Alex is an outwardly normal man who goes on killing and mutilating sprees. When he is finally captured and brought to trial, the district attorney is torn between his own liberal ideals on g... Read allAlex is an outwardly normal man who goes on killing and mutilating sprees. When he is finally captured and brought to trial, the district attorney is torn between his own liberal ideals on guilt and the crimes the accused is being tried.Alex is an outwardly normal man who goes on killing and mutilating sprees. When he is finally captured and brought to trial, the district attorney is torn between his own liberal ideals on guilt and the crimes the accused is being tried.
- Awards
- 2 nominations
- Judge McKinsey
- (as Billy Greenbush)
- Andrew Tippetts
- (as Whitby Hertford)
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- TriviaBased on the true story of Richard Trenton Chase, "The Vampire Killer" who killed six people in the course of four days in January 1978.
- GoofsDuring the amusement/fair scene, when the little boy is being held and throwing ping-pong balls into the cups, my wife and I walk by staring straight into the camera! (filmed in my then hometown)
- Quotes
Anthony Fraser: [addressing to the jury] The life of an innocent human being worths more than the life of an murderer. Charles Reece must die. Now, I want you to remember that you sit here as representatives of your community, your neighbors, your friends, your children. If you should decide to let this man go free, be absolutely clear in your mind that you are condemning his victims to a second death and saying to your neighbors that the life of a terrible murderer is worth more than the life of the people he killed. Thank you.
- Crazy creditsThis film has no opening credits or title. Only the Miramax logo appears at the beginning.
- Alternate versionsOriginally shot in 1987; after premiering in some European countries, the film was shelved when production studio DEG went bankrupt and sat unreleased for five years. In 1992 director William Friedkin re-edited the movie and slightly altered the ending (supposedly because in the meantime his feelings about the death penalty had changed) before its USA release. The European video versions usually feature the original ending.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Nekromantik (1988)
The changes made to William P.Wood's novel must have had the poor man frothing all over his copy of 'Guns And Ammo'. Bill's version was a heartfelt if almost rabidly right wing polemic in favour of not letting liberals and wooly headed psychiatrists get in the way of the death penalty. He makes a reasonable case against spurious claims of diminished responsibility but comes a cropper in a ludicrous scene whereby the DA enters the jail to kill the murderer rather than see him get off. After invoking the spectre of the Nazis so often throughout the courtroom arguments, this 'means justify the end' solution seems almost wilfully hypocritical by the author.
Friedkin throws out the entire point of the book, however misguided, by opting for a more ambiguous approach. At first dismissive of the possibility that the murderer is mentally ill, a brain scan subsequently makes the DA more undecided. He does not end up judge, jury and executioner. For some reason this makes the film less compelling than the book and the undistinguished nature of the film making suggests a troubled production. Either way, it eventually achieved less visibility than the average gnat so I doubt if Mr Wood is losing much sleep over the matter.
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- Also known as
- Anklage Massenmord
- Filming locations
- Front Street, Rio Linda, California, USA(Carnival Midway Scenes)
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Box office
- Budget
- $7,500,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $796,368
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $322,500
- Nov 1, 1992
- Gross worldwide
- $796,368
- Runtime1 hour 37 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1