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New serial killer thriller in the works! I KILL!!!
Ahoy, squirts! Quint here with a little news item that hit this morning regarding a popular Italian novel that has been optioned called I KILL. Jon Avnet (who produced SKY CAPTAIN AND THE WORLD OF TOMORROW) has joined forces with the De Laurentiis power family (specifically Aurelio and Luigi) to pick up the rights.
The flick is about a serial killer who calls in to a local radio station and requests a song in theme with his next slaying. Sounds like the kind of thing 1970s Dario Argento would have eaten up. Maybe they could snag Argento and make him kick ass again? That would make me smile. What do you folks think?
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except that this isn't enough to base an opinion on. what kind of songs does he request and do they know that's what he's doing? are they spooky songs or stuff like "monster mash"?
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First theme song should be .... I got nothing...
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ahhhhh
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... but its not completely beyond him to fuck it up. I love the guy, truly - but I watched Phantom of the Opera recently, and.... man.... it really was THAT bad. Still, if he can pull a Tenebrae off with the material, then I'd get him on board. Let him finish his Three Mothers Trilogy though.... thats top of my to-see list at the moment.
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A serial killer who requests killing songs? Sounds like an idea you pitch that's intentionally stupid in order to make the real ones sound less crappy.
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...!
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Not. Is the serial killer a crocodile in this one too?
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I have a pitch for a new serial killer thriller: It's about a man who is entirely uninteresting, devoid of charisma, not witty or clever, and is actually just a grubby, pathetic little person. In the end, he either dies or gets caught by accident after he has murdered a bunch of people. What do you think?
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Damn you Michael Bay
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Michael Bay damned himself a long time ago, mate. Haven't you seen Bad Boys II?
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Quint doesn't remember that Aurelio De Laurentis offered the movie to Daid Cronenberg to direct (and AICN even reported the news that he was to direct it), but the Canadian refused after reading both the script and the book, saying they were of no interest to him.
The book was a best seller in Italy, as we don't have that many "serial killer" books and because the writer is a once famous TV comedian, turned singer, turned again actor and successful writer.
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how many industry wannabes are there trolling on here? i can just imagine these angry failures sitting on AICN every day, waiting, poised to furiously type the first diss of a movie they know nothing about and haven't yet seen. what is the fucking point exactly? you bitter cunt.
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if you're a fan of those two whiny bitches who make the terminally unfunny 'south park' then it explains a lot about your poisonous personality.
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would someone put mcmlxxvi to bed? The child is off again
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In the end we find out that IT ALL HAPPENED IN HIS MIND! Wow, didn't see that one coming, huh?
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The Laurentis Power family is better and Argento is going to kick ass with his Mother of Tears film right?
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Eastwood plays David "Dave" Garver, a radio disc jockey who becomes the target of Evelyn Draper, an obsessed female fan, played by Jessica Walter. Donna Mills plays his sometime girlfriend, Tobie Williams. The title comes from Draper's habit of phoning in to Garver's radio show and asking him to play the song "Misty".
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And Crocodile Rock, because it makes me happy.
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This is my new idea for a serial killer thriller (because there are not enough of those): It is called I KILL ME! and is about a self-loathing stand up comedian who only kills people who look very much like him. Ashley Judd will play the cop on the ragged edge (also two days from retirement) who is assigned to stop him.
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Well it doesn't really, the only similarity being that in MOM the same song is heard on the radio every time a murder occurs. This could of been requested by the murderer but you don't find out.
anyway the real point was to say if you haven't seen Memories of Murder you should it's awesome. Based on the first seriel killings in South Korea.
the above just reminded me of it so I wanted to recommend it. -
"how many industry wannabes are there trolling on here? i can just imagine these angry failures sitting on AICN every day, waiting, poised to furiously type the first diss of a movie they know nothing about and haven't yet seen. what is the fucking point exactly? you bitter cunt."
Well, uh, I know a couple of things about this film, namely that it has a ludicrous title and is about a serial killer who loves Top 40 radio. I think that's just about all I *need* to know about it, and it's certainly all I *want* to know about it. You wouldn't happen to be friends with the screenwriter, would you? -
True story!
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...in a book called "Thirteen" with thirteen different short slasher stories? These three girls accidentally killed a guy and then they all had "accidental" deaths (it was the guy's spirit or something) such as being electrocuted in the tub, falling on a knife whose placement on the counter was ill-judged, etc., but everytime they were killed, the title of the song playing on the radio always had some correlation with their death. As a middle schooler, this story terrified me, but as a mature and well-rounded 22-year-old... oh hell, I'll watch it. Did anyone else read this?
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Idea number three: A lonely ophthalmologist who was abused as a child takes out his anger on women who have chosen the most fashionable spectacle frames rather than the ones best suited to the shapes of their faces. Maybe he stabs them in the eye or something.
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I was unaware there was anything beyond a trickle. These Torture-thons are old, yes, and serial killer movies have been old hat for years now, but turning on zombie films? For shame!
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Last one of the day: Ike Hill, a lonely southern Baptist raised by circus freaks, has spent his entire life struggling with the self-fulfilling prophecy of his own name. But when his violent rage finally bursts free, Ike Hill sets out on a murderous odyssey across America, slaughtering only men named Mike Hunt. Coming to a theater near you, Summer 2007.
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lol. You just made my morning. Thanks. :)
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I would watch each and every one of them. No shit. Done right, they could actually be the goriest, funniest slasher films ever. And the gimmick should be they ALL star Bruce Campbell as the serial killer.
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sounds lame from the get go. but, the delaurentis (sic?) family has had some strong success with the serial killer genre...
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It was called Copycat, and the song was Murder By Numbers by The Police.
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Bloody Fool?
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Are there a lot of songs about killing? All I can think of is Psycho Killer (which is a little obvious) and Video Killed the Radio Star.
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I'll see it based on that alone. Now all they have to do is come up with a movie.
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Saluki, take a stroll down to your local Hollywood Video to get a sampling of the freakin' zombie onslaught that's going on right now. Aside from the theatrical titles like 28 Days Later, 28 Weeks Later, Land of the Dead, Dawn of the Dead (remake), Day of the Dead (remake), Slither, House of the Dead and Shaun of the Dead (all of which have recently been at the cineplex or are coming soon), the straight-to-video crowd has recently given us Dead Men Walking, Zombie Honeymoon, Zombie Night, House of the Dead 2, Zombie Nation, Zombie Planet, Enter: Zombie King and Severed: Forest of the Dead. I'm probably missing a few, but it's been more than a trickle.
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There's no crime they can't solve!
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for those of you that don't what Giallo films are check out Argento and Bava's early stuff, this is obviously a retro-giallo,,,lot's of sexy woman, knives, blood guts and cool camera work. Other retro-giallo's: SE7EN, Friday The 13th, Halloween, and all those movies rocked.
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If he's calling a clear channel station and it's not one of the five songs they play each month, there's no way they play his request.
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And Sly Stallone is on the case?
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Agreed, "Affleckwasthebomb". This sounds like a rip-off of the great Korean serial killer movie, Memories Of Murder. Inevitably, it's hard to do anything these days without borrowing something from something else whether intentionally or unintentionally.
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"Can you play 'Maniac' while I disembowel this housewife. Oh and rock-a-doodle-doo, KROK is the rockingest station in Little Rock"
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...is that the serial killer would have a hard time finding a station that plays hard-core thrash metal. And to Seph J's bashing of Argento's Phantom of the Opera, you cannot claim that the rat-catcher's lawnmower-type killing machine was anything but kick-ass!
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...a door to door sheepskin car seat cover salesman seems like a nice enough fellow when he comes a knocking. But, beware. If you slam the door on him he glides over your house at night with his sheepshide hanglider and drops a skinned sheep on you from 1000 feet. The perfect crime. Hanson's hit song "Mmm-bop" can be heard faintly overhead.
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A movie about a regular joe like you and me who winces whenever anyone mentions the name "Don Murphy". One day he actually meets Don Murphy and he cringes. Milli Vanilli's number one hit song "Blame it on the Rain" can be heard overhead....then WHAM a skinned sheep impacts on Don with such a tremendous force that Don's terrified molten skeleton sprints for thirty miles and drops dead on the set of "Apt Pupil II - The PWNing".
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I Shill – a movie about a serial murderer for hire by the Hollywood Studio System. He goes around killing people in the exact ways he's seen in the early screenings of serial murder movies. Studios use the public’s horror and fascination to backhandedly promote their upcoming features. Sagging theater sales are suddenly through the roof. The killer is caught when he rides up to a wedding on a white horse and proposes in a British accent to the bride – a young law student. In a flashback we find out he had accidentally wandered into the wrong theater and seen a romantic comedy starring Hugh Grant.
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You f*ckers are sick if you love this type of stuff.
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I do it to raise awareness.
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You know, where the killer is an overweight, balding, nerdy looking white guy who butchers prostitutes coz he can't get his pecker up? Why do all these movie killers need suck elaborate setups? The real scary thing about serial killers is not the rip-off Jaws music, or the elaborate death traps they create, but the fact that they LOOK LIKE NORMAL PEOPLE, many with wives, kids, etc. Get Napoleon Dynamite's brother to play a movie based on the Green River killer or BTK. They look similar.
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Failed film director and ex-boxer goes on a killing spree, murdering his critics and incorporating their deaths in his new film!
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The only one I can think of is Henry: Portrait Of A Serial Killer. I had to do a study of serial murderers a few years back (which is why I like to take the piss), and I'd say that film comes closest to capturing the bland emptiness of your average murdering scumbag. Not coincidentally, it's a very unpleasant film to watch. I'd recommend it, but I don't want to do that to you. It's an accomplished film, but not an enjoyable one. Unless you're a sicko, of course, in which case knock yourself out. P.S. Apologies if you are not, in fact, a sicko.
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Thanks for the nice comments. It was a VERY boring day at work yesterday. Also, I like this idea of Bruce Campbell, especially for the Ike Hill role. I'll have my people call his people.
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And I would make fun of this movie but the talkbackers above have already done a great job of it.
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I have some suggestions for the producers of this I Kill:1. Killer cuts out victim's heart to 'Achy Breaky Heart'.2. Killer uses liquid nitrogen to shatter victim's skull - 'Ice, Ice, Baby'.3. Death by ravenous pit bull - 'Who Let The Dogs Out?'4. Death by Seven style cock-sword attachment - 'I Wanna Sex U Up'.5. Flaming Death! - 'You Light Up My Life'.Please accept these ideas for free, Hollywood producer types. All I ask in return is that you name a character after me. The dog victim, maybe. I am very much looking forward to this film.
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Sounds like the Clint Eastwood movie, Play Misty For me.
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Yes!!! Another serial killer movie with a gimmick!!! DO SOMETHING ORIGI-FUCKING-NAL!
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I'm still waiting for that movie with the crab from the Honda Element commercial. 'I Pinch'
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Decades from now, the pissed-off spirit of Johnny Depp rises from the grave and summons forth the ghosts of any actors who portrayed his crew -- at which point they all go on a murderous, piratical rampage across the backlots of Hollywood. Why? Because long after he's passed away, Disney execs are still CGI-ing Depp's appearance simply so they can continue to milk a franchise completely and utterly one dry by producing yet another upteenth sequel. "Aye, kill any and all creatively bankrupt souls in Hollywood, my mateys! Let's put a stop to bad movies and let me tired bones finally have some rest!"
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