Product Details

• Actors: Doug Cole (II), Beverly Sotelo, Stacy Cunningham, Flynn Beck, Kaycee Shank
• Directors: Keith Walley
• Format: Color, Director's Cut, Dolby, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: SHADOW ENTERTAINMENT
• DVD Release Date: June 24, 2003
• Run Time: 79 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 1.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00008Z44D
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #224,866 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Speck" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Studio: E1 Release Date: 09/15/2009 Run time: 79 minutes Rating: R

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Another Edition of the Notorious Killers Sort-of Set, March 22, 2005

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David Anderson (St. Cloud, MN) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Speck (DVD)

"Speck", released on DVD in 2003, explores the mass murder that occurred in 1966. This edition follows the series of films based on real-life serial killers including "Dahmer", "Ted Bundy", "Ed Gein", and "The Hillside Strangler". However, the basis of this film, Richard Speck, wasn't a serial killer. This true account desplicts all eight individual murders committed in the nursing school house. The time it happened, no other mass murder reached or exceeded the severity since 1941 when 15 people were killed. Meanwhile, the film also explores the motives of his crimes and his past committed crimes: rape, threatened murder, theft, harassment, and others.

"Speck" didn't explore Richard Speck's life very broadly as they should have. Though the madness is fairly expressed, they didn't show much deep or specific details about events outside the massacre. The film contained too many empty scenes should have added more action and terrorism through the characters. They cause the intense scenes to loose their edge very quickly. Since this film is about mass murder, they should have added more suspense. Instead, every scene is predictable, even to those who have never researched this.

The acting is average, though the lead actor who played Speck expressed some strengths as an actor, namely in the rage scenes. He truly shows in his mannerisms and his face that Speck was truly dangerous. However, those who played the victims could have expressed more terror. It seems like they don't care as much as they should about dying suddenly. They don't seem deathly scared like the actual victims surely were. Had the actors dug deeper into their roles, this film could have contained the necessary emotional value.

Those wanting to experience true terror through film should not watch "Speck". This is not a film that will please many audiences. Instead, the other films from the serial killer semi-set are enjoyable, though they don't reach a five-star rating.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Hardly tells the real story, September 1, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Speck (DVD)

Having been familiar with Richard Speck and his mass murder spree in 1966 and having read a book written by the Prosecutor who was responsible for putting Speck behind bars, I was expecting a much better movie than this. This movie sensationalized Richard Speck in a way he does not deserve. Bad movie. If you're looking for a good movie/docu-drama, see Helter Skelter instead.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars BORING, May 29, 2003

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"tbickle" (Metairie, LA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Speck (DVD)

This was a really awful movie. It could've been better, certainly, but I think that Richard Speck simply isn't a good subject for a feature-length movie. His killings take place over the course of only one night; most of the movie was limited to Speck dragging a girl from one room to another room, where he murdered her. That pattern was literally almost the entire movie. Furthermore, the film was composed of amny wavy, dreamlike shots, which only served to be annoying and boring after a while. Basically, Speck was extremely boring. The filmmakers did a bad job of portraying one grisly night in a deranged man's life.