True Crime And Serial Killer Movies

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The good and bad of true crime/serial killer films.

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Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer 1986,  NC-17)
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Deranged 1974,  R)
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Ed Gein 2001,  R)
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Ed Gein: The Butcher of Plainfield 2007,  R)
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Summer of Sam 1999,  R)
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Alpha Dog 2006,  R)
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The Newton Boys 1998,  PG-13)
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Die Zärtlichkeit der Wölfe (The Tenderness of Wolves) 1973,  Unrated)
Die Zärtlichkeit der Wölfe (The Tenderness of Wolves)
Extremely creepy,uneasy and very odd mid 70s true crime horror drama. Very graphic in certain parts for 1974 but then again this was a german production so they could get away with more. This would fit nicely on a disturbing movie list because of certain scenes with very young looking boys who get murdered through out the film. This whole movie isn't terrible but is alittle slow in certain parts, but just the whole vibe of this film makes you just feel dirty when you see it for the first time.
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Monster 2003,  R)
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Murder In New Hampshire 1991,  PG-13)
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Albino Farm 2008,  R)
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Gacy 2003,  R)
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Dear Mr. Gacy 2010,  R)
Dear Mr. Gacy
Very homoerotic and creepy but still an entertaining one time watch if you can netflix it.
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The Boston Strangler 1968,  R)
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The Boston Strangler 2008,  R)
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Freeway Killer 2009,  R)
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The Legend of Lizzie Borden 1975,  Unrated)
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The Curse of Lizzie Borden 2006,  Unrated)
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Gotti 1996,  R)
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Getting Gotti 1994,  R)
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GoodFellas 1990,  R)
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Casino 1995,  R)
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Citizen Jane 2009,  PG-13)
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Desperate for Love 1989,  Unrated)
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Patty Hearst 1988,  R)
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Neverland: The Rise and Fall of the Symbionese Liberation Army(The Taking of Patty Hearst) 2004,  Unrated)
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Paid in Full 2002,  R)
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Natalee Holloway 2009,  Unrated)
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The Brink's Job (Big Stickup at Brink's) 1978,  PG)
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Blow 2001,  R)
Blow
Probably the greatest movie I can think of mostly about the real life cocaine industry in the mid to late 70s and early to mid 80s. This is based on the real life story of former pot dealer turned coke emperor George Young. Very sad all together when you it gets right down to it.
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Donnie Brasco 1997,  R)
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Dog Day Afternoon 1975,  R)
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Badlands 1973,  PG)
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Hostage High (Detention: The Siege at Johnson High) (Target for Rage) 1997,  R)
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At Close Range 1986,  R)
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Roberto Succo 2001,  Unrated)
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Green River Killer 2005,  R)
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Dahmer 2002,  R)
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Ted Bundy 2001,  R)
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Bundy: An American Icon 2008,  R)
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Prince of the City 1981,  R)
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Serpico 1973,  R)
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The French Connection 1971,  R)
The French Connection
One of the earliest examples of the big budget cop movie from the 70s. Gene Hackman plays a tough cop after french heroin smugglers,based on a true story. This has one of the most amazing car chase scenes ever!!!
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Profundo carmesí (Deep Crimson) 1996,  Unrated)
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Borderland 2007,  R)
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Bonnie and Clyde 1967,  R)
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Bloody Wednesday 1985,  Unrated)
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Perfect Husband - The Laci Peterson Story 2004,  PG-13)
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Amanda Knox: Murder on Trial in Italy 2011,  Unrated)
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Evilenko 2004,  Unrated)
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44 Minutes 2003,  R)
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Baat sin faan dim ji yan yuk cha siu baau (The Untold Story) (Human Pork Chop) 1993,  Unrated)
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Karla 2005,  R)
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Find Me Guilty 2006,  R)
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Wonderland 2003,  R)
Wonderland
Overly boring in alot of scenes but entertaining as a true crime film. There's not alot of scenes of porn or sexual sleeze, there is however multiple scenes of drug use throughout. I wished that there wasn't so much talking and scene chewing from Val Kilmer and Lisa Kudrow but the ending made up for the long overdrawn boring parts. This isn't something I'm going to rush to see again but it was good for a one time watch with a friend on a boring afternoon when you want to kill some time.
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Wolf Creek 2004,  R)
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D.C. Sniper 2009,  R)
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Zodiac 2007,  R)
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Zodiac Killer 2004,  R)
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Cricket Snapper 2005,  Unrated)
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Veronica Guerin 2003,  R)
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Squizzy Taylor 1982,  Unrated)
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In Cold Blood 1967,  R)
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Citizen X 1995,  R)
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If Someone Had Known 1995,  Unrated)
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Helter Skelter 2004,  Unrated)
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The Helter Skelter Murders 1988,  R)
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Helter Skelter 1976,  Unrated)
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The Informant! 2009,  R)
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Witness to the Mob 1998,  R)
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The Town That Dreaded Sundown 1976,  R)
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The Wrong Man 1956,  Unrated)
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Taken in Broad Daylight 2009,  Unrated)
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Three on a Meathook 1972,  R)
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Chicago Massacre: Richard Speck 2007,  R)
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B.T.K. Killer 2005,  R)
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The Hunt for the BTK Killer 2005,  Unrated)
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Small Sacrifices 1989,  Unrated)
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Silent Witness 1985,  Unrated)
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La Siciliana Ribelle (The Sicilian Girl) 2009,  Unrated)
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Rohtenburg (Grimm Love) 2007,  Unrated)
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Catch Me If You Can 2002,  PG-13)
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American Gangster 2007,  R)
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Everynight... Everynight 1994,  Unrated)
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Chopper 2000,  R)
Chopper
Two words sum up one of the most disturbing parts of this movie and that is....bloody ears.
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Curse of the Zodiac 2007,  R)
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The Postcard Bandit 2003,  G)
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Sudden Fury: A Family Torn Apart 1993,  Unrated)
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Money for Nothing 1993,  R)
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Mesrine: Killer Instinct (L'instinct de mort) 2007,  R)
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Mesrine: Public Enemy #1 (L'ennemi public n1) 2010,  R)
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Mesrine 1984,  Unrated)
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An American Crime 2007,  R)
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The Girl Next Door 2007,  R)
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True Confessions 1981,  R)
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Sleepers 1996,  R)
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Murder in the First 1994,  R)
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You Don't Know Jack 2010,  Unrated)
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Boys Don't Cry 1999,  R)
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Fargo 1996,  R)
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Cidade de Deus (City of God) 2002,  R)
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Elephant 2003,  R)
Elephant
What an overrated turd of a movie...seriously!!! If you honestly truly think this movie is a masterpiece you need some help. I appreciate what Gus Van Sant was trying to say with this but the execution (no pun intended) flat out sucked. Why do we need to see 15 minutes of someone walking down a hallway or developing a picture? Yes I know its supposed to realistic but not that damn real. I also didn't get why some of the scenes were repeated with different angles. It sorta seems to me like Gus knew he only had about 30 minutes of an actual movie here..... then stretched it into an hour and a half. His other movie the last days was a giant overrated shitfest as well.

If you want a good Van Sant movie I guess his stuff like Goodwill hunting is worth a watch but his no budget independent stuff is for the birds. I gave this 2 and a half for the subject matter but the rest of this movie can go jump in a lake for the most part. Oh and more thing wtf is up with the shower scene? Where the hell did that come from and what was the point of that? Kinda seems to me like Old Gussy has some issues to work out if he thinks something like that adds to his film. In case you don't know what im talking about (Spoiler Alert) The two killers decide to take a shower together and say "Looks like we're gonna die today" then one mentions how he's never kissed anyone and they start to make out...then it goes to the next scene. Wtf? Why did we need that? I'm not anti gay but that just seemed like it was put in for shock value and nothing more. All in all this was pretty terrible and not the great classic like everyone says it is.

Yes I know Gus Van Sant is one of those directors hipsters and movie geeks will tell you have to like but this movie didn't knock my socks off...and his direction is very lazy for the most part. I think hes ok when he has a big studio telling him what to do but besides that hes kinda meh as a director. If you want a truly chilling portrait of teenage life watch Kids or anything else by Larry Clark...he's much better at that kind of movie.
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United 93 2006,  R)
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Capote 2005,  R)
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The Black Dahlia 2006,  R)
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The Curse of the Black Dahlia 2006,  Unrated)
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Hollywoodland 2006,  R)
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Them (Ils) 2006,  R)
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The Strangers 2008,  R)
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Public Enemies 2009,  R)
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The Untouchables 1987,  R)
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Milk 2008,  R)
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The Deliberate Stranger 1986,  Unrated)
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Heavenly Creatures 1994,  R)
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Bathory 2008,  R)
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From Hell 2001,  R)
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Changeling 2008,  R)
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Albert Fish 2006,  Unrated)
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Lonely Hearts 2006,  R)
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Let Him Have It 1991,  R)
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10 Rillington Place 1971,  PG)
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Murderous Maids 2000,  Unrated)
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The Young Poisoner's Handbook 1995,  R)
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Man From the Pru 1989,  Unrated)
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Dandelion Dead 2002,  Unrated)
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Do You Know the Muffin Man? 1989,  Unrated)
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Adam 2009,  PG-13)
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The Deep End of the Ocean 1999,  PG-13)
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I Know My First Name Is Steven (The Missing Years) 1989,  Unrated)
I Know My First Name Is Steven (The Missing Years)
Not overly boring but not overly entertaining or interesting either. This would have been better if it weren't a Tv movie, because all the dramatic moments were cut off for commercials.Most of the characters seemed kinda half baked and under developed except for the nasty pedophile. They showed more of his personality than anyone else in the whole movie during the first half. I do think that Corin Nemec did a great job during the second half of the movie playing the older steven. His struggle with trying to get used to his family again and his constant bulling at school really show off his acting chops. All in all this is a good time waster for a couple hours when you have nothing else to watch and want to see a lifetime movie from the 80s but that's about it. This movie sorta focuses on blaming the parents for the Steven's abduction and almost makes the sickening nerdy pedophile as almost a savior that takes care of him and don't go into showing how much of an absolute monster he is. They also play down the actual rape and molestation of the victim and show him act as if he has no bad feelings towards the man who abused him for close to 7 years. Looking back on this, it seems way too Tv movie stupid to be taken seriously.
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The Lost Child 2000,  Unrated)
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A Child Lost Forever: The Jerry Sherwood Story 1992,  Unrated)
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Paradise Lost - The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills 1996,  Unrated)
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Paradise Lost 2 - Revelations 1999,  Unrated)
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Anne Rule Presents: The Stranger Beside Me 2003,  Unrated)
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Fatal Vision 1984,  Unrated)
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Murder in the Heartland 1993,  PG)
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The Bank Job 2008,  R)
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Essex Boys 2000,  R)
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Killer - A Journal of Murder 1995,  R)
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The Secret Life: Jeffrey Dahmer 1992,  Unrated)
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To Catch a Killer 1992,  Unrated)
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Speck 2002,  R)
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The Honeymoon Killers 1969,  R)
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Eaten Alive 1976,  R)
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Drifter: Henry Lee Lucas 2009,  R)
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Jack the Ripper 1988,  Unrated)
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Burke and Hare 1971,  Unrated)
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The Gray Man 2009,  R)
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Zero Day 2003,  Unrated)
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See No Evil: The Moors Murders 2006,  PG)
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Black Widow Murders: The Blanche Taylor Moore Story 1993,  PG)
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Nightstalker 2002,  R)
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Nightstalker 2009,  Unrated)
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Manhunt: Search for the Night Stalker (Hunt for the Night Stalker ) 1989,  Unrated)
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The Hillside Strangler 2004,  R)
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Rampage: The Hillside Strangler Murders 2004,  R)
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The Countess 2009,  Unrated)
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The Snowtown Murders 2012,  Unrated)
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Son of Sam 1999,  Unrated)
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Bully 2001,  R)
Bully
Overly long and extremely hard to watch at times because of the subject matter but more so because of the annoying acting . It felt at times like there was only about an hour of actual content here...that was stretched out just to make its running time. Brad Renfro was decent in this but Nick Stahl was not believable at all as the rotten asshole character. The two female leads got on my nerves and overacted to comical effect in most "serious" scenes. All in all this is worth a one time watch at best, just to say you've seen it. This also makes a good movie to people about it when you want to recommend a messed up movie to a newbie.
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Echo of Murder 2000,  Unrated)
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The Alphabet Killer 2008,  R)

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