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      Diary of a Serial Killer

      R 2008 1h 25m Mystery & Thriller Horror List
      Reviews 15% Audience Score 100+ Ratings A journalist (Chloe Snyder) uses pages from a diary to track the man that murdered her mother. Read More Read Less

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      Audience Member Copycat (Andy Hurst, 2008) Copycat starts, at least, from an interesting premise, one that I see rarely (but is probably used a lot more than I realize)-a serial killer, instead of developing his own methodology, takes a page (this idiom is not used lightly here, as you will soon see) from the work of famous serial killers before him, and each of his kills is set in a scene staged to re-enact the famous work of his forefathers; the only clue this killer leaves that differs is a page from his diary relating to the killer whose work he is parroting. It's a great idea, and I imagine that, done well, and with a whole lot of research and interviewing of profilers and the like, someone could take this premise and do a bang-up job with it. Andy Hurst (Wild Things 2), or, more appropriately, screenwriter Ellis Walker (Grim Reaper), don't take it anywhere near its logical conclusion; instead, they use it as a hook into what is, ultimately, a generic murder mystery, with harried police detective (Hall Pass' Chloe Snyder) chasing diabolically evil killer (The Skeleton Key's Andreas Beckett). On the other hand, "generic" is an awful lot better than "horrible". Copycat is a movie that you will likely have forgotten a week after watching it, but it is far form the worst movie I watched that month. It's not even the worst movie I watched that day (that dishonor goes to Desi Scarpone's horrifying Dark Town, which landed on my hundred-worst list). One to watch if you're bored on a Friday night and have nothing better to do. ** 1/2 Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/11/23 Full Review Audience Member This story basically asks "what drives a killer to kill?" It was deffinatly a different storyline and has a surprise ending. Kinda tuff to follow at times and a bit draw out but not overall bad. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/09/23 Full Review Audience Member I feel asleep while watching it. I also feel asleep the 55 other times i tried finishing it. Enough said. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 02/18/23 Full Review Audience Member Horrible, boring, big waste of time! Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 02/08/23 Full Review Audience Member so bad i couldnt watch the first 5 minutes. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 02/09/23 Full Review Audience Member I'd love to get into someones head like that.lol Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/23/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Synopsis A journalist (Chloe Snyder) uses pages from a diary to track the man that murdered her mother.
      Director
      Andy Hurst
      Screenwriter
      Ellis Walker
      Rating
      R (Strong Sadistic Violence|Language|Some Sexual and Drug Content|Nudity|Torture)
      Genre
      Mystery & Thriller, Horror
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Streaming)
      May 22, 2017
      Runtime
      1h 25m