Best serial killer movies? **NO LISTING**

fuzzydunlop85

Randomly watched 'copycat' the other night on film four. Reminded me how much I like a good serial killer movie. Any recommendations? Can only think of zodiac, bundy, kiss the girls, summer of Sam and silence of the lambs of the top of my head.

Links234

Check out some of what South Korea has to offer, there's some exceptional serial killer movies

The Chaser
Memories of Murder
I Saw The Devil

Bipolar Joe

I remember liking The Bone Collector when I saw it years ago. It might suck because my memory is bad, though.

Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer is great, and someone is bound to suggest I Saw The Devil and Memories of Murder. While we're in that direction, The Chaser, too. I also really liked Funny Games, The Hitcher, and Behind The Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon (But that one's a mockumentary).

EDIT: Links did exactly what I said !

Links234

While I'm at it, Cold Fish is worth a look, very hard watch though.

BremoreDave

I thought Citizen X was very enjoyable , starring Stephen Rea and Donald Sutherland . Based on the true account for the hunt of Soviet serial killer Andrei Chikatilo .

Skerries

Man Bites Dog - about a spree killer who has his own documentary team following him on his rampage

shazzerman

How about Monsieur Verdoux - one of Chaplin's best films.

tricky D

Kind Hearts and Coronets

/where's my coat?

JP Liz V1

Frailty which is a very underrated horror thriller, a top notch performance from Matthew McConaughey too

abstrakt82

Skerries wrote: »

Man Bites Dog - about a spree killer who has his own documentary team following him on his rampage

saw this when i was a teenager, great movie

"i think we have enough footage now" "we'll never have enough"

I saw the devil is excellent too

Bipolar Joe

Remembered another one, The Magician. It's an Australian pretend documentary (Dunno what you call documentary style movies that aren't mockumentaries). It was a real nice surprise, and the guys only made that one movie. The extras on the DVD are kind of funny, a bit Garth Merenghi.

crazygeryy

a few come to mind.

the first is to catch a killer

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105604/

its a tv movie and its possibly hard to get but its brilliant.brian dennehy is excellent in it.

the second is monster

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0340855/?ref_=nv_sr_1

based on the female serial killer aileen wournos.
charlieze theron won an oscar for best lead actress for her role.shes brilliant in it.

chicorytip

The Black Panther - based on the true story of a serial killer in the English midlands around the mid nineteen seventies.

Ageyev

TiGeR KiNgS wrote: »

Dirty Harry

Scorpio was based on the Zodiac killer I believe but as there were suspects still alive they didn't (or couldn't) use the Zodiac name.

tinpib

If you run out of serial-killer movies you can always switch to serial-killer docs.

Tons of them on youtube. Was in the mood last night for an ould doc on a mass-murderer so watched one on Gary Ridgeway, the Green River killer.

The Iceman was fascinating. There is a 2hr 20minutes-odd one on Youtube.

Plenty on Ed Gein, Jeffrey Dalmer, Dennis Nilsen etc.

Bipolar Joe

Remembered another other one, Tony. British movie based on Nielsen. It's quite short, and gets very tense at times, one scene in particular. Most of the film is just following Tony around, watching him be as normal as he can. Great film, watched it a bunch of times.

shamrock55

To catch a killer, with brian denahey is brilliant, its about john wayne gacey

Ken.

Citizen X is my all time favourite serial killer film closely follwed by Bundy. Michael Reilly Burke is excellent and such a lookalike for Ted Bundy its uncanny. A good and bad thing cause MRB has been in a few tv series one offs(Csi,criminal minds etc) that I only see Ted Bundy no matter what part he plays.

Colser

shamrock55 wrote: »

To catch a killer, with brian denahey is brilliant, its about john wayne gacey

Have to agree...Dennehy is brilliant in it..Hes underrated as an actor imo..

Charlie19

shamrock55 wrote: »

To catch a killer, with brian denahey is brilliant, its about john wayne gacey

Its on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgiLyNt8S60

Going to have a look.

shamrock55

Charlie19 wrote: »

Its on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgiLyNt8S60

Going to have a look.

You will enjoy it, i must have a look at it again soon myself

Amazingfun

tinpib wrote: »

If you run out of serial-killer movies you can always switch to serial-killer docs.

Tons of them on youtube. Was in the mood last night for an ould doc on a mass-murderer so watched one on Gary Ridgeway, the Green River killer.

The Iceman was fascinating. There is a 2hr 20minutes-odd one on Youtube.

Plenty on Ed Gein, Jeffrey Dalmer, Dennis Nilsen etc.

Incredible selection --I think I've seen them all at this point

Just watched one on Israel Keyes. The show itself wasn't that great as the host is a bit over-the-top/annoying at times really but the material itself was terrifying.

Keyes was one of the scariest serial killers of all time imo (although 'The Toybox' and the one on Leonard Lake/Charles Ng was horrific as well)--thank God he was caught before the madness went on another 20 years. I can't imagine the pain of suspecting your missing loved one ended up in his evil clutches ....*shudder*


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rruXvjjADl8

Sam Mac

Snowtown is an Australian film, based on true events also. Hard to watch and very 'real' and gritty, but an excellent film.

SameDiff

Psycho is the best serial killer film. If you haven't seen it, or think you know it, I urge you to watch the film in its entirety.

The famous shower scene is roughly halfway into the film and dramatically changes the tone. From this point the real horror sets in.

It is not a complex film, or one that requires great concentration, but it is best enjoyed in a dark, quiet room It doesn't stagnate either, as the whole thing is done and dusted in just over an hour and a half.

ENJOY

crazygeryy

m.imdb.com/title/tt0088750/

The Atlanta child murders.

Again it's a TV movie but very good for its time. Starring a very young Morgan Freeman.

LoganRice

I thought Halloween was good, and very fitting for this time of year

Bounty Hunter

I'm sure most have seen it but I can't believe seven hasn't been mentioned

mzungu

Memories of Murder, Zodiac, Cold Fish and Bundy are ones that immediately spring to mind. Memories of Murder is a classic, bit like a Korean Zodiac you could say.

Ageyev

Bounty Hunter wrote: »

I'm sure most have seen it but I can't believe seven hasn't been mentioned

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Snake Plisken

I loved Se7en and Zodiac Fincher makes great serial killer movies also going back to the 60's Tony Curtis in The Boston Strangler. Alfred Hitchcock's Frenzy and recently Elijah Woods Maniac!

Charlie19

[QUOTE=Bounty Hunter;92850708]I'm sure most have seen it but I can't believe seven hasn't been mentioned[/QUOTE]

I had previously mentioned it along with:

Identity 2003 Stars Ray Liota and John Cusack. A little different to your average serial killer movie, its about a group of strangers stranded in a remote motel with no communication to the outside world and they begin to be killed off, one by one.

Silence of the Lambs 1991. A young FBI agent seeks help from an imprisoned serial killer Hannibal Lecter as she tries to gain an understanding of what goes through the mind of these killers, in her pursuit of Buffalo Bill.

Charlie19

shamrock55 wrote: »

You will enjoy it, i must have a look at it again soon myself

I really liked it.

Dennahey was very creepy but brilliant.

Its a long movie, came in two parts on youtube and over three hours long, I wouldn't advise anyone to watch it on youtube as the picture quality was very poor.

AllGunsBlazing

Bipolar Joe wrote: »

Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer is great

Would agree with that choice. Not at all like most contemporary movies on the subject matter which go for cheap thrills in order to make you jump out of your seat. Just brutal and disturbing.

Alex1983

SAW

razorblunt

I saw one years ago, for the life of me I can't remember the name of it I think it was called Lighthouse but that might be biasing my thoughts as it's based in a lighthouse.

A bunch of convicts are being transported on a ship, which runs a ground during a storm and the prisoners wash up at an old un-manned Lighthouse. One of the convicts is a notorious serial killer. It's a British movie and the suspense is built up brilliantly throughout.

I remember raving about it having watched it but now everything is forgotten, how infuriating!

EDIT - It was Lighthouse! 1999 movie with James Purefoy.

Mike Litoris

Already mentioned but my favourite is also Tony (2009). That movie felt disturbingly real.

I haven't seen Summer of Sam mentioned yet. A marmite one and not really an out and out Serial Killer movie but I really enjoyed it.

Ipso

Did anyone see a serial killer move with Vincent Cassel and Jean Reno? It was set on France (pyrennes area possibly), it was on very late and didn't get to see it all, it seemed to be good.

Achtung Maybe

My favourite was actually a 2 part TV movie based on infamous serial killer Ted Bundy starring Mark Harmon called The Stranger Beside Me

It was based on true-crime writer Ann Rule, as the person she worked with at the time (before she became a writer) was Bundy

Chilling to the bone

sydthebeat

+1 for citizen x.

The truth behind the movie is disturbing in the extreme

Fiskar

The Hitcher - Rutger Hauer

Switchback-Danny Glover, Dennis Quaid

longshanks

Ipso wrote: »

Did anyone see a serial killer move with Vincent Cassel and Jean Reno? It was set on France (pyrennes area possibly), it was on very late and didn't get to see it all, it seemed to be good.

I think that might have been called Red River, or something along those lines. I saw the first half but fell asleep so don't know how it ended. It was shaping up to be decent enough though.

tricky D

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Crimson_Rivers

fwiw in the Alps

Ipso wrote: »

Did anyone see a serial killer move with Vincent Cassel and Jean Reno? It was set on France (pyrennes area possibly), it was on very late and didn't get to see it all, it seemed to be good.

Nerdlingr

Another one for 'To catch a killer'.
Saw it years ago so I don't know how well it's aged and it's a made for TV movie as such, but it's one I'll never forget. John Wayne Gacy (Dennehy) dressed up as a clown..Shudder.

That and 'Zodiac'.

Collie D

Colser wrote: »

Have to agree...Dennehy is brilliant in it..Hes underrated as an actor imo..

I second (or third or fourth) this. Every time I see him in something else I still find him creepy because of that one role.

R P McMurphy

'A horrible way to die' is an interesting enough film. From the director of the excellent film 'the guest' and 'you're next'. Possibly falling somewhere in between the two.

D-FENS

I think it was more of a two part mini-series but lets call it a TV movie – BBC’s Messiah, excellent.

And 10 Rillington Place with the late Dickie Attenborough was a disturbing watch but decent.

Nerdlingr

Sam Mac wrote: »

Snowtown is an Australian film, based on true events also. Hard to watch and very 'real' and gritty, but an excellent film.

Had forgotten about that - excellent choice!