![]() “A sharply observed indie horror-drama” A. “Director Billy O’Brien nicely balances the tedium of small-town life with an unnervingly creepy vibe” New York “The surprisingly warm and fuzzy horror-dramedy. I AM NOT A SERIAL KILLER was a great book about John Wayne Cleaver, our protagonist, and his struggles with the fact that he might be a sociopath and. “A sticky vein of macabre humour is a key selling point for this genre-blurring adaptation of the cult novel by Dan Wells.” Screen International ![]() “Breathtakingly innovative, delightfully ghoulish, and insightfully unconventional.” Austin Chronicle “A moody and creative thriller” Bloody Disgusting Having grown up helping his mom at the family mortuary, dead bodies are no big deal to John. A police officer walks back to his car and talks to his partner. John Wayne Cleaver is dangerous, and he knows it. Christopher Lloyd, Laura Fraser, Max Records. “Max Records gives a sharp performance in this endearing first adaptation of Dan Wells’ YA series.” Variety “Morphs comfortably from teen fiction to a murder mystery to a cagey thriller, all with a wry sense of humour” I Am Not a Serial Killer (2016) Action, Drama, Horror, Thriller. I do recommend it, and Im not one to usually read horror stories. If you like chilling thrillers and horror, I Am Not A Serial Killer is the right choice for you. ![]() Matched with a haunting soundtrack, I AM NOT A SERIAL KILLER feels wonderfully different and evocative. The mystery, murders, and chasing a serial killer got my pulse racing and it was terrifying to wait and see what happens next. The supporting cast includes the legendary Christopher Lloyd (Doc from Back to the Future) on fabulous form as the Blake-quoting pensioner with a dark secret, Breaking Bad’s Laura Fraser, and a scene stealing turn from Raymond Brandstrom as John’s best buddy Max.Ī British/Irish co-production shot in Minnesota, the same icy small town locale as Fargo, and with similarly strange things afoot, the film refuses to play by the rules, mixing a quirky coming-of-age comedy with the pathos of small town life, and adding dashes of gruesome gore with surreal and heart-stopping moments of science fiction shock, like Napoleon Dynamite crossed with Six Feet Under or Jack Sholder’s tongue in cheek sci-fi horror The Hidden mixed up with Dexter, shot through the retro vibe of TV hit Stranger Things.įilmed on 16mm by award-winning director of photography Robbie Ryan (Slow West, I, Daniel Blake), the film has a beautifully distinctive and unsettling look, and one of the best end shots in recent memory. Lead actor, 17-year-old Max Records, is superb as the teen-turned-detective John Wayne Cleaver, torn between struggling with his own demons, and a real one. Adapted from the first in a series of novels from bestselling YA author Dan Wells, the tremendously sharp script left-foots the audience at every moment, right up to the deliriously unexpected and thrilling finale. I AM NOT A SERIAL KILLER, directed by Billy O’Brien (who made the award-winning Irish horror hit Isolation), although deliciously unclassifiable, is best described as a sensationally strange horror/sci-fi coming- of-age black comedy. ![]()
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