Even the many very positive reviews here, a needed corrective to the professional reviewers who trashed this film at its openings, seem to be missing the best thing about this film. The praise for the make-up artists, cinematographers, set designers, costuming etc are all spot on. But everyone seems to accept the "serial killer movie" assumption. Yes, it's about a man who murders four women over a period of years. But that is not the only story that this film is telling anymore than The Joker is just another movie about clowns.