Product Details

• Actors: Lee Perkins, Helene Udy, Taylor M. Dooley, Nicole Jarvis, Jun Hee Lee
• Directors: Justin Paul Ritter
• Writers: Justin Paul Ritter
• Producers: Donald C. Todd, Gino Joukar, Matt Quan, Mike Measimer
• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0)
• Subtitles: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 2
• Rating: Unrated
• Studio: Heretic Films
• DVD Release Date: February 28, 2006
• Run Time: 100 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000E6EK5Q
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #96,943 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "KatieBird*Certifiable Crazy Person" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Bloody Disgusting

"Forget Dahmer...forget The Hillside Strangler...KatieBird is the single best story about the birth of a serial killer"

Product Description

What would happen if Ed Gein or Ted Bundy were to have children and raise them to follow in their bloody footsteps? KatieBird Wilkens brought to life with unnerving depth and believability by horror veteran Helene Udy (My Bloody Valentine) explores this very question in a chilling and graphic testimony of family tradition emotional confusion and complete insanity. Crisp stylish imagery and a wild original score come together tell the unforgettable story of a certifiably crazy cast of characters! System Requirements:Running Time 99 Mins.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: HORROR Rating: NR UPC: 858964001010 Manufacturer No: 7

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Customer Reviews

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Please stop the split screen shots!, November 12, 2006

By	J. Dunn (Aurora, Colorado USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Looks like someone showed the director how to do split screen and partial screen shots on his computer, and he went absolutely nuts. The WHOLE movie is presented in this manner. It becomes very distracting, it's hard to emerse yourself in a story when you are constantly reminded that you are watching a film due to the overuse of a particual technique. That alone pretty much ruined the film for me. I guess you have to do something to cover up for a poorly written, shot and directed mess. Oh, and the music sucks too, unless you like guitar notes and chords held into lengthy sustained feedback. Gave me a headache.

9 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Oh My God This Movie is Insane!, March 16, 2006

By	Mela - See all my reviews

I saw a bunch of great reviews for this movie all over the web and read about it in Fangoria and was very curious to check it out. This movie is awesome! If you like serial killer movies, if you like lots of gore that will make you cringe (including some teeth pulling scenes that are way more intense than Marathon Man...man, it'll be a long time before I go to a dentist) but most importantly if you like movies with substance, a plot and great cinematography this is the movie for you. Most horror movies these days are so formulaic - this one really is different. A truly unique, yet completely insance, film. I can't wait for the sequel!

1.0 out of 5 stars KatieBird* Certifiable Crazy Person... Certifiably Crazy Director, November 16, 2009

By	Julian Kennedy (St Pete Florida) - See all my reviews

KatieBird* Certifiable Crazy Person: 2 out of 10: On the surface Katiebird has a lot of redeeming qualities. The story, while not original, is somewhat fresh. (Female serial killer mixed with Fraility like family touch.) The acting is well above average for a low budget horror film. (Even a poor performance such as Todd Gordon's stiff psychiatrist is still better than most.) The make up effects and original musical score, again despite some small faults, are also well above average.

So what went so horribly wrong?

Well for starters the film is a talky affair with not nearly enough plot to fill the 100 minute running time. For a serial killer Katiebird seems to have fallen a couple of victims short. The main (only) victim's killing is graphic but goes on way to long and lacks any punch. These scenes almost resemble a tedious Japanese snuff film (Guinea Pig Devil's Experiment for example) rather than a proper movie.

Oh and if the pictures are not enough of a clue the entire film is shot with split screen shifting windowpanes that take up maybe three quarters to as little as a third of your screen. Do not adjust your set. No really spend all the time you want fiddling with the aspect ratio on your remote it won't help. If you don't have a nice large screen plasma TV the film is simply unwatchable. If you do have a nice big screen the film is headache inducing. Even Woodstock didn't use this much split screen and Brian De Palma seems like a restrained TV sitcom director by comparison.

This is a shame because what little we can discern of cinematographer Josh Fong's works seems top notch. But it is lost in this look three places at once stylistic nightmare. Really you would have to be nuts to purposely torture your audience like this. Writer/director/editor Justin Paul Ritter is plainly nuts. Come to think of it he is a certified crazy person.