Serial Killers
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poliphiloSilence of the Lambs was OK. Se7en was passable. But since then the weirdo serial killer has been done to death.
As a genre, the serial killer murder mystery is as artificial as Agatha Christie. Real life serial killers don't take their inspiration from the Book of Leviticus (or whatever.) They don't pit their enormous intellects against the police.
Real life serial killers are demented low-lifes. Psychopaths as brilliant as Hannibal Lecter is supposed to be don't go on killing sprees; they set up their own businesses or go into politics.
As a genre, the serial killer murder mystery is as artificial as Agatha Christie. Real life serial killers don't take their inspiration from the Book of Leviticus (or whatever.) They don't pit their enormous intellects against the police.
Real life serial killers are demented low-lifes. Psychopaths as brilliant as Hannibal Lecter is supposed to be don't go on killing sprees; they set up their own businesses or go into politics.
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Date: 2006-04-11 02:31 am (UTC)Yeah, the serial killer thing has run out of steam. The latest sub-genre seems to be the one where you imprison a group of people in some confined space-
in the style of reality TV- and put 'em through hell while Big Brother watches and smirks. I've seen three or four of those recently. The best of them was the Canadian indie, Cube.