I love that song!

I wrote a SK early in my career that I’m pretty proud of, tho’ today it would be pretty cliche’ and I wasn’t as good with the screenplay format then, but it got to quarter finals in a couple big contests, got me meetings and whatnot (and unknown to me at the time, DARKLY DREAMING DEXTER the novels were making the rounds and kinda knocked me out of the box)

But now they’re everywhere on TV and a lot of bad movies . . . it’s a genre that deserves better . . .

Tho I confess, I like DEXTER . . .

Not a problem at all… As long as you’re willing to go back and forth and not take ANY of this SHIT personally, it’s all good for debate.

I appreciate your explanation… My stuff is definitely not everyone’s cup of tea but if you like films like ZODIAC and SE7EN, then this is right up your alley.

And NOW that I’m THOROUGHLY FUCKING CONFUSED… I’m just gonna sit back and laugh my ass off.

After all… It’s just a movie.

Josh,

You know, I’ve written other stuff but I can’t help loving this genre… Having said that, I too am sick and fucking tired of the USUAL SK flick… You know the kind… You got a profiler. He or she gets in the mind of the killer and predicts all his moves. Been done to death and while I still feel that those can be done in ways that have not been done before, I’m just burned out on those characters.

MANHUNTER is a hard act to follow.

Beers are forthcoming.

Clive,

Agreed.

Unk

EDIT: Christian, I can’t leave a comment on your blog because it’s configured for those with Google accounts only. Not that it matters but I just wanted you to know that I do visit.

Most storytelling defines the moral compass of the culture telling the story. Serial Killer films are usually modern work ups of fairly tales, in which a demon has been attacking the village and the lowly blacksmith’s son or village outcast transforms himself into a warrior to slay the demon.

So when someone says “serial killer” film, they’re defining it by the antagonist and not the more important protagonist’s transformation.

These films kind of films are, in a larger cultural sense, about the tribe’s fear of the outside attacker and the reassurance that someone will protect them… which is the reason they’re often vehicles for the “wounded hero”… the profiler who had a nervous breakdown, the reformed drunk… etc. etc.

In these days, when international terrorism has the tribe convinced they’re under siege, I suspect we’ll see a lot of “serial killer” films. That’s the way the Zeitgeist crumbles.

It was my genre as well, for awhile – but then TV shows began featuring a new serial killer every week . . . but it’s a fine genre, and not one likely to die out as that serial killers themselves, in real life, probably will not.

I’ve read my Douglas and Ressler, at some point we just GOTTA have that beer together and talk shop.

This strike shit be bumming me out, tho’, I was going great guns up until it kicked in . . .

Beer, Unk, we need Beer someday in someplace warm . . .

Ok, it just hit me… I think the nerve you struck had something to do with this tragic accident that happened up here in Montreal on Halloween. A 3 year old girl got killed by a teen driver while putting up decorations in the yard of her day care. Dick-head drove right over her when he lost control of his car. Really has me fucked up. Check out the local news for the past week and you’ll understand what I mean. What that has to do with your story or screenwriting escapes me, but then again, the raw emotions are what good storytelling is all about.