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«I never wrote so much as a poem as an adult, in part because, for the longest time — probably since 1988 when The Silence of the Lambs was published — the market was dominated by serial killer thrillers by the likes of Thomas Harris, James Patterson and Patricia Cornwell.

Two thriller titles, The Atlantis Gene: A Thriller (The Origin Mystery, Book 1) by A.G. Riddle and 9 Killer Thrillers by Russell Blake, finished the top ten on Amazon in the sixth and ninth spots, respectively.

Not exact matches

About four years ago, Lionsgate announced it was planning to remake «American Psycho,» the Wall Street serial killer psychological thriller that boasted a star - making turn by Christian Bale as Patrick Bateman.

In this erotic thriller, Los Angeles is being terrorized by a serial killer, and detectives Sam Stone (Michael Nader) and his ex-wife Hannah (Shelley Hack) are thrown together in an attempt to capture the murderer.

Attempting to recover from a recent family trauma by escaping into the woods for a peaceful hiking trip, an ex-lawman and his young son stumble across a dangerous contract killer in director Bruce Beresford's forest - bound thriller.

A pulse-less, predictable thriller which seats Denzel Washington in a thankless role as a decorated Philadelphia cop who is tormented by a demon who once possessed a serial killer (Elias Koteas) that the detective helped put to death.

Robert Davi turns in a killer performance in Ariel Vromen's crime thriller, The Iceman, portraying Leo Marks, a character inspired by Anthony Gaggi, the captain of the Gambino crime family.

The bulk of Killer Joe is built like a standard things - go - terribly - awry small - town crime thriller, but because it was written by a young, sensational - minded Tracy Letts (who here adapted his own script) and is directed by The Exorcist's William Friedkin, the NC - 17 rated action reaches the Grand Guignol by the end.

A small town sheriff retires his badge to avenge his brother's murder, but finds himself tempted into the criminal lifestyle by a beautiful killer in this gritty crime thriller.

As reported by Deadline, Lily Collins has signed on for the «highly coveted role» of Elizabeth Kloepfer in Joe Berlinger's Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil, And Vile, a thriller / biopic about serial killer Ted Bundy.

Released by United Artists in 1980, William Friedkin's notorious thriller about a straight cop (Al Pacino) who goes undercover in New York's hardcore gay leather scene to catch a serial killer remains to this day the most graphic representation of queer culture to come out of Hollywood.

Directed by Jonathan Demme, this Academy Award - winning thriller stars Anthony Hopkins as serial killer / cannibal Hannibal Lecter alongside Jodie Foster as FBI cadet Clarice Starling.

The Killing (1956)-- 7:00 PM Stanley Kubrick's hard - edged 1956 heist thriller was low budget by Hollywood standard but far more elaborate than her earlier Killer's Kiss, with a bigger cast, a complicated puzzle of a plot and a clever construction that slips around the timeline of a racetrack heist.

Even The Price of Salt — her second novel, adapted last year, by film director Todd Haynes, as Carol — was more than merely a lesbian love story (certainly a bold enough literary statement for 1952, when it was first published), occupying, in its intense focus on desire and its consequences, similar territory to Highsmith's thrillers about killers.

Meeting Evil (R for profanity and violence) Cajun country crime thriller about a depressed family man (Luke Wilson) who is kidnapped and taken on a killing spree by a demonic serial killer (Samuel L. Jackson).

OPENING THIS WEEK Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun by Kam Williams For movies opening October 17, 2008 BIG BUDGET FILMS Max Payne (PG - 13 for profanity, sexuality, intense violence and drug use) Mark Wahlberg stars in the title role of this revenge thriller about a DEA agent and an assassin (Mila Kunis) who join forces to find the killers responsible for the murder of his family and her sister.

Directed by Vaughn Stein, the thriller follows two assassins on a mysterious mission in sinister city, where they run into all sorts of kooky characters, including Robbie's beguiling waitress who may or may not be a serial killer.

The Snowman by Hope Madden The Snowman, a Norway - set serial killer thriller, runs like a 3 - hour flick that someone gutted... read more →

By the same token, even though Escape Plan is a very dumb action - thriller, if all it takes is the allure of seeing Sly and Arnie trade a few quips and exchange a few blows to get you on board, you'll likely find this low - aiming vehicle to be an adequate time - killer.

Those hailing «Dexter» as an antiheroic crime thriller need to consider the storyline about the tough - talking Latina cop who has her heart softened by an Elian Gonzalez clone, or the revelation that Dexter might not be a serial killer after all, but a teddy bear with issues.

The mystery / thriller, directed by Renny Harlin and scripted by Wayne Kramer and Kevin Brodbin adds a few unconventional twists to the tired «tracking down a serial killer» plot, but ends up outfoxing itself with a few too many narrative convolutions and contrivances.

The film is a by - the - book serial killer thriller but delivers a nice surprise ending.

As a despairing political allegory about crime and punishment (and how the latter doesn't always go with the former), Sisters is weirdly profound; as an exercise in thriller mechanics, it's limber and energizing, wrapping itself around a wonderfully stupid plot about separated Siamese twins (both played by Margot Kidder, one of whom is, naturally, a psycho killer).

Asian cinema's sole representative is Psycho Raman, a serial killer thriller from India directed by Gang's of Wasseypur helmer Anurag Kashyup.

Noir expert Richard Fleischer specialized in true - crime movies («Compulsion,» «The Boston Strangler») and this is one of his best: a chilling realistic thriller modeled on the famous case of British serial killer Dr. John Christie (brilliantly underplayed by Richard Attenborough), and the hapless man he frames for one of his murders, (a brilliant job by John Hurt).

Projects in development include Killer Instinct, with Bruce Beresford attached to direct; The Last of the Tribe; Hidden Mountain: Unsaid, based on the novel by Neil Abramson; Spiral, based on the techno - thriller by Paul McEuen; and Wrong Move, based on the novel by Jonathan Stone.

RICHARD WIDMARK By Kent Jones Nominated for an Oscar for his debut performance as the giggling killer in Kiss of Death, he escaped typecasting and went on to become an icon of driven, intense postwar America masculinity in some of the key Westerns, noirs, and thrillers of the Fifties and Sixties.

The Racketeer by John Grisham Doubleday, $ 28.95 Grisham's latest thriller has a killer concept: Only four active federal judges have ever been murdered — until Judge Raymond Fawcett makes # 5.

His 2013 horror book, The Santa Claus Killer, releases September 1st, and follows in 2014 by the much anticipated summer disaster thriller, Cataclysm.

A GRIPPING SERIAL KILLER THRILLER An entire family is murdered and, by a quirk, a young girl is left unharmed.

The Long Drop by Denise Mina Set during the 1950s in Glasgow, Scotland, Mina's standalone thriller The Long Drop is a fictionalized look at the true deeds, arrest and prosecution of Peter Manuel, Scotland's most notorious serial killer.

In recent months, one of our favorite creepy thrillers is Sorry by Zoran Drvenkar, about four 20 - something German friends who get involved with a brutal killer.

Also included are two edgy serial - killer thrillers, EMPTY ROOMS by Jeff Mariott and THE FLY GUY by Colum Sanson - Regan.

In this ingenious, suspenseful historical thriller, Sigmund Freud is drawn into the mind of a sadistic killer who is savagely attacking Manhattan's wealthiest heiresses Inspired by Sigmund Freud's only visit to America, The Interpretation of Murder is an intricate tale of murder and the mind's most dangerous mysteries.

But writers can, should and are doing more by creating author collectives like Top Suspense Group — a place where thriller authors hang out (disclaimer — I'm a proud member) and Killer Thrillers.

In the thriller Ten, published in 2012, ten teenagers are trapped on an island and murdered, one by one, by a serial killer.

The Beautiful Dead by Belinda Bauer A riveting new novel by award - winning thriller writer Belinda Bauer, in which a desperate crime reporter unwittingly becomes the accomplice of a serial killer hungry for attention.