Three features which explore some of the world's most infamous murders. 'Intent On Murder' tells the stories of John Gacy, Gary Heidnik and Kenneth Erskine. Also features 'Death In... more...The Country' and 'Trunk Murders'.
Advantages: Hot Sarah Michelle Geller Disadvantages: The ending was a bit of a let down
Cruel Intentions had won me over from the start with "Every Me, Every You" by Placebo as the opening track. We meet Sebastian Valmont a young man who is extremely wealthy and arrogant. He seduces women for fun and then discards them as a sort of game and even uses seduction as a weapon as we see when we meet him first he's leaving the office of an angry psychiatrist who has been over charging.
His step-sister, Kathryn, is not dissimilar. When we first meet her she is in a meeting with a mother of a girl who is just entering the school Kathryn is head-girl of. They are all clearly of New York's upper class of the Upper-East. Kathryn agrees to take on the girl Cecile but despite the innocent performance Kathryn puts up for the mother her true intentions aren't so honourable. Kathryn's ex-boyfriend dumped her for Cecile and Kathryn ...
Advantages: Fascinating case, Fuhrman is a really interesting guy Disadvantages: Plodding and unconvicing film
without a cinema run. The second reason is that the film is very linear, it's a murder film without any real violence or horror, because that's not what the film is about.
So the film in my view falls between being entertainment and a documentary programme, because it's neither. I'd really rather watched this having been made in a documentary style, but because the murder of the girl was real, it is difficult to gain any "enjoyment" from it being a horror film.
The DVD has very few extras, just the standard sub-titles and a couple of trailers. I've mentioned in the past in my reviews that I always like extras as I believe that they add some extra depth to the film, and so it's disappointing that there aren't any on this DVD. I suppose however that this is understandable given the low production costs and the intention in making the film a non ...
Advantages: Excellent Direction, Brilliant performance by lead characters, superb story line. Disadvantages: None really.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
?Dial M for Murder? is a 1954 crime-thriller movie directed by the talented and legendary director Alfred Hitchcock and based on a stage play with the same name. British playwright Fredrick Knott wrote both the stage play and the script of this movie. The story of this movie revolves around married couple, where the jealous and villainous husband tries to kill his wife.
LEAD CHARACTERS
##Grace Kelly plays the role of Margot Wendice(a rich and aristocrat woman married to Tony Wendice, was romantically involved with Mark. )
##Ray Milland plays the role of Tony Wendice (An ex professional tennis player, husband of Margot and has a business of selling sports equipments)
##Robert Cummings plays the role of Mark Halliday (An American mystery writer and used have an extra-marital affair with Margot Wendice ...
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Product details
Genre
Documentaries & Biographies - Documentary
Classification
Exempt
Running Time
1 hour 5 minutes
Plot
Three features which explore some of the world's most infamous murders. 'Intent On Murder' tells the stories of John Gacy, Gary Heidnik and Kenneth Erskine. Also features 'Death In The Country' and 'Trunk Murders'.
Release details
DVD Region
DVD
Studio(s)
ODEON ENTERTAINMENT; PINNACLE VISION
Release date
21/02/2005
No of Discs
1
Catalogue No
ODND 040
Barcode
5060082510465
Languages
Main Language
English
Technical information
Special Features
Interactive Menus, Scene Selection
Aspect Ratio
4:3
Sound
Dolby Digital Stereo
Dubbing Sound
Dolby Digital Stereo English
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12/10/2005
DVD Description
Three features which explore some of the world's most infamous murders. 'Intent On Murder' tells the stories of John Gacy, Gary Heidnik and Kenneth Erskine. Also features 'Death In The Country' and 'Trunk Murders'.
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