It seems like certain low budget filmmakers just flip through their serial killer trading cards looking for inspiration. I've no qualms about watching a documentary that deals with specific serial killers from a just-the-facts analytical point-of-view or even a well-made docudrama like Helter Skelter or Zodiac, but these DVD releases of late have just been low rent exploitation flicks of questionable taste and quality. This November necrophiliac serial killer Ed Kemper gets his turn.
"Co-ed killer" Edmund Kemper committed his first murders as a teenager in 1964 when he gunned down his grandparents, a crime for which he spent several years in a state mental hospital before convincing doctors he was sane. His killing spree resumed for a year beginning in mid-1972 with the brutal murders of six female hitchhikers; afterwards dissecting their corpses and performing necrophilia. His lifelong struggle with his abusive mother came to end in 1973 when he beat...
"Co-ed killer" Edmund Kemper committed his first murders as a teenager in 1964 when he gunned down his grandparents, a crime for which he spent several years in a state mental hospital before convincing doctors he was sane. His killing spree resumed for a year beginning in mid-1972 with the brutal murders of six female hitchhikers; afterwards dissecting their corpses and performing necrophilia. His lifelong struggle with his abusive mother came to end in 1973 when he beat...
- 9/7/2008
- by Foywonder
- DreadCentral.com
NEW YORK -- The Disney Channel has completed production on Eddie's Million Dollar Cook-Off, an original film with Oscar-winning actress Marlee Matlin on board as executive producer. Set to air on the cable network in the summer, Cook-off chronicles the plight of a 14-year-old baseball star who is torn between his athletic career and his love for cooking. Taylor Ball (Still Standing) plays Eddie, and the film features a cameo by celebrity chef Bobby Flay (Food Nation), making his cinematic debut. He plays himself. Matlin is executive producing Cook-off with Jack Jason, who came up with the story with Rick Bitzelberger and Dan Berendsen (The Scream Team). The teleplay was written by Berendsen. A joint effort from the Disney Channel and Solo One Prods., Cook-off is directed by Paul Hoen (Even Stevens).
- 4/22/2003
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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