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How to Be a Serial Killer (2008)

 -  Comedy | Crime | Horror  -  15 November 2008 (USA)
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A serial killer decides to teach the secrets of his satisfying career to a video store clerk.

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Cast overview, first billed only:
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Mike Wilson
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Bart
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Abigail
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Dr. Goldberg
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Mother Wilson
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Officer Chavez
Shadoe Stevens ...
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Thug (as Ryan K. Smith)
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Officer Garcia
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Young Girl
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Young Man
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Juan
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Rob
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Johhny the Dick
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Zach
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A serial killer decides to teach the secrets of his satisfying career to a video store clerk.

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Rated R for violence, grisly images and language | See all certifications »

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$2,000,000 (estimated)

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$899 (USA) (24 July 2009)

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$899 (USA) (24 July 2009)
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Mike decided to spend a night at Bart's place after he killed his girlfriend. Therefore prepares Bart the couch and puts a linen on it. He also puts the linen on the backrest. Mike lies down without covering himself with the linen. There is a cut in cinematography and after that Mike can be seen covered by the linen. See more »

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Ted Bundy Infomercial
18 June 2012 | by (United States) – See all my reviews

The best black comedies, such as Fargo or Dr. Strangelove have the genius of the Coen brothers or Stanley Kubrick behind them. How to Be a Serial Killer is an interesting concept which never really develops into anything memorable. Written and directed by Luke Ricci, a man who will never be in the same company as the aforementioned directors of the past(Kubrick) or present(Coens).

Mike Wilson is a combination of the articulate and charismatic Ted Bundy, and the fictional Dexter from the Showtime series. Mike is on an infomercial, promoting the killing of annoying people. He takes on a student, Bart, and instructs him on how to dispose of corpses and the many different and creative ways of committing murder. The result is a mildly amusing comedy, which sort of breezes along and is at the level of a made for TV movie.
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