Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills (1996) on Netflix

A horrific triple child murder leads to an indictment and trial of three nonconformist boys based on questionable evidence.

Berlinger and Sinofsky's documentary of a gruesome triple murder in West Memphis, Arkansas and the subsequent trials of three suspects, takes a hard look at both the occult and the American justice system in 'small-town' America. Three teenagers are accused of this horrific crime of killing three children, supposedly as a result of involvement in Satanism. As in their previous documentary, things turn out to be more complex than initial appearances and this film presents the real-life courtroom drama to the viewer, as it unfolds.

—Tad Dibbern <DIBBERN_D@a1.mscf.upenn.edu>