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Abandon All Hope Ye Who Read This
Just like Hairspray before it, American Psycho will be made into a Broadway musical and in a couple years that musical will be adapted into a movie.
Tags: isolation, loneliness, minutiae, Musical, novel, violence
Sex Crime Of The Century
Revenge movies really started to come into their own in the 1970’s. Movies like I Spit on Your Grave, Death Wish, and Coffy featured seemingly normal people who become bloodthirsty maniacs hellbent on retribution. It even crossed genres, such as in High Plains Drifter, a western.
Tags: Ingmar Bergman, murder, revenge, Rip-off, vengeance, violence, Wes Craven
This Date In Movie History
September 19th isn’t a day too many people use to reflection on what was going on with movies in years past. It’s kind of in that dead area after Summer and before the ego-stroking award season.
Tags: academy award, comedian, Comedy, Directors, Guy Pearce, Martin Lawrence, Martin Scorsese, opening, Russell Crowe, violence, weekend
A Killing Spree In The Badlands
There have been several movies based on the Charles Starkweather/Caril Fugate killing spree of the late 1950’s. Badlands, the debut of writer/director Terrence Malick, is one such movie.
Tags: alienation, debut, director, emptiness, murder, violence
Henry: Portrait Of A Movie Review
Henry, played by the always great Michael Rooker, is a drifter. He spends time driving and working low-paying jobs. But he’s a little different than your ordinary drifter. Shots of murdered women are intercut with Henry’s menial activities, implying that murder may be his hobby.
Tags: Killer, Michael Rooker, Movie, murder, prison, Review, serial, violence
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