The following article is the third and final part of a three-part list of films featuring serial killers. I’ve deliberately avoided movies concerning ‘spree killers’, ‘obsessed fan’ films, and movies that contain supernatural elements. It is not intended to be a complete list nor terribly insightful, but a simple rundown of the best, worst and most interesting serial killer titles …
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Serial Killer Films Compendium (F-O)
The following article is the second part of a three-part list of films featuring serial killers. I’ve deliberately avoided movies concerning ‘spree killers’, ‘obsessed fans’, and movies that contain supernatural elements. It is not intended to be a complete list nor terribly insightful, but a simple rundown of the best, worst and most interesting serial killer titles to be found, …
Read More »Serial Killer Films Compendium (A-E)
A serial killer is defined as an individual who has murdered three or more people over a period of more than a month, usually with a cooling-off period between murders, and whose motivation for killing is usually based on psychological gratification. Serial killers are not the same as mass murderers nor spree killers, who usually commit murders in two or …
Read More »Film Review: The Cell (2000)
SYNOPSIS: An FBI agent persuades a social worker, who is adept with a new experimental technology, to enter the mind of a comatose serial killer in order to learn where he has hidden his latest kidnap victim. REVIEW: “The Cell” is unlike any horror movie you have seen. Which is no surprise with director Tarsem Singh’s visually creative mind behind …
Read More »Film Review: By the Devil’s Hands (2009)
Rate This MovieSYNOPSIS: The 666 Killer kills 6 victims over 6 days, 6 ways to die…and, unfortunately, Jamie Anderson has been chosen as victim #6. REVIEW: Let us talk about the giant mess that was By the Devil’s Hands. Though honestly I’m a bit at a loss as to where to even start. There was just so MUCH that was …
Read More »TV Review: The Following
Rate This Movie Fox has long been a beacon of hope for horror fans when it comes to genre friendly shows, The X Files, Fringe, you get the picture. This month they take another stab at it (pun intended) with a way better than average serial killer tale called THE FOLLOWING. At it’s core it is very much like the …
Read More »Film Review: Kind Hearts And Coronets (1949)
SYNOPSIS: “Louis Mazzini’s mother’s frequent tales of how her titled D’Ascoyne family shunned her after she eloped with an Italian commoner causes a simmering resentment in him. On being spurned because of his lowly status by his lifetime (if devious and fickle) sweetheart Sibella he decides to permanently remove all the D’Ascoynes standing between him and the Dukedom. Becoming romantically …
Read More »Top 25 Best Serial Killer Movies of All Time
Writing a list of top serial killer films is a rather massive undertaking. While this list is limited to 25, the amount of true serial killer films ranges well over 200. There is also alot of contradiction as to what really constitutes a serial killer film. (For instance if a madman traps a bunch of kids on a house and …
Read More »Top 13 Greatest Serial Killer Movies
13. Time After Time (1979) This movie makes the list even though it isn’t really a horror movie. It isn’t scary at all, actually, but the plot, while a bit cheesy at times, also contains a bit of genius, including its star Malcolm McDowell. Here’s the deal: the notion of a serial killer is not a modern one. Jack the …
Read More »Nic Cage Hunts A Serial Killer In THE FROZEN GROUND
Got another hot trailer and poster debut for you. This one is for THE FROZEN GROUND which stars Nic Cage and John Cusack and follows the trail of a search for a notorious Alaskan serial killer. Here’s the artwork then read on for the story details: Synopsis: The film follows Alaskan detective Glenn Flothe (Nicolas Cage) as he sets out …
Read More »Midnight Hour launches Season 5 with Zombie Tale
On Saturday, September 1 “Lee Martin’s The Midnight Hour” will kick off its fifth season with an eclectic mix of black humor, sex, family dysfunction…and zombies. In “Resurrection of the Damned,” 13 years has passed since Marco (Matthew Johnston), a small-town serial killer, was murdered by a rogue policeman (James Caudill). Now, the daughter (Courtney Zimmer) of one of his …
Read More »“Midnight Hour” sets off its own fireworks in July
Thriller-genre television shows may be on hiatus for the summer with one exception as July ushers in the latest entry of the cult TV series, “Lee Martin’s The Midnight Hour.” “Bad Boys Go to Hell” tells the offbeat story of young Tracey (Amerie Novosad), a high school misfit who is bullied by day and ostracized by her own family at …
Read More »Film Review: Natural Born Killers (1994)
SYNOPSIS: Two victims of traumatized childhoods become lovers and psychopathic serial murderers irresponsibly glorified by the mass media. REVIEW: It was 1994, and I had been anticipation seeing Oliver Stone’s latest creation titled “Natural Born Killers“. I rushed to the theatre expecting a really unique film experience that looked like it was loaded with action and visual appeal. I was …
Read More »Serial Killers: Dr. Harold Shipman
Ladies and gentleman hold on to your grannies and don’t let them go to the doctor. Because if you do they just might not make it back alive. This was the usual case for the 236 confirmed victims of Dr. Harold Shipman the Angel of Death in England. He has one of the largest confirmed body counts in the world. …
Read More »Serial Killers: Gerald Parker
White Women Beware There is nothing wrong with interracial couples at all. You might want to watch it though when your big black boyfriend wants to rape and kill you one night. Just something that you might want to ponder about if your boyfriends name is Gerald Parker. Our dear Mr. Parker killed five white women and one unborn fetus …
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