By night, Bernardo would prowl the Toronto streets and the peripheral areas and sexually assault women, dozens and dozens of women, his reign of terror earning him the handle “The Scarborough Rapist.” With the help and participation of his wife, he even drugged and raped Homolka’s teenage sister, an act of sexual assault that led to the girl’s death. In the case of the unfortunate Bernardo, the young handsome “boy next door” maintained a reportedly twisted, volatile sexual relationship with his wife, who enabled his every perverted whim.
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But I was sadly reminded of their wave of very real sexually-stepped horror while watching writer/director Ben Young’s unshakable and instantly controversial (there were walk-outs during Venice and SXSW screenings, especially from dog lovers) shocker Hounds of Love, a movie that is also based on facts Young gleaned from studying real-life sex killers. I’m speaking about serial rapist/murderer Paul Bernardo and his bride/accomplice Karla Homolka.
In Canada, we have tied to our recent history - unfortunately - an oozing, open sore of a story, a true crime tale that shocked not only our country, but the world. Hounds of Love: Devastating Australian horror thriller takes an unflinching look at a very sick relationship