The 2013 film "Kill Your Darlings" is a fictionalized account of the killing in Riverside Park that tells a version of the murder similar to the version that is portrayed in "And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks". In the film, Kammerer is portrayed as deeply in love with Carr to the point of obsession. Carr is portrayed as a young man who is very conflicted by his feelings towards Kammerer and struggles to break ties. Their relationship is further complicated by Carr using Kammerer to write his school essays and Kammerer using the essays to stay attached to Carr.