This film opens with infamous serial killer Aileen Wuornos giving an interview the day before her execution. She tells the interviewer a story about her brief marriage to a wealthy man in Florida in 1976; which if she is to be believed included a number of killings that took place well before the documented murder spree that began in 1989. Most of the film takes place in 1976; here she is befriended by Jennifer Fell who introduces her to her father Lewis... weeks later they are married. Jennifer isn't the only one to suspect that Aileen is up to no good; Lewis's friend and business associate Victor Miller starts looking into her past... clearly it won't end well.
I'm not sure why this needs to be linked to real life serial killer Aileen Wuornos; the story would have been just as effective, and somewhat less trashy, if it featured entirely fictional characters. The events in the seventies, few of which beyond her marriage to Lewis Fell, actually happened are quite entertaining. Had it been about a fictional character, and not told in flashback, there would have been a greater sense of jeopardy; as it is we know Aileen must survive the events of 1976. Some of the acting is rather weak, the poor dialogue doesn't help, but Peyton List is pretty good in the lead role and Tobin Bell is solid as Lewis. There are several nods to classic films... the way the scene of Lewis falling down the stairs is shot is straight out of 'Psycho'. Overall I'd hardly call this a must see but similarly wouldn't say it anywhere near the 'worst movie ever'... if you want to kill slightly under ninety minutes and don't mind its trashiness it is perfectly fine.
I'm not sure why this needs to be linked to real life serial killer Aileen Wuornos; the story would have been just as effective, and somewhat less trashy, if it featured entirely fictional characters. The events in the seventies, few of which beyond her marriage to Lewis Fell, actually happened are quite entertaining. Had it been about a fictional character, and not told in flashback, there would have been a greater sense of jeopardy; as it is we know Aileen must survive the events of 1976. Some of the acting is rather weak, the poor dialogue doesn't help, but Peyton List is pretty good in the lead role and Tobin Bell is solid as Lewis. There are several nods to classic films... the way the scene of Lewis falling down the stairs is shot is straight out of 'Psycho'. Overall I'd hardly call this a must see but similarly wouldn't say it anywhere near the 'worst movie ever'... if you want to kill slightly under ninety minutes and don't mind its trashiness it is perfectly fine.