Zodiac Killer (2005)

Director:

Ulli Lommel

Writer:

Ulli Lommel (story)

Release Date:

2005 (USA)

Genre:

Crime

Tagline:

The 12 Signs of Evil

Plot:

A young man who works at a nursing home uses the legendary Zodiac killer's M.O. to kill people who neglect their elderly relatives.

Plot Keywords:

Zodiac Killer | Serial Killer | Copycat | Murder | Secret Society

Cast

Vladimir Maksic	...	Michael Cosnick
Ulli Lommel	...	Simon Vale
Peter Beckman	...	J. Donald Fisk
Todd Jensen	...	Harry Prince
JayTon Tucker	...	Detective Rochelle
Günther Ziegler	...	Willie Harman (as Gunter Ziegler)
David Hess	...	Mel Navokov
Nola Roeper	...	Candy Kraus
Ricky Love	...	Bellam Books Executive
Kari French	...	Mrs. Fink
Jonathan Dewdney	...	Hacker
Patrick Flanagan	...	Vermont Ave. Victim
Stacey Nikolova	...	Karen
Regina Overton	...	Yvette
Kathy Anguiano	...	Pizza Delivery Girl

Also Known As:

Curse of the Zodiac (UK) (DVD title)
Ulli Lommel's Zodiac Killer (USA) (DVD box title)

MPAA:

Rated R for violence including strong graphic images, language and sexual content.

Runtime:

83 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Certification:

Australia:R | UK:18

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Lommel Entertainment

Trivia:

Some of the flashback footage is taken from director Ulli Lommel's earlier film Die Zärtlichkeit der Wölfe (1973).

Movie Connections:

References Orfeu Negro (1959)

Worse than a blind date w/ 40 year old ashtray

At least I was able to enjoy mocking the movie which is surprising since I was barely able to sit through it. In all honesty, my guess is the cover to the DVD case cost more than the entire movie. And saying that it is the same director as The Boogeyman, when a new version of that just came out...nice touch guys, it was misleading enough to rope me in. The only thing that frustrated me more than the insufferable acting of the copycat was his haircut. Usually you only see that kind of hair on a ten year old boy and the character acted like it. The film looks like it was shot by a D+ grad student of some film school excited to use every film technique he ever learned while attending classes....sometimes, less is more buddy. Through out I would get lost by random plot twists that led nowhere or were unexplained. All this makes a bad movie but when the ending doesn't even come close to pulling it together, well, that makes it an exceptionally bad movie. Without a doubt this is the worst movie I have ever seen, and that includes my friends' french final video for senior year of high school, but hey maybe i'm a bit biased, I mean I did get to play an extra. P.S. I don't even think this deserves a star...not even a half. NONE FOR YOU!!