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Starkweather

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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.

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.

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.

i am very sorry but i like this movie the pictures are good the atmosphere of the year 1958 are well made the crazy guy kill everybody this is a good surprise and the scene when he touch the breasts of the dead girl!!!!!!!!!!!!

This is a horrific testament to poor filmmaking; the script is a mere collection of murder mystery/romance film cliches. The acting is "community theatre", at best... and as a historical film, it fails miserably. If there were ever a reason Hollywood should not recreate history, this would be it. Avoid it at all costs.

I love serial killer info. just fascinated, not insane or want to learn how to. just loved it, very informative. but I must say that I have read some books about Starkweather and he wasn't exactly shown as he really was in this movie.

a good movie to watch but there is a slight inacurate in the story, but all in all,a must see

I thought that this movie was very well done and for a low budget movie it was excellent. It was a part of history that in my opinion, needed to be told. I did look him up on the net, and the information was pretty accurate to the movie of what happened. I also thought it was presented well as Starkweather was an abused child by his own "voices" that he was hearing. If you are a "serial killer" movie fan, than this one is a definite one to watch.

I was somewhat disappointed with this movie. Being a true story, I was curious, especially since this movie is about a serial killer. With quotes like..... Before Dahmer, Before Bundy, he was the most feared, I really wanted to see this movie even though I am not familiar with the name Charles Starkweather. Turns out he and his young girlfriend went on a murdering spree in Nebraska and Wyoming. It is said that they killed 11 people. It is also said that this movie inspired Natural Born Killers and Kalifornia. It was just OK for me. The acting wasn't bad. Brent Taylor gave a good performance as the deranged Starkweather and Shannon Lucio gave a good performance as the equally deranged girlfriend, Caril Ann. This is a movie just worth renting, not worth buying.

This movie has an exaggerate and free violence. I don't recommend it to anyone, unless you want to watch a young boy killing other people for any reason and his girfriend watching these scenes as she were watching TV. I believe there was a better way to tell Starkweather's life.