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Ellis Walker (written by)
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He learned from the masters.
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August's Fright Girl Of The Month 2008! Elissa Dowling!
(From Icons of Fright. 23 August 2008, 10:16 PM, PDT)
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Copycat basically copycats other movies in the Cop/Serial Killer/Thriller sub-genre.
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Cast
(Credited cast) | Bruce Robert Cole | ... | Ed Gein |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
 | Jessica Aldridge | ... | Mirabelle |
 | Andreas Beckett | ... | Killer |
 | Garrett Brawith | ... | Jeffrey Dahmer |
 | Danny Chan | ... | Konerak |
 | Victoria De Mare | ... | Selena |
| Samuel Dobbins | ... | Harry Purvis |
 | Elissa Dowling | ... | Kat |
| Heath Finn | ... | Police Officer |
 | Mark Hengst | ... | Robert Dean |
 | David Hill | ... | Police Officer |
| Zak Howell | ... | Guy in alleyway |
 | Gil Menchaca | ... | Dollar Bill (as Ethan Drake) |
 | Matt Mercer | ... | James |
 | Alan Mueting | ... | Detective |
 | Ryan Michael Oman | ... | Lionel |
 | Kara Revel | ... | First Victim |
 | Chloe Snyder | ... | Laura |
 | Brent Stevens | ... | Blond guy |
| Adam Robert Taylor | ... | Cousin Mike |
| Bradley J. Thornton | ... | Police Officer |
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Copycat (USA) (DVD title)
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Rated R for strong sadistic violence and torture, language, nudity, some sexual and drug content.
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85 min
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Factual errors: Ed Gein's house was not in a forested area, it was out in the middle of the field on rolling plains. The house was two stories and was far, far, messier. The mother's room was just as she left it when she died. In fact, it was the only room in the house to be neat. Gein was also much older than he is portrayed in this film.
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A young journalist is out for revenge against the serial killer who killed her mother; the serial killer's niche, is that he is/was inspired by the hilariously talented trio of Gein, Ramirez, and Dahmer.
Copycat for some reason wants to be some sort of intelligent, analytical thesis on what makes a killer, but, it fails miserably. For starters, the ending is idiotic; heavily placed so that the message the movie is providing tries to be truthful and convincing. The rest of the movie basically revolves around vignettes (or flashbacks) from the lives of Gein, Dahmer, and Ramirez, and the "relationship" between the journalist with the cop who helps her, and the serial killer who she wants to kill. Everything is kept at a nice pace, but the clichéd, redundant script and weak acting f*ck everything up to the extent that you don't care for any nice pace; you just want the damn movie to end.
The cinematography and editing are adequately done, the main score is effective, and the gore is bland for the most part.
Either way you look at this movie, be it from a critical or gore-fix (?) point of view, you should skip it. Hell, you shouldn't even read the plot synopsis on the back of the DVD box. Ignore this crap fest.
3.0/10