Strange Harvest: Occult Murder in the Inland Empire
Movie • 2024 • Horror
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In July 2010, the San Bernardino County authorities were faced with one of the most bizarre crime scenes they'd ever encountered. Alerted by a concerned friend, local police arrived at the victims’ home, and the murders they discovered shook them to the ground. The crime scene showed ritualistic aspects, and quickly, one of the detectives recognized a symbol painted on the ceiling in the victims’ blood linking back to a serial killer they’d chased in 1995, before the killer seemingly took a 15-year break.
A baby is almost burned alive but gets saved. There is another victim whose face gets burned but the act is not shown on screen. There is an interview with him and his face is badly scarred.
When they get to the victim in the abandoned swimming pool, his body has been attacked by leeches so it has hundreds of tiny holes all over it. They show close ups of his body several times during that segment.
(Spoilers): Two of the victims are children. You don't see them die but you see their bodies afterwards and it is very graphic. There is also a teenage girl that you see get shot and she dies later on.
(Spoilers): When the teenage girl is taken to the hospital after she survives the initial attack, she is poisoned and her body is shown with v* next to her mouth. You do not see it happen, only the aftermath.
I would say in the middle, but leans toward no. The movie follows cops in a documentary sense, and they are ultimately the good guys by catching the criminal, but it doesn't really urge you to think of them that way.