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An example of [[New Media Are Evil]]. Compare [[Snuff Film]].

[[I Thought It Meant|Nothing to do with]] trying to kill anyone from ''[[~~30 Rock (TV)|~~30 Rock]]''.

[[I Thought It Meant|Nothing to do with]] trying to kill anyone from ''[[30 Rock]]''.

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* ''Snuff-Movie'' is a 2005 gothic horror film by British director Bernard Rose. It stars Jeroen Krabbe as a horror film maker named Boris Arkadin, whose pregnant wife was brutally murdered by a Manson like gang of hippy psychopaths during the 1960s. Because of this he has become a recluse, until, several years later, he makes a come-back and invites some actors to a large mansion in the English countryside to 'audition' for his new film. But unknown to them they are being filmed by hidden cameras linked to a 'snuff' website.

* In ''[[Virtuosity]]'', Sid 2.0, a serial killer personalty construct originally in a virtual reality system has figured a way to escape into the real world, takes over a TV studio and announces "Death TV" where the viewers get to vote by telephone on which member(s) of the studio audience dies.

* In ''[[Kick-Ass (~~Film~~)|Kick-Ass]]'', Frank D'Amico plans to stream the execution of {{spoiler|Kick-Ass and Big Daddy}} live on the internet.

* In ''[[Kick-Ass (film)|Kick-Ass]]'', Frank D'Amico plans to stream the execution of {{spoiler|Kick-Ass and Big Daddy}} live on the internet.

* Subverted in ''[[Death Race]]''. The death race is mandatory, but users don't control the deaths. Also, the entire event is a pay-per-view tv show.

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== Live-Action TV ==

* ''[[Homicide Life On the Street]]'' "Homicide.com": Quite possibly the [[Trope Maker]] here.

* ''[[Homicide: Life On the Street]]'' "Homicide.com": Quite possibly the [[Trope Maker]] here.

** ''[[Millennium (TV)|Millennium]]'' "The Mikado" came about a year before the "Homicide" episode. They may be sibling [[Trope Makers]].

** ''[[Millennium (TV series)|Millennium]]'' "The Mikado" came about a year before the "Homicide" episode. They may be sibling [[Trope Makers]].

* ''[[~~Without a Trace (TV)|~~Without a Trace]]'' "Party Girl"

* ''[[Without a Trace]]'' "Party Girl"

* ''[[Criminal Minds]]'' "Revelations"

** Played with in that most of the viewers of these videos don't realize that they depict real murders; they take them to be some sort of viral marketing campaign, which aggravates the murderers, who intended the videos to strike fear into the hearts of "sinners".

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** Also "P911", though the unsub wasn't necessarily intending to kill the boy.

** And "The Internet Is Forever".

* Season 4 of ''[[~~Twenty Four|~~24]]'' starts with terrorists advertising they will kill a senator they kidnapped, {{spoiler|as a [[Evil Plan]] to overload the Internet with viewers which would cause the safety systems at nuclear power plants to crash.}}

* Season 4 of ''[[24]]'' starts with terrorists advertising they will kill a senator they kidnapped, {{spoiler|as a [[Evil Plan]] to overload the Internet with viewers which would cause the safety systems at nuclear power plants to crash.}}

* ''[[Numb3rs]]'' "Killer Chat"

* ''[[CSI]]'' "Grave Danger": Nick Stokes is buried alive and the killer establishes a webcam link between the coffin an CSI. However, whenever the webcam is activated, the ventilation keeping Nick alive turns off.

** ''[[Alarm ~~Fur~~ Cobra 11]]'' did its own version of the same plot: "Begraben" ("Buried")

** ''[[Alarm Fuer Cobra 11]]'' did its own version of the same plot: "Begraben" ("Buried")

** ''[[CSI New York]]'' features an aversion - sure, there's a scary serial killer, but his site's password protected, [[Criminal Mind Games|and you have to find out using real life evidence]].

* ''[[The Last Detective]]'' "Dangerous Liaisons" as part of a [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]] for the murderer's sister being killed in a [[Snuff Film]] years before.

* ''[[Law and Order Criminal Intent]]'' "Weeping Willow" (although here the crime is kidnapping, not murder, and it's clearly based on ''[[~~Lonely Girl 15~~]]''.)

* ''[[Law and Order: Criminal Intent]]'' "Weeping Willow" (although here the crime is kidnapping, not murder, and it's clearly based on ''[[Lonelygirl15]]''.)

* ''[[NCIS]]'' "Murder 2.0". Video footage of the victims is uploaded to a thinly-veiled [[Fictional Counterpart]] of YouTube, intercut music-video style with other clips which provide clues for the team to follow.

* An episode of season 8 of ''[[Spooks]]'' had a group of eco-terrorists kidnap a load of high-powered buisness man and host a live trial on the internet whether the businesses were unethical. If the internet voted them guilty, their execution would be streamed live.

* ''[[~~Tracker (TV)|~~Tracker]]'' had an episode that involved a kidnapped girl in a tank of water that was slowly filling up. Possibly a subversion in that the kidnap turned out to be a setup by the girl to get money from her father.

* ''[[Tracker]]'' had an episode that involved a kidnapped girl in a tank of water that was slowly filling up. Possibly a subversion in that the kidnap turned out to be a setup by the girl to get money from her father.

== [[Video Games]] ==

* [[The Joker]] briefly thinks of doing this (or at least floats the idea around) in ''[[Batman Arkham Asylum]]''.

* [[The Joker]] briefly thinks of doing this (or at least floats the idea around) in ''[[Batman: Arkham Asylum]]''.

* In ''[[Devil Survivor 2]]'', [[Meaningful Name|Nicaea]] shows videos of death... BEFORE they happen. {{spoiler|It's so you can prevent it.}}