Subgenre Sampler
Serial Killers: 160 Films to Buy & Rent
- Memories of Murder (Salinui chueok) (2003)
- Dir. Joon-ho Bong
Feat. Kang-ho Song, Sang-kyung Kim, Roe-ha Kim
- A darkly lyrical thriller, set around the true–life hunt for South Korea's first documented serial killer in 1986, during the years of Chun…
- Monster (2003)
- Dir. Patty Jenkins
Feat. Charlize Theron, Christina Ricci, Bruce Dern…
- Powerful dramatization of the story of female serial–killer Aileen Wournos, strong enough to support an astonishing, Oscar–winning…
- Serial Slayer (Claustrophobia) (2003)
- Dir. Mark Tapio Kines
Feat. Melanie Lynskey
- Interesting indie thriller has a maniac with a crossbow stalking victims from Los Angeles rooftops, before narrowing in on three women having a…
- You Can't Stop the Murders (2003)
- Dir. Anthony Mir
- In a small Australian town, a serial killer selects his victims according to the lineup of the classic 'Village People' music group.
Although not…
- Double Vision (Shuang tong) (2002)
- Dir. Chen Kuo Fu
Feat. David Morse, Tony Leung (Kar-fai), Rene Liu
- A slickly effective horror film, in which cross–cultural cop buddies Leung and Morse hunt a demonic serial killer in Taiwan.
Imbued with a…
- Frailty (2002)
- Dir. Bill Paxton
Feat. Bill Paxton, Matthew McConaughey, Powers Boothe
- After a spiritual visitation, Bill Paxton and his two young sons take an axe to unsuspecting “evil–doers” in the late 1970s, while…
- Halloween: Resurrection (2002)
- Dir. Rick Rosenthal
Feat. Busta Rhymes, Bianca Kajlich, Sean Patrick Thomas…
- The eighth film in the franchise is in fact a sequel to the resurrected HALLOWEEN H20, picking up three years later where the teflon–coated…
- Red Dragon (2002)
- Dir. Brett Ratner
Feat. Anthony Hopkins, Edward Norton, Ralph Fiennes…
- Betraying the odds after the lackluster “Hannibal”, this accomplished ‘prequel’ based on Thomas Harris’ novel of the same name more than…
- Ted Bundy (2002)
- Dir. Matthew Bright
Feat. Michel Reilly Brooke
- For those not wearied of the serial–killer genre, this is a memorable portrait of America’s first acknowledged specimen, Ted Bundy…
- Wire in the Blood (TV Series) (2002)
- Feat. Robson Green, Hermione Norris, Simone Lahbib
- Terrific tough–as–nails UK detective show focused on a compassionate clinical psychologist (Green) and an ambitious Detective Inspector…