Cinema of the Damned
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Conversations with a Killer: The John Wayne Gacy TapesSeries
›TV-MA2022 · Documentary · 1 season · John Wayne Gacy, Sam Amirante, Greg Bedoe
He dined with the powerful. He preyed on the vulnerable. Beneath a smiling exterior was the horrifying darkness of a sadistic serial killer.
Kalifornia
›R1993 · Thriller, Crime · 118m · Brad Pitt, David Duchovny, Juliette Lewis
A journalist duo go on a tour of serial killer murder sites with two companions, unaware that one of them is a serial killer himself.
The Barber
›2002 · Horror, Crime, Mystery · 94m · Malcolm McDowell, Jeremy Ratchford, Garwin Sanford
In the small town of Revelstoke, Alaska, local barber Dexter is surprised to learn that the body of Lucy Waters has been discovered. Having killed this woman, days ago, he hoped her body wouldn't be found until spring. Through the eyes of a serial killer, we discover the chilling layer of a weary town whose only concern is another long, dark winter.
Chastity Bites
›2013 · Horror, Comedy · 93m · Louise Griffiths, Allison Scagliotti, Eduardo Rioseco
Serial killer Countess Elizabeth Bathory believed that bathing in virgin blood would keep her young and beautiful forever. Still alive today, she's found a perfect hunting ground for her "botox" as an abstinence educator in conservative America...but will she finally be stopped by a brave young blogger and reporter for the high school paper?
Blood Feast
›1963 · Horror · 67m · William Kerwin, Mal Arnold, Connie Mason
In the sleepy suburbs of Miami, seemingly normal Egyptian immigrant Fuad Ramses runs a successful catering business. He also murders young women and plans to use their body parts to revive the goddess Ishtar. The insane Ramses hypnotizes a socialite in order to land a job catering a party for her debutante daughter, Suzette Fremont, and turns the event into an evening of gruesome deaths, bloody dismemberment and ritual sacrifice.
Sanctimony
›2000 · Mystery, Thriller, Horror · 90m · Casper Van Dien, Eric Roberts, Catherine Oxenberg
A handsome, brilliant stock trader, bored with his existence, becomes a serial killer.