Serial Slayer

Product Description

A quiet neighborhood in Los Angeles is held hostage with terror when a serial killer armed with a crossbow begins to stalk and kill the residents from their rooftops. And the only safe retreat becomes a horrifying deathtrap for three women who believe they are alone-until they hear the terrifying footsteps above...

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Running Time 79 Min

Format: DVD MOVIE

Customer Reviews:

Just So Much Nonsense with Misguided Ideas about Thriller.......2006-09-13

WOW! Look at the DVD cover! What a face! And the film is called `Serial Slayer' not `Serial Killer'! But this cover is far from honest; the story does not take place at night; the house of the film does not look like that at all; and most of all, my experience tells me that it is not a good sign if you watch a film named `Serial Killer' and find that it actually has an alternate title `Claustrophobia.'

Instead of introducing the film's silly story, I would like to ask you a simple question: What would you do if you find some stranger is walking on the rooftop of your house? What are you supposed to do if you notice the sound of the steps coming from the roof? Choose one from below:

A) Lock all the doors and windows, and call the police.
B) Get out of the house immediately.
C) Prepare to fight back.

My choice is A, but B is also a pretty good idea. Apparently the filmmakers think differently, though. The three women played by Melanie Lynskey, Sheeri Rappaport, and Mary Lynn Rajskub keep doing ridiculous things during the film's short running time. THEY CANNOT CALL because they don't have a cell phone, and they are living in this millennium. THEY CANNOT ESCAPE FROM THE HOUSE because the supposed serial killer, who can climb up and down the house so quick, has a deadly weapon - crossbow - even though as another reviewer points out, it is highly unlikely that you hit or kill someone with this thing (which really look like a toy).

Some say the film is trying not to use the clichéd ideas about the horror film, and make a new set of rules about it. But doing and saying the silliest things when hunted by a serial killer is already a clichéd storytelling technique, and so are the ideas like the dead cell phones, a disconnected telephone line, a geeky girl wearing glasses, and this is the worst, hiding in the closet.

To me, however, the film's worst part is its camera. It is shot in video, almost always held by hand, but the video image makes the film look very cheap and amateurish. The killer appears in broad daylight (another twist in the plot), but the visuals of a shaky hand-held camera shot during the daytime is hardly appropriate for creating the creepy touch, making every image too bright, looking like that of your home video unit.

And that is what `Serial Slayer' exactly is. It looks like a work done by film school student. The only difference is that its stars Melanie Lynskey. She is too good for this nonsense.

Beyond Terrible.............2006-02-24

This has to be the worst "horror" movie I have ever seen. It is beyond Terrible. I bought this movie previously viewed ( thank goodness ) because the box made it look like it would be a good horror movie.........Wrong!! This is one of the cheapest movies ever made. Truly pathetic! The whole movie centers around 3 girls who find themselves stuck in a house together not wanting to go out because of a serial killer that is going around the neighborhood. What serial killer?? We see a man with a pathetic crossbow lurking around. Just simply awful! I recommend that no one spends any money on this movie. It is truly not worth it.

GARBAGE WOULD BE AN INSULT TO THE WORD ITSELF!.......2005-11-19

This is the most pathetic low budget garbage that I have ever viewed in my entire life. I don't think that even my dog would cope in front of the heater on a freezing cold winters day laying there listening and watching this utterly crap of a pretend to be movie. I reckon a 2 year old could direct and make a better one. Just stay away, you'll be sorry!!!

No budget horror movie.......2005-04-17

J.Baxter is on crack for giving this 5 stars (or he had something to do with the making of this movie) This was bad. Unfortunately enough, there are worse movies than this. However, this one will still not escape my one star vote. First, it is very generic. Like the one reviewer said, this resembles porn quality because it literally looks like a home video. Next it is slow and ridiculous. Not much going on for at least 30-40 minutes. It is ridiculous because the concept is laughable and let me explain why: first we have a guy with a miniature crossbow holding a house full of woman at bay. Let me explain something to you all: I used to own this very crossbow used in this movie. I bought it at a local swap meat in Vegas. It cost me ten bucks. I went out to the desert to shoot at some stuff and the thing was pathetic. First off, the range is terrible. You would never hit or kill anything further than 30 feet away. Next, the aim is god awful. You couldn't hit Kirstie Alley with this thing. Yet in this movie, there are scenes where he is nailing people dead on from a rooftop. NO WAY this is possible with this type of crossbow. Finally, These miniature crossbows don't nearly have the same pounds of pressure a normal bow or crossbow have. When I owned mine, I was shooting at tin cans in the desert. Occasionally when I would shoot at a can, the arrows would ricochet off of it because they weren't powerfull enough to pierce it. Sometimes the arrows would break easily when I shot them. My point is, I find it very hard to believe after owning one of these crossbows that you could kill someone with them like in this movie unless you hit the square in the eye or something. You seriously could shoot someone with about 20 of these arrows and they would live. As a matter of fact, shooting someone with these kind of arrows would probably make them really mad and chase you down. These types of crossbows also take a few seconds to reload. In the movie he quickly shoots someone 3 times with one. Anyway, enough about the crossbow. It is not a low budget movie, it is a NO budget movie with bad actresses, hardly any blood, and it certainly wasn't suspenseful at all for me. It sort of reminded me of one of those British sitcoms you see late at night on the BBC. I kept waiting for Benny Hill to pop out or something

Don't Judge A Movie By Its Cover.......2005-02-08

I was walking in the video store and I came across this film. I thought wow this sure does look stupid, by just looking at the cover. Well I decided to read the back, just to see what is was about. It sounded great! I also noticed Melanie Lynskey in it and she is a great actress. So I rented it and put it in my dvd player. The Camera work was okay even though it was shot on dvr. The plot of how the girls all came together in a house the one girl is watching sounded kind of corny. But then the movie got better! The ending was great. Maybe a sequel is in process? It is one of the greatest most original thrillers I have ever seen! I Loved It!

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