The Alphabet Killer (V)

1564-poster
release date January 6 2009
studio Anchor Bay
director Rob Schmidt
writer Tom Malloy
starring Eliza Dushku, Cary Elwes, Timothy Hutton, Tom Malloy, Michael Ironside, Bill Moseley
site alphabetkiller.com
trailer 1 Trailer #1

Synopsis

A ten year old girl is found brutally murdered outside the small blue-collar city of Rochester, New York, and obsessed police detective Megan Paige (Eliza Dushku of BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER and DOLLHOUSE) suffers a mental breakdown while trying to solve the crime. But when the child-killings resume two years later, Megan’s return to the investigation also brings back her own horrific hallucinations. Even if she can prove a ‘double initial’ connection to the slayings, will she hang onto her sanity long enough to catch a psychopath?

Official Review

Not really a horrorfilm, not really a crime thriller, but still standard in every way. The Alphabet Killer is on paper quite a different, reality-based serial killer thriller sporting emphasis on character and complexities of perception, but in the end it’s basically just two average halves forming an average whole that gradually falls apart. …Read More

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Official Score: 2.5 / 5