I Am Not a Serial Killer

"Every town has its monsters."

2016 1h 44m EN

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6.3

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★6.3TMDB · 556

HorrorMysteryCrime

Synopsis

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In a small Midwestern town, a troubled teen with homicidal tendencies must hunt down and destroy a supernatural killer while keeping his own inner demons at bay.

“Every town has its monsters.”

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Cast

Max Records
John Wayne Cleaver
Christopher Lloyd
Mr. Crowley
Laura Fraser
April Cleaver
Christina Baldwin
Aunt Margaret
Karl Geary
Dr. Neblin
Dee Noah
Kay Crowley
Lucy Lawton
Brooke Watson
Anna Sundberg
Lauren Bacall Cleaver

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Billy O'Brien
Writers: Billy O'Brien, Christopher Hyde
Languages: English
Countries: Ireland, United Kingdom, United States of America

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MONEY

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Shot for just $1.4M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.

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ERA

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Released 10 years ago.

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3 / 8

WORLD

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International production across 3 countries: Ireland, United Kingdom, United States of America.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Billy O'Brien, shot by Robbie Ryan. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Adrian Johnston. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Nick Emerson shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Max Records and Christopher Lloyd and Laura Fraser carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Every town has its monsters.".

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The take

Billy O'Brien directs. Robbie Ryan behind the camera. Adrian Johnston scores. Nick Emerson cuts. Produced in Ireland, United Kingdom, United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Shot for just $1.4M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
2Released 10 years ago.
3International production across 3 countries: Ireland, United Kingdom, United States of America.
4Directed by Billy O'Brien, shot by Robbie Ryan. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Adrian Johnston. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Nick Emerson shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Max Records and Christopher Lloyd and Laura Fraser carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "Every town has its monsters.".
9IMDB entry: tt4303340 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Classified under 18 themes, including "high school", "based on novel or book", "winter", "psychopath".

The technical file

Cinematography: Robbie Ryan
Original score: Adrian Johnston
Editing: Nick Emerson
Production design: Jennifer Klide
Costume design: Deborah Fiscus
Makeup / hair: Carrie Messina
Sound: Aza Hand
Runtime: 104 min · 1h 44m
Status: Released
Budget: $1,400,000
Original language: EN
Certification (US): NR
IMDB: I Am Not a Serial Killer (2016)

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Simon Foster2016-09-09
"Could A.M.P.A.S. see past the film’s genre roots (horror rarely gets noticed) to award Lloyd, one of Hollywood’s most beloved ageing icons...?" Read the full review here: http://screen-space.squarespace.com/reviews/2016/9/9/i-am-not-a-serial-killer.html
Reno2017-05-16
★ 5/10
Knowing everything, but can't do anything about it. The title sounds like it is a crime-thriller, that's what I was anticipating. But it was very different, especially at each stage when development takes a new facet. Totally unexpected, the character played by Christopher Lloyd. I had some doubt, but my guesses were wrong on the basis of genre. That was the best part of this film with a kind of dark comedy atmosphere. Based on the first book in the trilogy of the same name. An Irish- British psychological-thriller. Kind of like a B movie, but much better production quality. It has been weeks that I saw this film, but only now I'm reviewing it, yet it still feels like I saw it yesterday, despite I've seen dozens of films in between. It's going to be just a cult-film, not cult-classic. Because of being a non-Hollywood film, the concept had worked for me. It's about a teenager in a small town who keep witnesses strange disappearance of people. Knowing what's going on, he could not convince others about it. So he had to deal with it all by himself and how the tale ends come with a little twist. A good film, at least it would be for a few people, particularly those who like small scale suspense-thriller. 5/10

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