55. Arsenic And Old Lace
― da croupier, Friday, 7 September 2007 21:27 (sixteen years ago) link
God what's that fucking movie with Annabella Sciorra where Alan Alda turns out to be the psycho murderer? Was he serial in that?
― Jon Lewis, Friday, 7 September 2007 21:28 (sixteen years ago) link
"The West Wing"?
― HI DERE, Friday, 7 September 2007 21:28 (sixteen years ago) link
Alex OTM re: Zodiac. also because it isn't really about the killer, its about obsession and obfuscation and a whole lot of other things... the killer isn't even depicted as being especially superhuman or unusual.
some elaboration - you'll note that the killer fucks up all over the place (both in the real case and in the movie) and the main reason he isn't caught isn't because he's a genius or particularly skillful, but because there's a media frenzy combined with a lack of coordination on the part of law enforcement that hopelessly obscures everything about the case.
― Shakey Mo Collier, Friday, 7 September 2007 21:29 (sixteen years ago) link
LOLZ YES
54. Art School Confidential
xpost WAY TO GIVE AWAY THE ENDING TO WHISPERS IN THE DARK, JON LEWIS. I'VE NEVER SEEN THAT OH GOD FUCK YOU.
― da croupier, Friday, 7 September 2007 21:29 (sixteen years ago) link
Christ, Shakey, what part of "All serial killers are ridiculously improbable, including the real ones" is hard to understand?
Chill, bro-dawg.
― milo z, Friday, 7 September 2007 21:29 (sixteen years ago) link
altho the comedies listed so far are by and large redeemed by their being comedies
(except Art School Confidential, that movie fucking SUCKED)
― Shakey Mo Collier, Friday, 7 September 2007 21:30 (sixteen years ago) link
is "guy sends wacky puzzles after every killing"
you are aware that he really did this, right?
any less improbable than "cannibal psychiatrist"?
you are aware this type of person has never existed, right?
-- Shakey Mo Collier, Friday, September 7, 2007 9:26 PM (7 seconds ago)
you are aware that "improbable" and "never ever happened" aren't the same thing, right?
xpost
― John Justen, Friday, 7 September 2007 21:30 (sixteen years ago) link
Also I am so seeing the shit out of Ethan's Christopher Lambert one, whatever it turns out to be called.
Shakey OTM re art school confidential
― Jon Lewis, Friday, 7 September 2007 21:31 (sixteen years ago) link
I can't believe I forgot about Whispers In The Dark haha.
― Alex in SF, Friday, 7 September 2007 21:31 (sixteen years ago) link
53. Frailty
I enjoyed the first two thirds of it, but I can't pretend it isn't stupid.
― da croupier, Friday, 7 September 2007 21:31 (sixteen years ago) link
52. Falling Down
― HI DERE, Friday, 7 September 2007 21:32 (sixteen years ago) link
Michael Douglas was a serial killer in that? I thought he just threatened people.
― da croupier, Friday, 7 September 2007 21:32 (sixteen years ago) link
something that has actually happened is by definition more probable than something that never has
wtf with logic 101 over here...
― Shakey Mo Collier, Friday, 7 September 2007 21:32 (sixteen years ago) link
I never saw it, I am making spurious assumptions.
― HI DERE, Friday, 7 September 2007 21:33 (sixteen years ago) link
I think pretending that serial killers as they exist IRL and serial killers as they are portrayed in cinema are on the same level of improbability is wilfully naive.
― Alex in SF, Friday, 7 September 2007 21:33 (sixteen years ago) link
51. Black Christmas
― HI DERE, Friday, 7 September 2007 21:34 (sixteen years ago) link
-- Shakey Mo Collier, Friday, September 7, 2007 9:32 PM (11 seconds ago)
Wow, somehow you just managed to be wrong according to both logic and math in a single sentence. I'm impressed.
― John Justen, Friday, 7 September 2007 21:34 (sixteen years ago) link
It's amazing how much of Falling Down is a mediocre Robert Duvall vehicle when the ads were all THIS WHITE MAN'S MAD AS HELL AND NOT GONNA TAKE IT ANYMORE. But then Robert Duvall vehicles don't really sell.
49. Death Proof
― da croupier, Friday, 7 September 2007 21:34 (sixteen years ago) link
49. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
― HI DERE, Friday, 7 September 2007 21:36 (sixteen years ago) link
There have really been people who used their car to kill!!! like Laura Bush
― milo z, Friday, 7 September 2007 21:36 (sixteen years ago) link
48. Leprechaun
― da croupier, Friday, 7 September 2007 21:37 (sixteen years ago) link
lol and Brandy!
47. The Hills Have Eyes
― HI DERE, Friday, 7 September 2007 21:38 (sixteen years ago) link
46. THE PEOPLE UNDER THE STAIRS
Leprechaun's not really a serial killer is he...?
― Shakey Mo Collier, Friday, 7 September 2007 21:39 (sixteen years ago) link
45. every slasher movie ever?
― latebloomer, Friday, 7 September 2007 21:39 (sixteen years ago) link
^^^^^oh man yes "so that's where all the money in the ghetto went"
44. Beethoven
― gabbneb, Friday, 7 September 2007 21:40 (sixteen years ago) link
43. Beethoven's 2nd
latebloomer see my comment upthread re: slasher movies... I'm talkin about a specific kind of serial killer film portrayal - where the killer is some kind of crazy genius playing intricate games and killing people in incredibly convoluted ways all because of some grand design the killer has.
― Shakey Mo Collier, Friday, 7 September 2007 21:40 (sixteen years ago) link
(I guess that would include some slasher movies but it excludes quite a lot)
― Shakey Mo Collier, Friday, 7 September 2007 21:41 (sixteen years ago) link
42 - 1. Identity
― latebloomer, Friday, 7 September 2007 21:41 (sixteen years ago) link
I must admit I've never seen Leprechaun. I retract it and replace it with Murder By Death
― da croupier, Friday, 7 September 2007 21:41 (sixteen years ago) link
(xpost)Haha it's dumb enough that it's a fair cop.
― Alex in SF, Friday, 7 September 2007 21:41 (sixteen years ago) link
xpost OMG I can't wait for the serial killer who ONLY USES HIS CAR as a murder weapon.
― Jon Lewis, Friday, 7 September 2007 21:42 (sixteen years ago) link
41. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/09/Lastsuppermovie.jpg/200px-Lastsuppermovie.jpg
― da croupier, Friday, 7 September 2007 21:42 (sixteen years ago) link
I am literally the only person on Earth who liked "Identity" ;_;
― HI DERE, Friday, 7 September 2007 21:42 (sixteen years ago) link
40. "And Then There Were None"/"Ten Little Indians"
― HI DERE, Friday, 7 September 2007 21:43 (sixteen years ago) link
yes, you are. xpost
― John Justen, Friday, 7 September 2007 21:43 (sixteen years ago) link
Donald Kaufman: Listen, I need a cool way to kill people. Don't worry, for my script. Charlie Kaufman: I don't know that kind of stuff. Donald Kaufman: Oh, come on, man, please? You're the genius. Charlie Kaufman: Here you go. The killer's a literature professor. He cuts off little chunks from his victims' bodies until they die. He calls himself "the deconstructionist".
― latebloomer, Friday, 7 September 2007 21:43 (sixteen years ago) link
No wait my wife liked it too ^_^
39. "Happy Birthday To Me" (kind of)
― HI DERE, Friday, 7 September 2007 21:44 (sixteen years ago) link
38. Eating Raoul
― da croupier, Friday, 7 September 2007 21:44 (sixteen years ago) link
Identity was cool, except for the twist.
― milo z, Friday, 7 September 2007 21:44 (sixteen years ago) link
As I remember PEOPLE UNDER THE STAIRS, it's so silly that it's obvious that it's a fairy story.
― Soukesian, Friday, 7 September 2007 21:45 (sixteen years ago) link
Re: "Identity", If you're going to do that type of twist, though, that's about the only way you can do it.
― HI DERE, Friday, 7 September 2007 21:45 (sixteen years ago) link
37. Zodiac
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Friday, 7 September 2007 21:46 (sixteen years ago) link
OMG I can't wait for the serial killer who ONLY USES HIS CAR as a murder weapon.
dude that was the joke re: Deathproof wtf
― Shakey Mo Collier, Friday, 7 September 2007 21:46 (sixteen years ago) link
oh Alfredpaws