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A twisted one-night stand spirals into a serial killer's vicious murder spree. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Oct 8, 2024 - 15 comments

More of the events leading up to Margaret's murder are revealed as the Widow continues to claim victims. [more inside]
posted by miss-lapin on Apr 14, 2023 - 1 comment

A psychopath is scouring New York City gay clubs and viciously slaying homosexuals. Detective Steve Burns (Al Pacino) is ordered to don leather attire, hang at the city's S&M joints and keep an eye out for the killer. But as Steve becomes immersed in club hopping, he begins to identify with the subculture more than he expected. Meanwhile, Steve behaves distantly around his girlfriend, Nancy (Karen Allen), the police force's homophobia becomes apparent and the killer remains at large. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Nov 16, 2022 - 3 comments

A story about a former criminal profiler who now works as a fraudster posing as a fortune teller and the female detective who gets involved with him. [more inside]
posted by oh yeah! on Aug 24, 2022 - 4 comments

Claire seems to live a normal life as a hair stylist by day, lending a sympathetic ear to the women who visit her chair and encouraging them to unburden themselves as she works her magic. But for an unlucky few, Claire's interest grows more sinister, and she begins coveting their lives. [more inside]
posted by miss-lapin on Mar 1, 2021 - 7 comments

Bright talks to a friend of his father's about the girl in the station wagon. [more inside]
posted by miss-lapin on Nov 12, 2019 - 3 comments

Bright's investigation of the station wagon linked to his flashbacks results in grim surprises. [more inside]
posted by miss-lapin on Nov 6, 2019 - 5 comments

Ainsley confronts her family with her intention to interview her father. [more inside]
posted by miss-lapin on Oct 30, 2019 - 8 comments

Bright takes an unexpected voyage while investigating a murder. [more inside]
posted by miss-lapin on Oct 22, 2019 - 6 comments

A strikingly photographic murder of the week. [more inside]
posted by miss-lapin on Oct 22, 2019 - 3 comments

A drug-induced homicide forces Malcolm to re-think his fears. [more inside]
posted by miss-lapin on Oct 8, 2019 - 7 comments

Malcolm Bright is an acclaimed criminal psychologist. He knows how killers think, how their minds work. He ought to know, his father was a serial killer, known as The Surgeon. Now there's a copycat, imitating his father's methods. Bright may be the only one who can stop him.
posted by DirtyOldTown on Sep 23, 2019 - 10 comments

A secret agent exacts revenge on a serial killer through a series of captures and releases. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Mar 18, 2016 - 4 comments

The next pick will be of the horror-adjacent variety. 2010 Korean thriller I Saw the Devil by director & co-writer Kim Jee-woon (A Tale of Two Sisters), tells the bloody tale of a secret agent who exacts revenge on a serial killer through a series of captures and releases. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Mar 15, 2016 - 5 comments