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Subgenre Sampler

 
Dear Mr. GacyDear Mr. Gacy (2010)
Dir. Svetozar Ristovski
Feat. William Forsythe, Jesse Moss, Emma Lahana
Haunting cautionary tale – based on a true story – chronicles the interactions between an ambitious college student and the notorious…
Revenge: A Love StoryRevenge: A Love Story (2010)
Dir. Ching-po Wong
'Hammer and tong' serial killer potboiler centres on a lowly store clerk who begins murdering policemen (and their pregnant wives) after his…
Lodger, TheLodger, The (2009)
Dir. David Ondaatje
Feat. Alfred Molina, Hope Davis, Shane West
Remake of the Hitchcock original takes Jack the Ripper out of Whitechapel and places him on West Hollywood's Sunset Strip, pursued by grizzled…
MurdererMurderer (2009)
Dir. Roy Chow
Feat. Aaron Kwok, Ning Chang, Tam Chun Yat
Serial killer convention receives an enjoyable, shameless workout with this Hong Kong policier, centred on a police investigator framed for a series…
Red Riding TrilogyRed Riding Trilogy (1974, 1980, 1983) (2009) Aro Favourite
Dir. Julian Jarrold, James Marsh, Anand Tucker
Feat. Sean Bean, Andrew Garfield, David Morrissey
David Peace’s gritty quartet of crime novels receive a stunning translation to the screen with this threesome of British detective thrillers, based…
AcolytesAcolytes (2008)
Dir. Jon Hewitt
Feat. Joel Edgerton, Michael Dorman, Hanna Mangan Lawrence
Chilling, if somewhat uneven, low–budget Aussie thriller concerning a group of teens who blackmail a serial killer to help them extract revenge…
Chaser, TheChaser, The (Chugyeogja) (2008)
Dir. Hong-jin Na
Feat. Yun-seok Kim, Jung-woo Ha, Yeong-hie Seo
As much concerned with criticizing the police force as it is deftly juggling plot twists, murders, and other serial killer conventions, this Korean…
Mentalist, The (TV Series)Mentalist, The (TV Series) (2008)
Feat. Simon Baker, Robin Tunney, Tim Kang
Superior crime series sees Simon Baker play an ex–'psychic' who now uses his remarkable powers of scrupulous observation in the name of the…
MR 73MR 73 (The Last Deadly Mission) (2008) Recommended
Dir. Olivier Marchal
Feat. Daniel Auteuil, Olivia Bonamy, Philippe Nahon
Rock solid policier stars Daniel Auteuil as a drunken, burnt–out cop whose shot at redemption comes in the form of a woman requiring protection…
SurveillanceSurveillance (2008)
Dir. Jennifer Chambers Lynch
Feat. Julia Ormond, Bill Pullman, Pell James
Divisive thriller following two FBI agents who must piece together three very different eyewitness accounts of a murder in a small town, in order to…

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