Serial Killer Films & TV

[brownmane]

In reference to Korean movies.

One of the finest films I've watched in ages totally ambushed me because I came to it without any prior knowledge, aside from the fact that I knew it had received some good reviews. It also makes it impossible to recommend by name without negating those particular circumstances.

So, it's on you. (Oh, but we do love a paradox):

Spoiler

At first, I thought I was simply watching an albeit slightly sinister and unnerving story based around the dynamics of a love triangle in the context of social inequality in South Korea, and the slow reveal afforded by my ignorance, combined with the movies masterful subtlety, made the experience all the more effective.

I see it has Stephen Yeun in it. Another movie I'll have to watch.

 

[Spookdaddy]

I see it has Stephen Yeun in it. Another movie I'll have to watch.

Bearing in mind that I know nothing much about Korean movies or actors.

He's good - got the whole sinister thing down pat, but in a pretty subtle way I thought.

However, I thought Yoo Ah-in was stand out as the slightly bemused working class lad trying to negotiate decidedly unfamiliar territory. If anything I think his part would have been the more difficult to carry off - and he did it really well.

And I thought Jeon Jong-seo's performance was also pretty awesome; a remarkable first movie role.

 

[brownmane]

Bearing in mind that I know nothing much about Korean movies or actors.

He's good - got the whole sinister thing down pat, but in a pretty subtle way I thought.

However, I thought Yoo Ah-in was stand out as the slightly bemused working class lad trying to negotiate decidedly unfamiliar territory. If anything I think his part would have been the more difficult to carry off - and he did it really well.

And I thought Jeon Jong-seo's performance was also pretty awesome; a remarkable first movie role.

I have been watching a lot of Korean scifi/horror on Netflix and have trouble recognizing the Korean actors' names. Hopefully I will become more familiar with them.

I, of course, recognize Steven Yeun from The Walking Dead, which I watched until about its 5th season.

 

[ramonmercado]

Catch Me a Killer: in the 1990's multiple serial killers were at work in South Africa, there were no profilers, Micki Pistorius (Charlotte Hope), a forensic psychologist was recruited to South African Police Service (SAPS) in 1994, where she founded and headed the Investigative Psychology Unit (IPU) as chief investigative psychologist. She was also given the rank of Captain (Superintendent) as not all police chiefs would be happy to take advice from a psychologist. This series is based on her memoir Catch Me a Killer (2000), eleven episodes cover her story from her early days through to her setting up training programmes for profilers. She eventually trained 100 police officers as profilers. She didn't just sit in an office drawing up profiles, she went into the field, hunting and confronting those whom she would never see a monsters. Her belief was that she had to see the human they had once been if she was to make a connection. She came face to face with these killers and once was shot and wounded when a serial killer set up an ambush. Catch Me a Killer is no dry docu-drama it is more akin to Criminal Minds. Some really disturbing cases and graphic portrayals of violence and death, not something for the squeamish or faint of heart. Jessica Ruston was the Showrunner, wrote 7 of the screenplays and contributed to all 11 episodes. )n Alibi Channel. 8/10.