favorite favorite - July 12, Subject: Snuff film teaching I imagine this film was dramatic for it's day.
Shorten the film and it would still be pretty dramatic. There's no doubt that who put this film together considered the problem extremly serious and this would have been more effective than the cartoons about 'stranger danger'.
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