"In 1959 a lot of people were killing time. Kit and Holly were killing people."
"Badlands" (1973) is an American crime film that is loosely based on the case of Charles Starkweather and Caril Ann Fugate, who had committed a series of murders in 1958. It is narrated by Holly, the Caril Fugate stand-in, who describes her relationship with Kit and their activities in romance novel terms. The film emphasized Kit and Holly's view of themselves as living in a fairy tale.