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Entries Tagged as 'Psycho killer'

These Weird Four Seasons of Halloween

October 14th, 2009 · 2 Comments

Trick ‘r Treat (2009)
Written by Michael Dougherty
Directed by Michael Dougherty
Produced by Legendary Pictures/ Bad Hat Harry Productions
Running time: 82 minutes
So, What’s This About?
In “Warren Valley, Ohio” on Halloween Night, a Yuppie couple (Leslie Bibb, Tahmoh Penikett) are paid a visit by a demonic trick ‘r treater with a burlap sack for a head. In [...]

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Tags: Beasts and monsters · Black comedy · Coming of age · Cult favorite · Dreams and visions · Psycho killer · Small town · Woman in jeopardy

A Serial Killer Film the Way I Want To See a Serial Killer Film

September 27th, 2009 · 3 Comments

Surveillance (2008)
Written by Jennifer Lynch & Kent Harper
Directed by Jennifer Lynch
Produced by Lago Film/ Arclight Films/ Blue Rider Pictures
Running time: 97 minutes

So, What’s This About?
Following a gruesome murder, FBI Special Agents Sam Hallaway (Bill Pullman) and Elizabeth Anderson (Julia Ormond) arrive at a rural police station to interview three witnesses. A drug whore (Pell [...]

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Tags: Black comedy · Crooked officer · Dreams and visions · Forensic evidence · Interrogation · Murder mystery · Psycho killer · Road trip · Small town

A Silver Bullet In the Foot

January 10th, 2009 · 9 Comments

Cursed (2005)
Written by Kevin Williamson and Sean Hood (uncredited)
Directed by Wes Craven
Produced by Dimension Films/ Outerbanks Entertainment/ Craven-Maddalena Films
Running time: 97 minutes

Synopsis
On the Santa Monica Pier in Los Angeles, Jenny (Mya) drags her skeptical pal Becky (Shannon Elizabeth) to have her palm read. The young fortune teller (Portia de Rossi) takes one look at [...]

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Tags: Beasts and monsters · Brother/sister relationship · Dreams and visions · High school · Murder mystery · Psycho killer

Sea of Love (1989)

October 15th, 2008 · 4 Comments

Synopsis
After taking part in a sting netting fugitives by luring them into what they think is an event for the New York Yankees, Detective Frank Keller (Al Pacino) celebrates twenty years on the NYPD by getting drunk and calling his ex-wife. He responds to a murder scene on the west side of [...]

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Tags: Drunk scene · Father/son relationship · Femme fatale · Forensic evidence · Interrogation · Murder mystery · Psycho killer