Schramm’s Visceral Psychological Terror

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6050fI_l-vk Schramm: Into the Mind of a Serial Killer. 1993. Directed by Jörg Buttgereit. Screenplay by Buttgereit & Franz Rodenkirchen. Starring Florian Koerner von Gustorf, Monika M., Micha Brendel, Carolina Harnisch, Xaver Schwarzenberger, Gerd Horvath, & Michael Brynntrup. Barrel Entertainment/Jelinski & Buttgereit. Not Rated. 65 minutes. Horror ★★★1/2  Really good or great serial killer films are …

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Killer Casanova Wants to Kiss the Girls

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWe5PTNQ6ko Kiss the Girls. 1997. Directed by Gary Fleder. Screenplay by David Klass; based on the novel of the same name by James Patterson. Starring Ashley Judd, Morgan Freeman, Cary Elwes, Alex McArthur, Tony Goldwyn, Jay O. Sanders, Bill Nunn, Brian Cox, Richard T. Jones, Roma Maffia, Jeremy Piven, Gina Ravera, William Converse-Roberts, Helen Martin, …

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La chambre des morts: Better Than a French Demme Knock-Off

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ISMS0nCNJg La chambre des morts. 2007. Directed & Written by Alfred Lot; based on the novel by Franck Thilliez. Starring Mélanie Laurent, Laurence Côte, Éric Caravaca, Gilles Lellouche, Jonathan Zaccaï, Céline Sallette, Fanny Cottençon, Nathalie Richard, Jean-François Stévenin, & Stéphane Jobert. Métropole Film Distribution/Mongrel. Rated 14A. 118 minutes. Crime/Mystery/Thriller ★★★★ La chambre des morts, translated into English roughly becomes Room of Death, is …

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Wolf Creek – Episode 6: “Wolf Creek”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=devWwSCw12A Stan's Wolf Creek Episode 6: "Wolf Creek Directed by Greg McLean Written by Felicity Packard * For a review of Episode 5 "Rome", click here. Finally we've come to a fitting mini-series finale directed by the one and only Greg McLean! Very excited to see how Wolf Creek's 6-episode arc finishes, as Eve (Lucy Fry) …

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Wolf Creek – Episode 5: “Rome”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=devWwSCw12A Stan's Wolf Creek Episode 5: "Rome" Directed by Tony Tilse Written by Peter Gawler * For a review of Episode 4 "Opalville", click here. * For a review of Episode 6 "Wolf Creek", click here. Only two episodes left, including this one, as Eve (Lucy Fry) heads from the Australian town of Rome. All …

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Wolf Creek – Episode 4: “Opalville”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=devWwSCw12A Stan's Wolf Creek Episode 4: "Opalville" Directed by Tony Tilse Written by Felicity Packard * For a review of Episode 3 "Salt Lake", click here. * For a review of Episode 5 "Rome", click here. Every time I hear that the "Who Killed Cock Robyn?" song it just sends a shiver up my spine. …

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Wolf Creek – Episode 2: “Kutyukutyu”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=devWwSCw12A Stan's Wolf Creek Episode 2: "Kutyukutyu" Directed by Tony Tilse Written by Felicity Packard * For a review of Episode 1 "Billabong", click here. * For a review of Episode 3 "Salt Lake", click here. Before diving into this episode, just need to draw attention to the wonderfully evocative opening credits to this series, …

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Wolf Creek – Episode 1: “Billabong”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=devWwSCw12A Stan's Wolf Creek Episode 1: "Billabong" Directed by Tony Tilse Written by Peter Gawler * For a review of Episode 2 "Kutyukutyu", click here. Out into the Australian Outback again, as the horrific legacy of Mick Taylor (John Jarratt) never seems to come to an end. An American family's travelling through the desolate wild of …

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