“Primal Fear” (1996) is a masterfully crafted film based on the novel written by William Diehl. Aaron Stampler (the main character) was on trial for the murder of an archbishop. He cleverly convinces his psychiatrist as well as his defense attorney (Martin Vail) that he suffers from multiple personality disorder. Stampler then successfully pleaded for insanity and was transferred to a psychiatric facility for "help." In the end, the audience shockingly discovers that Stampler has been lying about his alter ego the whole time; he manipulated everyone and fought his way to freedom. “Primal Fear” provides excellent insight into psychopathy and contains subconscious themes that the writer projects through the actions of the main characters. New studies reveal that psychopaths not only understand right from wrong, but can justify their morally inappropriate actions regardless of the consequences. Psychology experts Maaike Cima, Marc Hauser and Franca Tonnaer have formulated a hypothesis that could potentially render previous preconceptions about psychopathy moot: “Adult psychopaths have deficits in psychopathy. ...