Best real life serial killers life made into a film..
 

Ive been having a think and theres a few really good films based on real life serial killers.
My personal fave is The Gray Man,the story of Albert Fish.Its not overly gory etc but is simply well acted~Patrick Bauchau(he was also in Carnivale etc) is wonderful as our leading man.
Whats your favourite??

Not seen that but I loved Patrick Bauchau in Carnivale so added to my "must watch" list.

I'm not really a huge of real serial killer movies cos they have to be toned down out of respect for the victims friends and families-but off the top of my head I'll go with Deranged (based on Ed Gein).

I like Ed Gein from 2000,particularly when they talk about slippage around the dinner table and the Mum says"oh you boys!!".I also love the scene where he sees his mum in a burning bush.It really gets into his mind set that film.I like that.
I havent seen Deranged yet..Ill have to put that on my wish list.!

Snow town

hillside strangler

bundy...for a laugh

karla

freeway killer

manson

probably that order too

The Hillside Strangler was ok but heavily toned down-they (both the strangler and his mate were killers if I remember right-hope I'm not getting confused it's been quite a while since I saw the movie or read about the killings) were seriously sick fucks those two real killers. Will look up the others cheeers-I need to see Dahmer as well-anyone seen it? Any good?

Ed Gein (2000) was basically a homely round the log fire, family friendly little house on the prairie movie compared with Deranged: Confessions Of A Necrophile. I think you will be very pleasantly surprised if you get the chance to see it :)

Deranged is a must watch. Excellent movie.

Ones I like:

Jack the Ripper (the Michael Kane film)

Tenderness of the Wolves

10 Rillington Place

M

Henry Protrait of a Serial Killer

The Honeymoon Killers

See No Evil: The Moors Murders

Agree with Ferox on 10 Rillington Place, Henry, Portrait of a Serial Killer and M.

The Boston Strangler.

Can't recommend Deranged enough. Brilliant stuff along with Henry: Portrait Of A Serial Killer. The Wiz made a good call with Snowtown too a must see if you like your gritty character driven flicks.

Not a serial killer of course but Jim Van Bebber's The Manson Family is fucking top notch shit.

My faves would be:

Deranged

Henry

Ted Bundy (the Mathew bright version)

10 Rillington Place

To Catch a Killer

Jack the Ripper (with Michael Caine)

Memories of Murder

The Chaser

i think thats the one i meant,is that the one with a red cover big manson face,starts off with blood dripping on flowers...?

this thread reminds me,you never sent that dahma dvd

theres a few different strangler movies i think,the one i saw was very graphic and disturbing,but still toned down.i read a book written by one of the detectives on the case and yes it was deffinatly two stranglers(cousins).

Out of the Blue. Spree killer, not serial killer, but excellent film nonetheless. It's about David Gray and the Aramoana Massacre.

Looking forward to Snow Town.

I haven't seen many of these; not really a sub-genre I've explored. Thanks for the recs.

didnt really think that movie got off this island

agreed...good movie. Also gonna have to track down Snow Town.

Texas Chainsaw Massacre

The one I saw was a recent one on the horror channel-I didn't think much of it to be honest so I'll look up the others cheers :)

Deranged about Ed Gein and Henry: Portriat of A Serial Killer with Michael Rooker are my two favorites.

Definitely second Elvis's rec on The Manson Family.

hey i said it too why dont i get a second :mad:

and hey thanks for answering my question too elvis...once again...im pretty sure it was the movie i was thinking of anyway,love it when they go out to the desert and have big orgy drinking blood and pouring it on each other

that so not a real life serial killer movie,and dont tell me ed gein coz then ya mite as well say a million other movies too

Shit sorry man will get onto that for you.

ha ha,na its all good i was just giving you shit.im sure ill find it on tube plus or something.
must watch "deranged" this weekend

There is probably no better "real" serial killer movie than Henry, Portrait of a Serial Killer...

Also, Citizen X is a very good movie, superb, I'd say...about Andrei Chikatilo.
The hooker stabbing scene in the woods is awesome.

Confessions of a Serial Killer is really good too...it's based on Henry Lee Lucas and Otis Toole, however, the characters have different names in the movie.
Really creepy moment when the woman lets them in to repair whatever...and minutes later, finds fat-boy Moon (Otis) at her vanity putting on her make-up in a very smiley, creepy manner.

What else?
Deranged was excellent...great 70's movie...saw it as a kid and remember it to this day...especially the bear-trap scene.

Haven't seen Snowtown, but it's in my Netflix queue.

I saw one Dahmer movie where he puts a live dude into an industrial barrel full of acid...don't know the name of the flick, though...

Lots of good movie mentions...
Nice thread.

The pphantom-the town that dreaded sundown. really good film

who is the serial killer in pphantom

Would just like to again say how awesome Snow town is. Since it's also currently on Netflix Instant (Damn it! I paid to have it imported) think it's one that people should definitely seek out. Not quite horror, more so a darker drama with horror type elements. Well acted though, good story of course based off of unfortunate real life events. I was surprised how good the movie was, I went in expecting to be disgusted because of the hype it was getting ("It's so disturbing...yada yada yada" ). Definitely a pleasant surprise.

No one knows - he was never caught.

Its a great film except for the inappropriate humour in it.

From Wiki:

It is based on a series of actual murders attributed to a man dubbed locally as the Phantom Killer, who murdered five people between February and May 1946. The murders occurred in and around the city of Texarkana, which is on the border between Texas and Arkansas. As such, there is both a city of Texarkana, TX and a city of Texarkana, AR. Most of the murders occurred in rural areas near both sides of the Texarkana area and also in rural areas of Bowie County, TX and Miller County, AR. The Phantom Killer was never identified by law enforcement and therefore never apprehended.

yeah,its shame allot of serial killer movies don't turn out as good as this one.....you know in real life they ate parts of that dude in the end

sounds good though i tend to like the ones were they actually got caught in the end.if they dont know who done it alot of the movie seems to be made up on suspicions,which makes the movie not as scary or fucked up as actual fact.

I'm diggin' the site. Although it is centered more on the investigation and the attempted apprehension and not focused on the violent nature of the crimes, I really enjoyed "Zodiac" (2007). If I were to suggest something a little more brutal I would recommend "Henry: Protrait of a serial killer." There are a few movie mentioned in this thread that I have not seen, I plan to change that soon.