A serial killer is a compulsive person. He may take a break from killing, but will sooner or later return to his old ways and eventually be stopped either by law, accident or natural death.
I have seen a lot of serial killers in my life. This film starring Brian Dennehy is one of the more memorable films. Brian Dennehy should have won an award of some sort for the chilling portrayal of Gacy. Indeed the actor and the character are so interwoven, that Dennehy really becomes Gacy. This is something for person reading this review to see for himself.
In the beginning of the film we see a young teenager Christopher Gant who is working in a department store, when he suddenly goes out for a moment and is never seen again. His parents go to the Police who forward them to Detective Joe Koczenczak (superbly portrayed by Michael Riley). Joe takes over the investigation. He later finds out that Chris was noticed talking to a John Gacy outside the department store. Joe concluded that the two might have left together and so he visits Gacy at his home. Gacy denies anything to do with Chris Gant, and so Joe is at a dead-end with Gacy.
He decides to probe into Gacy's background...
The film has a superb cast, the background score and effects enhance the chilling atmosphere of the film. The script is well polished and to my belief without any flaws. The viewer can expect no violence, gore, killing in the film - the reason why the film is so good is because it is left to the viewer's imagination as to what happened to Gacy's defenseless victims.
Other Serial Killer Films: Citizen X 1995/Evilenko 2004, The Deliberate Stranger 1986/Ted Bundy 2002, The Boston Strangler 1968, The Secret Life: Jeffrey Dahmer 1993/Dahmer 2002, Albert Fish: In Sin He Found Salvation 2007/ The Gray Man 2007, Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer 1/2(1986-1996), Deranged: Confessions of a Necrophile 1974. All of these films are based on the lives of real-life serial killers.
I have seen a lot of serial killers in my life. This film starring Brian Dennehy is one of the more memorable films. Brian Dennehy should have won an award of some sort for the chilling portrayal of Gacy. Indeed the actor and the character are so interwoven, that Dennehy really becomes Gacy. This is something for person reading this review to see for himself.
In the beginning of the film we see a young teenager Christopher Gant who is working in a department store, when he suddenly goes out for a moment and is never seen again. His parents go to the Police who forward them to Detective Joe Koczenczak (superbly portrayed by Michael Riley). Joe takes over the investigation. He later finds out that Chris was noticed talking to a John Gacy outside the department store. Joe concluded that the two might have left together and so he visits Gacy at his home. Gacy denies anything to do with Chris Gant, and so Joe is at a dead-end with Gacy.
He decides to probe into Gacy's background...
The film has a superb cast, the background score and effects enhance the chilling atmosphere of the film. The script is well polished and to my belief without any flaws. The viewer can expect no violence, gore, killing in the film - the reason why the film is so good is because it is left to the viewer's imagination as to what happened to Gacy's defenseless victims.
Other Serial Killer Films: Citizen X 1995/Evilenko 2004, The Deliberate Stranger 1986/Ted Bundy 2002, The Boston Strangler 1968, The Secret Life: Jeffrey Dahmer 1993/Dahmer 2002, Albert Fish: In Sin He Found Salvation 2007/ The Gray Man 2007, Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer 1/2(1986-1996), Deranged: Confessions of a Necrophile 1974. All of these films are based on the lives of real-life serial killers.