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Karen Conti has been a lawyer for 26 years, and is a member of the Illinois, California, and U.S., Supreme Court bars, She's handled numerous significant cases, including a successful United States Supreme Court appeal for the Cook County Democratic Party, the death row appeals of serial killer John Wayne Gacy, a reversal in the Illinois Supreme Court in an employment discrimination matter, and a wrongful arrest and injury action against the Chicago Cubs and Los Angeles Dodgers.

A group of paranormal investigators enter the home of serial killer John Gacy, hoping to find evidence of paranormal activity.

In suburban Perth during the mid 1980s, people are unaware that women are disappearing at the hands of serial killers John and Evelyn White.

Not exact matches

For what it's worth, Amazon currently sells books by a number of other serial killers and mass murderers, including the likes of John Wayne Gacy, David «Son of Sam» Berkowitz, and the most infamous mass murderer of all time, Adolf Hitler.

Moreover, at least some serial killers — for example, Ted Bundy, John Wayne Gacy and Dennis Rader, the infamous «BTK» (Bind, Torture, Kill) murderer — have manifested numerous psychopathic traits, including superficial charm and a profound absence of guilt and empathy.

I can't help but think that if unknowns were cast in the principal roles we'd be seeing something almost as disturbing as John McNaughton's seminal Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer but, I suppose, that's Hollywood.

Since «Law Abiding Citizen» turns out to be «Clyde: Portrait of a Serial Killer (or «Clean Shaven Death Wish), in which the daddy - turned - vigilante (played by Gerald Butler) starts killing, not NYC lowlifes like a Scottish Charles Bronson, but innocent people, ala Henry (Michael Rooker) in the 1989 John McNaughton film, brutality needs to match brutality, because the cause and effect of the carnage needs to be better proportioned.

Stuart Gordon joined us for Dagon and Re-Animator, Rutanya Alda for Mommie Dearest, Lexi Alexander for Punisher: War Zone and Green Street Hooligans, John McNaughton for Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer, and Nancy Savoca for Dogfight.

Following the exploits of the Paris police department's «child protection unit,» Polisse (which screened early on) helped to establish this year's Croisette - spanning theme of children in peril, which could be found to varying extents in fellow Competition entries Michael (kidnapping and pedophilia), Lynne Ramsay's We Need to Talk About Kevin (teenage sociopathy), Aki Kaurismäki's universally admired Le Havre (illegal immigration), and the Dardenne Brothers» Grand Jury Prize co-winner The Kid with a Bike (child abandonment); in the Directors» Fortnight entry Play (bullying); and in just about every film at the 50th - anniversary edition of the Critics» Week, from French actress - director Valérie Donzelli's opening - night Declaration of War (pediatric cancer) to Israeli actress - director Hagar Ben Asher's The Slut (pedophilia again), the fact - based 17 Girls (teen pregnancy), and the profoundly disturbing Snowtown, which recalled Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer in its verité sketch of Australian serial killer John Bunting, who lured local youths into aiding and abetting his violent crimes throughout the NinSerial Killer in its verité sketch of Australian serial killer John Bunting, who lured local youths into aiding and abetting his violent crimes throughout the NinKiller in its verité sketch of Australian serial killer John Bunting, who lured local youths into aiding and abetting his violent crimes throughout the Ninserial killer John Bunting, who lured local youths into aiding and abetting his violent crimes throughout the Ninkiller John Bunting, who lured local youths into aiding and abetting his violent crimes throughout the Nineties.

Based on the true story of John Christie, serial killer in WWII - era England.

The only people I can think of who share this kinky inclination are on the long list of serial killers who started out torturing animals, psychopaths with names like Jeffrey Dahmer, David Berkowitz and John Wayne Gacy.

In this gritty thriller, Edgar Allan Poe (John Cusack, Being John Malkovich) joins forces with a young Baltimore detective (Luke Evans, Immortals) to hunt down a mad serial killer who's using Poe's own works as the basis in a string of brutal murders.

Finally, Twilight Time has five releases this week: Robert Rossen's «Alexander the Great,» the sword - and - sandal epic about the titular hero; Anatole Litvak's «Anastasia,» a historical epic about a Russian businessman who tries to pass of an imposter as the Grand Duchess Anastasia; Otto Preminger's «Exodus,» about the founding of the state of Israel; Ralph Nelson's «Lilies of the Field,» about an African American traveling handyman who encounters a group of nuns who think he's been sent by God to build their chapel; and finally Richard Fleischer's «10 Rillington Place,» a crime drama about the serial killer John Christie.

What follows is a stylishly decadent voyeur's delight: As if paying retribution for the understated tone of his previous films, director John McNaughton (Henry: Portrait Of A Serial Killer, Normal Life) fills Wild Things with group sex, gratuitous nudity, graphic violence, an abundance of authentically sweaty Florida atmosphere, and more plot twists than a season's worth of Melrose Placof his previous films, director John McNaughton (Henry: Portrait Of A Serial Killer, Normal Life) fills Wild Things with group sex, gratuitous nudity, graphic violence, an abundance of authentically sweaty Florida atmosphere, and more plot twists than a season's worth of Melrose PlacOf A Serial Killer, Normal Life) fills Wild Things with group sex, gratuitous nudity, graphic violence, an abundance of authentically sweaty Florida atmosphere, and more plot twists than a season's worth of Melrose Placof authentically sweaty Florida atmosphere, and more plot twists than a season's worth of Melrose Placof Melrose Place.

Here's a fun photo album blog on the making of Season 2 Decider It's the 20th anniversary of everyone's favorite crazy teen bitches and also witches movie The Craft (1996) Variety because sooner or later every male star is required to play a serial killer, Michael Fassbender will do his duty for Entering Hades based on the John Leake's true crime novel Vulture Jennifer Hudson gets unexpectedly honest about her lack of a Tony nomination

Not only does it star one of the most twisted serial killers in cinematic history, Mike Myers, it also happens to be directed by John Carpenter, one of the legends of horror films back in the 70s.

Director John McNaughton's unforgivingly realistic picture of American serial killer Henry Lee Lucas offers a uniquely unemotional telling — no swelling strings to warn us danger is afoot and no hero to speak of to balance the ugliness.

An obsessed cop (John Cusack) is on the trail of a serial killer prowling the streets of Buffalo, N.Y. but when his teenage daughter (Mae Whitman) disappears, he drops any professional restraint to get the killer.

Closeted Inspector John Kildare (Bill Nighy) is set up by his superior, in what is a piece of political theatre, to fail in investigating the latest grisly human tableau left by the serial killer dubbed, indeed self - dubbed, «the Golem».

«The Factory», directed by Morgan O'Neill, tells the story of partnered detectives Mike (played by John Cusack) and Kelsey (played by Jennifer Carpenter) working in New York City as they track a serial killer that has been targeting prostitutes.

The Manson Family isn't a perfect film by a long shot (framing stories are the pits), but it portrays atrocity as atrocity with the mean precision of John McNaughton's Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer.

Lizzie's death seems inevitable, until Detective Inspector John Kildare (Bill Nighy) is assigned to the case of the Limehouse Golem — a nefarious, calculating serial killer, murdering innocent, unconnected victims, leaving behind barely identifiable corpses — and his distinctive, trademark «M».

The serial killer lacks the insidious cleverness of Se7en's John Doe, and the investigation sputters and meanders.

Justin Kurzel's directorial debut was marred by controversy for telling the true story of the «Bodies in Barrels Murders», which occurred in Snowtown, a tiny town north of Adelaide, and were committed by Australia's most notorious serial killer John Bunting.

Following yesterday's trailer [watch it here], a SDCC exclusive poster has now been revealed for Jigsaw, the eighth instalment in the Saw franchise, featuring Tobin Bell's twisted serial killer John Kramer; check it out here... «Dead bodies begin to turn up all over the city, each meeting their demise in a variety of grisly ways.

Based on the acclaimed graphic novel by John «Derf» Backderf, My Friend Dahmer tells the story of infamous serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer.

Jamie Lee Curtis, «Halloween» Before she was seducing fathers in her office as the «Scream Queens» dean Cathy Munsch, Curtis took on one of film history's most notorious serial killers, Michael Myers, in the 1978 film directed and co-written by John Carpenter.

Synopsis: An Alaska state trooper partners with a young woman who escaped the clutches of serial killer Robert Hansen (John Cusack) to bring the murderer to justice.

I Am Not a Serial Killer sells itself on being one of those quirky and slightly surreal indie horror movies that has a premise that sounds familiar but adds a few twists and turns to throw you off your guard, and for the first half of the movie this approach generally works; the sense of a small town in the grip of an apparent serial killer comes across thanks to the geography of the houses and the interactions of the people we meet, and as a character John is well - written and superbly acted, making him instantly interesting and, despite his odd character traits, slightly endeSerial Killer sells itself on being one of those quirky and slightly surreal indie horror movies that has a premise that sounds familiar but adds a few twists and turns to throw you off your guard, and for the first half of the movie this approach generally works; the sense of a small town in the grip of an apparent serial killer comes across thanks to the geography of the houses and the interactions of the people we meet, and as a character John is well - written and superbly acted, making him instantly interesting and, despite his odd character traits, slightly endeKiller sells itself on being one of those quirky and slightly surreal indie horror movies that has a premise that sounds familiar but adds a few twists and turns to throw you off your guard, and for the first half of the movie this approach generally works; the sense of a small town in the grip of an apparent serial killer comes across thanks to the geography of the houses and the interactions of the people we meet, and as a character John is well - written and superbly acted, making him instantly interesting and, despite his odd character traits, slightly endeserial killer comes across thanks to the geography of the houses and the interactions of the people we meet, and as a character John is well - written and superbly acted, making him instantly interesting and, despite his odd character traits, slightly endekiller comes across thanks to the geography of the houses and the interactions of the people we meet, and as a character John is well - written and superbly acted, making him instantly interesting and, despite his odd character traits, slightly endearing.

Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer director John McNaughton's triumphant return to the horror genre, The Harvest (which received its UK premiere at FrightFest 2014), is coming to the UK in June, with a snazzy new title: Can't Come Out to Play.

Our instincts tell us that this guy is a full - on serial killer / rapist who's lying about everything, but everything gets thrown off balance when Michelle discovers a third bunkmate, Emmitt (John Gallagher Jr.), who vouches for everything Howard says despite the grisly lout beating the shit out of him for knocking over a shelf full of food.

Pitched somewhere between the anitipodean horror of Wolf Creek and the cold - blooded «realism» of Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer, first - time director Justin Kurzel's Snowtown (2011, Revolver, 18) is a deeply unsettling dramatisation of the John Bunting murders, which terrorised southern Australia in the 90s.

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).

Or make that: we seldom manage to outguess movies that play fair (like Sixth Sense, The Crying Game, the original 1960s Planet of the Apes) instead of cheat — usually the «brain in the vat» type of story such as Fight Club, Vanilla Sky and Identity — that thing about the serial killer at the abandoned motel during a rainy night starring John Cusack.

From the director of V for Vendetta, The Raven starring John Cusack, is about a serial killer who uses the stories of Edgar Allan Poe as the inspiration for a series of grisly murders.

John McNaughton comes back out to play It's been nearly 30 years since director John McNaughton announced himself to the world with Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer, which gifted us Michael Rooker, and far too long since he returned to the horror genre.

«Despite a certain lack of originality in the serial killer, who resembles notorious murderer John Wayne Gacy, this is recommended for all public libraries.»