The Girl in the Photographs (2015)

A bored young woman in a sleepy community called Spearfish starts receiving photographs of brutally murdered young women. Are they real or staged? The culprit is either a serial killer or some creep with a sick sense of humour.

Director:

Nick Simon

Writers:

Oz Perkins, Robert Morast

Stars:

Kal Penn, Claudia Lee, Kenny Wormald

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Kal Penn	...	Peter Hemmings
Claudia Lee	...	Colleen
Kenny Wormald	...	Chris
Toby Hemingway	...	Ben
Luke Baines	...	Tom
Miranda Rae Mayo	...	Rose
Katharine Isabelle	...	Janet
Mitch Pileggi	...	Sheriff Porter
Toby Levins	...	Deputy Daniels
Christy Carlson Romano	...	Brittany
Oliver Seitz	...	Trip
Autumn Kendrick	...	Victoria
Corey Schmitt	...	Gerry
Eva Bourne	...	Jill
Kathryn Kirkpatrick	...	Denise

Storyline

A bored young woman in a sleepy community called Spearfish starts receiving photographs of brutally murdered young women. Are they real or staged? The culprit is either a serial killer or some creep with a sick sense of humour.

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Plot Keywords:

homage | horror cliche | hot | sex scene | romantic | 

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Genres:

Crime | Horror | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for strong bloody violence, sexuality/nudity, language throughout and some drug use

Did You Know?

Trivia

Dean Cundey's previous genre work include classics like Halloween (1978), The Thing (1982). and Psycho II (1983).

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Quotes

Colleen: Somebody *followed* me here... so he could put that picture at a place where I would find it.
Sheriff Porter: And we're gonna look into that.

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Crazy Credits

Before the credits, there is a title card that reads, "For Wes", dedicating the film to its deceased executive producer Wes Craven.

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Connections

References Blow-Up (1966)

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Soundtracks

Motherless Child
Arranged by Lindsey Frost Davis
Performed by Lily Frost

User Reviews

It was not that bad

It's a nice little nod to Wes Craven, the film's Executive Producer, who died with this being his final film. It probability could have been a better movie if Craven was not suffering from Brian cancer during his involvement, yet it's still not the worse way to end a legacy.

I thought Kal Penn was actually pretty funny as an eccentric artist who goes back to his small town after hearing about a string of murders in which the killer would take pictures of his victims. Inspired to copy the murder pics for an Ad campaign, he meets Colleen, the murderer's muse, and convinces her to become his muse, which the murderer does not like.

It lies somewhere between The Last House on the Left and Scream in the story format, not as good as either, but you can see the total potential for it being that kind of innovative horror film.

I will say that I love some of the kills that where done in this movie. Very old school violent with very little animated blood. I like the bluntness of it, it's been a while since a movie gave me that.

As a Horror fan I feel that The Girl in the Photographs is worth taking a look at.

Details

Official Sites:

official site

Country:

USA Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

1 April 2016 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Girl in the Photographs

Filming Locations:

Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Company Credits

Production Co:

Alghanim Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

95 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.39:1