Jack efron, Pen badly, Ivan Peters, Michael C is the hall -These actors are not just attractive men who have obtained large-scale fans from high-profile projects. They all played serial killers.

"Do you have anything to say to the people who say that people want to date Joe despite the little defects in the killing?" Stephen Calbert Once asked Badgly about the public's overwhelming response to his imaginary character YouWho killed more than a dozen people in the Netflix series.

"I am struggling a lot with the conflict to play this national man and he is partially so likable and as people are, as we say, thirsty reaction to him," he replied.

After its premiere of Lifetime in 2018, You Movement to Netflix in 2019, where four more ASONS final season is ready to premiere on April 24 in streaming service.

But do not twist it: The presence of hot serial killers on TV is not a new event. Dexter Was premiered in 2006, and Efron depicted notorious Ted bundy In a 2019 Netflix picture. Nevertheless, with the true crime, the American fascinating manufacturers have given way to more stories about the creators and the audience is eating it.

Pieters read the audience for him as one of the most blasphemous murderers of all time in 2022 Burning; Patrick Gibson Stars Dexter: The real sin; Tom Batman Peacock's Meta True Crime Series has been requested by fans to impose new swaths on him Based on a true story And Dennis Qaeda Illustrated Keith JasperonWho once claimed to be damaged about 160 people in the upcoming paramount+ series Auspicious faceThe

In the case of Batman, Liana LibratoHis character Tory falls in love with his character Mat - despite the fact that he knows well about his position as a fictional serial killer West Side Ripper.

"It is interesting to act someone who does these terrible things because it brings a moral hesitate," said Batman Hollywood reporter In 2023 Based on a true storyThe "But I felt it (it) it became so big in such a joke that it allows a kind of touch shortness and allowing it to do a kind of parody for it"

We can all agree that the actions of these characters are deadly, miserable and immoral, but fans are still wishing them. (If you do not believe OursFind the ticket "Dexter Morgan Edit" - you will scroll for hours))

"I call it Bad Boy Syndrome," Criminologist Scott ForestPhD, who is the author Why do we love serial killers: The most brutal killers in the world appeal to the curiosity of the worldHas been said Our weekly This is mentioned in the event that the murderers trapped in the prison or screen provide any risky imagination to the audience. "This attraction does not create the possibility of their physical harm because the person is controlled. They are in prison or on TV. The fantasy of your mind is very different than that Ted Bundy actually appears on your door ”

Forest, who mentioned that his 75 to 80 percent was present National Speaking Tour The serial killers are women, warning them to depict the killers with salt grains to kill the audience, calling them "popcorn entertainment". He said that the projects defined "(thin) the real story. It is not real, though it is on the basis of truth and it has been served for the mass application."

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Like any production, it is also understood that a handsome actor will be acting as a top man, regardless of the moral compass of the character. And it is not surprising that their fans will jump to see their latest work. But, the forest reminds OursTruth-crime stories with Hollywood treatment, "You have lost some integrity in the case yourself."

So when we can get a thrill when we see our favorite stars break the bad, let's think it's a part of the storytelling - and they are expecting the reaction!