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Happy Face Killer

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Serial killer Keith Jesperson (David Arquette) murders at least eight women over a five-year span and taunts authorities with disturbing letters and scribbled confessions signed with a happy face.
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Emma Stefansky The Daily Beast Maybe if Happy Face was anything other than Very Serious about its subject matter, these moral lessons wouldn’t seem so confused, but, as it is, the show doesn’t have a whole lot else to offer -- more interested in having its cake and stabbing it, too. Jun 10, 2025 Full Review Read all reviews

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Tanis J Miranda C. Happy Face Killer IS a very real serial killer by the name of Keith Jesperson. Research it. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 04/07/25 Full Review Jeffrey M A somewhat formulaic but well-crafted tale about a serial killer, a truck driver who commits a series of strangulations of young women over a series of years, including his fiancee. David Arquette does a nice turn as the killer, who passes as normal in most situations but descends into a killing rage when he imagines woman are "causing trouble." Gloria Reuben is fine as the FBI agent who dismisses a false confession and tracks him down, and the gloom and dank of the Pacific Northwest casts an appropriate mood over the proceedings. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 04/01/25 Full Review Miranda C This movie is way off. The family and killer are not even close, missing one daughter, how things went with the murders were not acurate...this movie was just a joke. Good thing it wasn't based on a real killer.... Rated 1 out of 5 stars 03/29/25 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Serial killer Keith Jesperson (David Arquette) murders at least eight women over a five-year span and taunts authorities with disturbing letters and scribbled confessions signed with a happy face.
Director
Rick Bota
Producer
Harvey Kahn
Screenwriter
Richard Christian Matheson
Production Co
Front Street Pictures
Rating
TV-14 (S|L|V)
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (TV)
Mar 1, 2014
Runtime
1h 30m
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