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Bookmark this pageThe Alphabet Killer (2008)
Director: Rob Schmidt
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From Time Out New York
Eliza Dushku strains to add more than tousled twitchiness to a Silence of the Lambs–like thriller (yes, they’re still making those) based on real-life events surrounding a serial-killing spree that plagued Rochester in the early 1970s. It’s not that Dushku can’t rise to the challenge of playing a suicidal cop wracked with guilt; she butches up considerably. But her commitment to the material is worthier than the cheesy ghost effects of decomposing children that the filmmakers felt the need to add.Author: Joshua Rothkopf
Time Out New York Issue 689: December 11 - 17, 2008
Cast & crew
Director: Rob Schmidt
Cast: Eliza Dushku, Cary Elwes
Duration: 100 mins
US Release: Dec 12 2008
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