Product Details

• Actors: Brent Taylor, Staphany Huckaby
• Format: Color, Dolby, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: R (Restricted)
• Studio: Velocity / Thinkfilm
• DVD Release Date: February 22, 2005
• Run Time: 90 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00074DXMQ
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #141,692 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Before bundy before dahmer charles starkweather accompanied by his 14 year old girlfriend caril terrorized america with a brutal killing spree. Their serial killing resulted in 11 horrific human slaughters in nebraska and wyoming. Charlies life inspired such films as bad lands and natural born killers. Studio: Image Entertainment Release Date: 02/22/2005 Starring: Brent Taylor Staphany Huckaby Run time: 92 minutes

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars ''Not Bad'', February 1, 2006

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Amy Lynn (Pennsylvania United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Starkweather (DVD)

Ive seen all six of the newer low budget serial killer movies that have been released recently. This is the sixth. The story is about 17 yr old Charles Starkweather and his 14 yr old girlfriend at the time Carol Ann Fugate who terrorized America with a brutal killing spree in the late 1950's. Set in the midwest, it takes us on the journey starting in Nebraska through Wyoming where Charlie is later caught. This is the shocking true story that inspired films such as ''Natural Born Killers'', Kalifornia and True Romance.

Compared to the other serial killer movies , this one falls somewhere in the middle. Not unwatchable but not what i would call good. It could have been better. This film did have somthing the others didnt, it had some extras on it. Out of all the films released so far , Ramirez and Gacy were the worst, i wouldnt recomend them, The best ones out are Dahmer, Bundy and Ed Gein. This one is not the worst but far from the best. The acting was so so.

I found it kind of strange , in the extras segment , the actor who played Charles Starkweather says '' Obviously he made some poor choices but I dont think he was so much of an evil person'', ''he just kind of snapped and kept going''. Yeah , he snapped alright. He killed a family and strangers in cold blood. Id say thats pretty evil. When the actor said this maybe it was because Charles suffered from some kind of pyschosis and couldnt control himself, but i dont buy it. I think he wanted to kill. Maybe he seemed more evil because we didnt get to see many parts of his childhood or growing up the way we saw in Dahmer, Ed and Bundy.

This movie only shows a couple clips from his early years and it didnt tell us much. Just that he has an evil imaginary friend that tells him hes weak and to kill. I didnt really feel for this character. I couldnt feel his emotions. He supposedly did it for his girlfriend but it didnt make much sense. It seems he just used that reason to kill.

If youre really interested in this case id say get the DVD but if youre just a casual lover of true crime you can take it or leave it. Its decent but I doubt you will want to watch it frequently. Overall mildy entertaining. Lacks in A lot of areas.

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Needs some work., May 9, 2005

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R. Patterson (Wyoming USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Starkweather (DVD)

This movie is based on a true story, though it also contains many factual inaccuracies. In addition, there are some serious technical problems. For example, in at least three scenes the microphone boom can be seen at the top of the screen. The film is supposed to be filmed in Nebraska and Wyoming, but appears to have been filmed somewhere in the southwest. The scenery is all wrong. The acting is weak and the script thin. Clearly, the budget was too low to do it right!

What Charlie Starkweather and his girlfriend did makes a facinating story, but I was very disappointed by this attempt to tell that story. So much more could have been done with better research, better writing, better acting, better props, and better editing.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very good period piece for a low budget film, December 19, 2006

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T. L. Quesenberry, Jr. "70s & 80's horror fan" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Starkweather (DVD)

Within the limitations of a budget it is very very difficult to give a "feel" of a period. This film does that quite well with the few cars they have, wardrobe, dialogue, sound design, creative color filtering, and props. The director and actors rose to the huge challenge to recreate the time during Starkweather's and Fugates reign of terror. Starkweather's counterpart proves to be a guiding hand in the crimes and is seemingly more evil than himself. All in all this film is worth checking out, especially if you are fan of true crime or low budget film making. Commentaries and the "making of" extras add details for the would be filmaker as well. Check it out.