A story based on real-life serial killer Dennis L. Rader, who systematically tortured and killed his victims for over two decades and evaded the police for over 30 years, all while leading a seemingly normal life as a husband, father, security officer and church president.
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I love this movie so much
Thanks for the memories!
One of my all time favorites.
The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.
Grossly inaccurate and made for shock value, it could not have been any worse.I have several books on this case, including:(1) one by (former profiler) John Douglas, "Inside the Mind of BTK: The True Story Behind the Thirty-Year Hunt for the Notorious Wichita Serial Killer." Douglas was involved in the case from the 70s, and he knows his subject. His book is the most objective one I have read yet on Dennis Radar.(2) "Bind, Torture, Kill: The Inside Story of BTK, the Serial Killer Next Door" by Roy Wenzl, Tim Potter, Hurst Laviana, and L. Kelly (they were in Wichita, or most of the 4 were, during BTK's reign of terror). It is an odd book, for, imho, the authors seek to "remedy" the opportunities the Wichita PD missed catching the Dog Catcher, Dennis Radar, and they do so by lavishing praise on homicide chief Ken Lendwehr. The truth is BTK would probably still be at large if not for the FBI, imho."The Hunt for the BTK Killer" (2005) is, by far, the most accurate movie on Dennis Radar.
It's frustrating to see a real life story wasted this way. Director-producer? He seems like an amateur and struggling filmmaker. Explicit violence is sometimes necessary but with no connection with the general narrative it's ridiculous. The actor interpreting Dennis Rader is good, but does not shine. Neither do the policemen. The family is plain bad.In regards to the script, when it comes to serial killers biography is better. No imagination. No argument. If they tell you the movie is bad, believe it. It may be possible to find a worse movie, but I wouldn't expect that to be an easy task.
I actually joined this site to warn you not to rent or buy this movie. I usually don't do this, but I love horror movies and enjoy true stories about serial killers. This untalented and amateur director/writer/producer made a terrible movie. This is a true story as we all know. This idiot put in fake stuff, citing reasons such as, "this is what people want to see." What? I wanted to see a true story. Not a story where you made stuff up. There are actually murder scenes in the movie that never happened. I will always look at a movie box before renting, if I see this guys name I will not rent. This was a waste of my time and the $1.00 rental fee. Yes, $1.00 I want back. On the positive side, which is not much. The main actor may be OK in another movie, not this one, which of course is the writer/director's fault. There are also a couple hot looking ladies in this, but I truly had to force myself to finish this movie. It is that bad. Save your money please.
Some months ago I have read bout the BTK KIller, have watched some documetals bout him, and I know the story from its beginning. After have seen that this year there will be a new film made for him, I was waiting with big interest to see what will the director make this time, because the old films were very bad. After have watched the new one, I can sure tell you, that this is the worst from all the BTK films. I have not seen any clear idea in all the 90 minutes of this boring film. The director has tried to do something different from the real story of BTK, but everything is made so stupid that he has not won my interest more than 10 second for all the 90 mins. I don't wanna post spoilers and so on.. My suggestion is to stay away from this crappy thing. The title of the film must be "The Stupid Way to Show the Emotions of a Serial Killer". The real story is so interesting, I can't realize why the directors must make such self-interpretations of the story. Are they so unable to make 1-1 story-film. Neither Horror, nor Drama, nor Biography. Btw I think some child, knowing the whole story, can make a better film than this one.1/10