Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Serial Killers: 139 Films to Rent on DVD
- In Dreams (1998)
- Dir. Neil Jordan
Feat. Annette Bening
- Clairvoyant mother Annette Bening starts having visions through the eyes of a serial killer.
Rising far above its no – I'm not crazy!''…
- Stalker's Apprentice, The (1998)
- Dir. Marcus D.F. White
Feat. Peter Davison, James Bolam, Kathleen Turner
- A book editor uses a writer's manuscript about a serial killer as a template for his own homicidal fantasies in this punchy, at times lurid British…
- Cure (1997)
- Dir. Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Feat. Koji Yakusho, Masato Hagiwara, Tsuyoshi Ujiki…
- Delivering one of the great, unsung horror movies, dir. Kiyoshi Kurosawa plumbs the depths of societal malaise with this novel take on serial…
- Desperate Measures (1997)
- Dir. Barbet Schroeder
Feat. Andy Garcia, Michael Keaton
- Cop Andy Garcia needs to secure a bone marrow donor for his son, and finds a perfect match in Michael Keaton, an incarcerated serial killer, who…
- Kiss the Girls (1997)
- Dir. Gary Fleder
Feat. Morgan Freeman, Ashley Judd
- Raincoated detective Morgan Freeman and bottle–brunetted Ashley Judd seek the psychotic 'Casanova', who kidnaps beautiful woman for his…
- Ugly, The (1997)
- Dir. Scott Reynolds
Feat. Paolo Rotondo, Rebecca Hobbs, Jennifer Ward-Lealand
- A local portrait of a serial killer – Auckland lad Scott Reynolds' transcends his derivative script with an audacious visual style that'll…
- Copycat (1996)
- Dir. Jon Amiel
Feat. Sigourney Weaver, Holly Hunter, Harry Connick Jnr.
- Psychologist Sigourney Weaver and cop Holly Hunter collaborate to track a serial killer who stages his murders like famous crimes of the past. Much…
- Ebola Syndrome, The (1996)
- Dir. Herman Yau
Feat. Anthony Wong
- Birthed from the notorious "Category 3" underbelly of Hong Kong cinema, this close relative of THE UNTOLD STORY features another deranged murderer on…
- Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers (Halloween 6) (1995)
- Dir. Joe Chappelle
Feat. Donald Pleasence, Paul Rudd
- Sixth film in the HALLOWEEN horror franchise picks up the story approximately six years after the events of the fifth film, convoluting a plot that…
- Seven (Se7en) (1995)
- Dir. David Fincher
Feat. Brad Pitt, Morgan Freeman, Gwyneth Paltrow…
- Director David Fincher imbues the hackneyed serial–killer genre with astonishing directorial flair, while bringing an influential 'underground'…