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Subgenre Sampler

Serial Killers: 160 Films to Buy & Rent

 
Suspect ZeroSuspect Zero (2004)
Dir. E. Elias Merhige
Feat. Ben Kingsley, Aaron Eckhart, Carrie-Anne Moss
A foreboding blood hunt in the stylish tradition of SEVEN, with serial–killer Kingsley and FBI–man Eckhart circling each other in a fog…
Taking LivesTaking Lives (2004)
Dir. D. J. Caruso
Feat. Angelina Jolie, Ethan Hawke, Kiefer Sutherland…
Expert FBI 'profiler' Jolie is recruited onto a case in deepest Canada involving a serial killer who murders blonde–haired men then assumes…
TwistedTwisted (2004)
Dir. Philip Kaufman
Feat. Ashley Judd, Samuel L. Jackson, Andy Garcia…
Judd plays a detective hunting a serial killer on the San Francisco waterfront in this overly shadowy thriller. It's chief distinction occurs when…
Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial KillerAileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer (2003) Recommended
Dir. Nick Broomfield, Joan Churchill
A compelling 'sequel' to the renowned documentary on the case of Aileen Wuornos, once touted as the world's first 'female serial killer'. Ten…
Card Player, TheCard Player, The (Cartaio, Il) (2003)
Dir. Dario Argento
Feat. Stefania Rocca, Liam Cunningham, Silvio Muccino
Dario Argento, Master of 'Giallo' Cinema, strives to update his style of acutely crafted horror to a contemporary plot involving a policewoman…
Grudge 2, TheGrudge 2, The (Ju-On 2) (2003)
Dir. Takashi Shimizu
Feat. Chiharu Nîyama, Noriko Sakai, Kei Horie…
Followup to the original Japanese version of dir. Takashi's own JU–ON, this proffers an almost identical vision, with a TV crew visiting the…
In the CutIn the Cut (2003)
Dir. Jane Campion
Feat. Meg Ryan, Mark Ruffalo, Jennifer Jason Leigh…
An uncomfortable, darkly ‘feminist’ thriller for which Meg Ryan deflowers her star persona, playing a troubled forty–something who…
Killing WordsKilling Words (Palabras encadenadas) (2003)
Dir. Laura Mana
Feat. Darío Grandinetti, Goya Toledo, Fernando Guillén…
This quality, award–winning thriller has a woman waking to find herself restrained in a dark basement, while a seeming serial–killer,…
Last Horror Movie, TheLast Horror Movie, The (2003)
Dir. Julian Richards
Feat. Kevin Howarth, Antonia Beamish
A 'no budget' horror spin with a self–reflexive hook, has suave photographer Howarth film weddings by day and grisly killings by night –…
Manson Family, TheManson Family, The (2003)
Dir. Jim Van Bebber
Feat. Marcelo Games
Psychedelic biopic of the notorious hippie anti–icon Charles Manson, who gathered a cult following around him in the late 1960s and programmed…
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