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Subgenre Sampler

 
In the CutIn the Cut (2003)
Dir. Jane Campion
Feat. Meg Ryan, Mark Ruffalo, Jennifer Jason Leigh
An uncomfortable, darkly ‘feminist’ thriller for which Meg Ryan deflowers her star persona, playing a troubled forty–something who…
Killing WordsKilling Words (Palabras encadenadas) (2003)
Dir. Laura Mana
Feat. Darío Grandinetti, Goya Toledo, Fernando Guillén
This quality, award–winning thriller has a woman waking to find herself restrained in a dark basement, while a seeming serial–killer,…
Manson Family, TheManson Family, The (2003)
Dir. Jim Van Bebber
Feat. Marcelo Games
Psychedelic biopic of the notorious hippie anti–icon Charles Manson, who gathered a cult following around him in the late 1960s and programmed…
Memories of MurderMemories of Murder (Salinui chueok) (2003) Recommended
Dir. Joon-ho Bong
Feat. Kang-ho Song, Sang-kyung Kim, Roe-ha Kim
A darkly lyrical thriller, set around the true–life hunt for South Korea's first documented serial killer in 1986, during the years of Chun…
MonsterMonster (2003) Aro Favourite
Dir. Patty Jenkins
Feat. Charlize Theron, Christina Ricci, Bruce Dern
Powerful dramatization of the story of female serial–killer Aileen Wournos, strong enough to support an astonishing, Oscar–winning…
Double VisionDouble Vision (Shuang tong) (2002)
Dir. Chen Kuo Fu
Feat. David Morse, Tony Leung (Kar-fai), Rene Liu
A slickly effective horror film, in which cross–cultural cop buddies Leung and Morse hunt a demonic serial killer in Taiwan. Imbued with a…
Red DragonRed Dragon (2002) Recommended
Dir. Brett Ratner
Feat. Anthony Hopkins, Edward Norton, Ralph Fiennes
Betraying the odds after the lackluster “Hannibal”, this accomplished ‘prequel’ based on Thomas Harris’ novel of the same name more than…
Ted BundyTed Bundy (2002) Recommended
Dir. Matthew Bright
Feat. Michel Reilly Brooke
For those not wearied of the serial–killer genre, this is a memorable portrait of America’s first acknowledged specimen, Ted Bundy…
Wire in the Blood (TV Series)Wire in the Blood (TV Series) (2002) Recommended
Feat. Robson Green, Hermione Norris, Simone Lahbib
Terrific tough–as–nails UK detective show focused on a compassionate clinical psychologist (Green) and an ambitious Detective Inspector…
From HellFrom Hell (2001)
Dir. Hughes Brothers
Feat. Johnny Depp, Heather Graham, Ian Holm
Johnny Depp goes Goth again, this time buttoned–up in Victorian garb, as a drug–afflicted cockney detective hired to sniff out legendary…

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