Original name

Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade | US

Length

25 minutes

Rating

6.6

Overview

25 years after committing a double murder, Karl Childers is going to be released from an institution for the criminally insane. A local reporter comes to talk to him, and listens in horror about his life leading up to the crime. This is the short film that inspired the full-length "Sling Blade".