All-American Murder (Video 1991)

All American Murder is the story of Artie. He is the new guy on Campus and he only has one thing on his mind, Tally Fuller. Tally is the most popular girl in school, until she is found dead... See full summary »

Director:

Anson Williams

Writer:

Barry Sandler

Stars:

Christopher Walken, Charlie Schlatter, Josie Bissett

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Christopher Walken	...	P.J. Decker
Charlie Schlatter	...	Artie Logan
Josie Bissett	...	Tally Fuller
Joanna Cassidy	...	Erica Darby
Richard Kind	...	Lou Alonzo
Woody Watson	...	Frank Harley
Mitchell Anderson	...	Doug Sawyer
Amy Moore Davis	...	Wendy Stern (as Amy Davis)
J.C. Quinn	...	Harry Forbes
Craig Stout	...	Dean Darby
Angie Brown	...	Laurie Grant
Tim Green	...	Judge Logan
Jim Clark Jr.	...	Detective
James Frank Clark	...	Campus Police
Doran Ingram	...	Marco

Storyline

All American Murder is the story of Artie. He is the new guy on Campus and he only has one thing on his mind, Tally Fuller. Tally is the most popular girl in school, until she is found dead and Artie becomes the prime suspect! Will he be able to clear his name and find the real killer, only time will tell.

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Plot Keywords:

murder | lesbian | slasher | nudity | drilling machine | 

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Taglines:

He's about to enter a jungle of sex, sleaze and murder ...he's going to college.

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Genres:

Horror | Mystery | Romance | Thriller

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Certificate:

R

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

1 December 1991 (USA)

Also Known As:

I skyggen av et mord

Filming Locations:

Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Enchantment Pictures, Greenwich Films, Trimark Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

94 min

Sound Mix:

Ultra Stereo

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Feature directorial debut for actor Anson Williams.

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Quotes

Decker: " Do you play any sports?"
Logan: " Yeah, I run the bath, I catch cold, I jump to conclusions, I'm good at all those."

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Connections

References Psycho (1960)

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Soundtracks

"HAND OF STONE"
Written by Ted Mather
Performed by Gary Thomas Griffin

User Reviews

She was an American Girl … before she burned to shreds

"All American Murder" is a fairly pleasant diversion in case you're looking for a light-headed horror/thriller and keep your expectations to an absolute minimum. I honestly don't see the point of harshly criticizing this modest little straight-to-video flick, since the makers themselves clearly never intended to deliver a groundbreaking masterpiece. The film has a good pacing, fresh faces, a couple of inventive murder sequences and – most importantly – another straight- faced performance from the tremendously awesome Christopher Walken who's still way cooler than any other major actor even if the script is inferior. Also, with a little bit of goodwill and imagination, you could state that "All American Murder" is some sort of tribute to the Italian Giallo of the late 60's and 70's. Most of the Giallo-essentials are well represented: luscious babes in peril, red herrings and far-fetched plot twists, sleazy supportive characters, black gloves and a grotesque denouement. Thanks to daddy's influence, the rebellious teenager Artie Logan is accepted at the respectable Fairfield campus for his absolute last chance at a proper education. He meets the impeccably perfect all- American girl Tally and really intends to make an effort, but then the poor girl is brutally killed when someone sets her entire body on fire. Due to his past and questionable reputation, Artie naturally becomes prime suspect #1, but the witty and seasoned police detective PJ Decker somewhat believes in his innocence and gives him 24 hours to prove it. During his search for the real culprit, Artie quickly discovers that behind Fairfield's prestigious reputation lies a network of perversion, blackmail and corruption. The first half hour of "All American Murder" can only be described as … very, very WRONG! Wrong 90's music, wrong teenage & adult stereotypes (the dominant father and his rebel son? Please!), wrong depiction of college differentiation and extremely wrong attempts at dry humor (Walken's hostage negotiation). The film gets better and even fairly compelling after that, with various murders and interesting enough plot twists. Some of the initial defaults remain throughout the movie, however. For some reason all characters, including the insignificant supportive ones, also insist on narrating jokes and anecdotes that are completely irrelevant to the plot. The acts of violence and sex also remain too brief and decent, but that's probably linked to the fact this is a low-budgeted video production. And Walken is too cool, period!