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Not for the thrill seeker or the faint of heart & mind moreCast
(Credited cast) | David Berkowitz | ... | Himself (Son of Sam) (archive footage) |
| Kenneth Bianchi | ... | Himself (Hillside Strangler) (archive footage) |
| Ted Bundy | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
| Angelo Buono | ... | Himself (Hillside Strangler) |
| Jeffrey Dahmer | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
| John Wayne Gacy | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
| Henry Lee Lucas | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
| Richard Ramirez | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
| Charles Starkweather | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
| Otis Toole | ... | Himself (archive footage) (as Otis O'Toole) |
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This is a series of twelve interviews with notorious serial killers. This is not a slick, glamorized series. This would not be of interest for someone who wants graphic pictures of victims, or slow-motion details about the killings, the cases or a "how to." More than enough of this information comes out, but it is often relayed in a very matter-of-fact blasé tone of the killer himself – recounting it as if it were a trip to the corner store. In some respects this series does start out almost boring… but this is obviously orchestrated, to tailor it's own audience to the text, to eliminate the thrill seekers.
What this series is: a thoughtful series of interviews with the serial killers. The focus here is not on the gruesome, but on the minds of these (mostly) men, and how their minds work – or don't as the case may be. The cumulative effect is slow and powerful. The series as a whole becomes possibly the strongest intelligent argument for the death penalty that has even been created.
The music is odd, but again, by the end, the irregular rhythms and random notes echo the distorted viewpoint of the thought process of these people. Exceptionally well done – for someone seeking an in depth look at the psychology of these killers. It leave us seeing some deep similar facets: their inability to say "I killed"… but instead saying, "she got herself killed," how each of them who is able to be somewhat introspective flatly states that there is no solution for them but to be put to death, how pornography and popular culture tool sexual fantasies in this direction, and how everyday people around them were often complicit in really sickening ways.
Deeply thought provoking.