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Films based on real-life, heinous murders are often believed by the public to solely exploit the gruesome violence that the killers used on their victims. But the new crime drama thriller The Snowtown Murders, which is based on the 11 murders notorious Australian serial killer John Bunting committed in the 1990s, instead focuses on the humanity that was revealed during a corruption of innocence. Helmer Justin Kurzel, who is making his feature film directorial debut with the movie and grew up not far from Snowtown, uniquely chose to focus on the emotional motivations of the killers, and how they could become so complicit in such crimes.