Serial Killer Movies

Recently watched;

Natu­ral Born Killers
Kali­for­nia

Both with Juliette Lewis in, both in which she plays her role per­fectly. These are what I would call pro­per serial killer movies, rather than the Jason Freddy rub­bish horror stuff. These delve into the psyche of a movie killer. 

Kali­for­nia isn’t a great movie. Some of the acting is really poor (For­bes), some of it is too dry (Duchovny, but I like his voice) but some of it is per­fect (Pitt). The story­line is filled with irony and rather pre­dic­ta­ble plot lines and conc­lu­sions, but nonethe­less is still enjo­ya­ble to watch – if only for Brad Pitt’s per­for­mance and his anec­do­tes when killing – his non serious approach to everything. I won’t talk about the ending, but the VERY ending is in my eyes perfect.

Natu­ral Born Killers, a story by Taran­tino, direc­ted by Stone. This movie is an ins­tant favou­rite of mine. It is BRILLIANT. The style, the mono­lo­gue, the con­tro­versy, the story­te­lling, the plot, the Leo­nard Cohen sound­track, it’s all just asto­nishing. Mallory’s “Am I beau­ti­ful now?” fight sce­nes really enth­ra­lled me and I was in awe of the pas­sion Lewis gave to her cha­rac­ter. A cha­rac­ter that was per­fectly matched by Woody Harrel­son as Mic­key. It’s hard to decide where to start pic­king this movie apart – the ruth­less killing, the media & tv influen­ces, the drugs, the bru­tal childhoods, the pri­son riots, the bent cop­pers, the natu­ral killing desire. This movie oozes with great­ness. I will watch it again, soon. 10/10