Sci-fi film sensation Avatar is set to smash box office records but has plunged some fans into the depths of depression.
The adventure, created by Titanic director James Cameron, is about to become the all-time biggest earning animation film.
Avatar tells the story of a future in which humans are engaged in a war of the worlds after plundering minerals from the Na'vi, inhabitants of a planet named "Pandora".
But large numbers of fans have become obsessed with the grim predictions of human extinction embodied in the film and some have sought counselling.
Renowned expert on depression Dr David Kato, from Bristol Hypnotherapy Depression Clinic, said films have forced people into depression, even suicide.
Dr Kato said: "It is extremely rare but people in deep depression have commited suicide after watching a film related to their case.
"People suffering from depression already have that negative way of thinking and any film in life can have an effect on different people.
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