Movie news for you today dear readers, as we bring you the and release date for the Blu-ray, DVD and Digital HD release for I Am Not A Serial Killer which features Christopher Lloyd (Back To The Future).
The movie is a dazzlingly original, darkly funny and disturbing gem with a genre-bending twist, about a small-town teenager in the US, obsessed with serial killers, who unwittingly discovers the identity of the killer who has been slaughtering residents for body parts.
John Wayne Cleaver is dangerous and he knows it. He is 16 and helps his Mum and Aunt at the family Mortuary. John is obsessed with serial killers but really doesn’t want to become one. So for his own sake and the safety of those around him he lives by rigid rules to keep himself “good” and “normal”.
Christopher Lloyd in I Am Not A Serial Killer
Featuring a star-making lead performance from 17-year-old Max Records, and an extraordinary turn from Back To The Future’s legendary Christopher Lloyd, I Am Not A Serial Killer is the most sheerly entertaining and audaciously offbeat offering since Donnie Darko hit cinema screens.
The movie was a big hit when it premiered at the South By Southwest Film Festival in March and was a must-see film at the prestigious BFI London Film Festival. It proves that left field indie cinema is alive and kicking, even if the Clayton County killer’s victims aren’t. “Hit the switch, John…”
I Am Not A Serial Killer – Trailer
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I Am Not A Serial Killer features the talents of, Max Records(Where The Wild Things Are, The Sitter), Christopher Lloyd(Back to the Future, Who Framed Roger Rabbit?), Laura Fraser(The Missing series 2, Breaking Bad, Talk To Me), Karl Geary(Gravity TV series), Billy O’Brien(BAFTA-nominated director, Isolation, Scintilla), Dan Wells (bestselling author of Mr Monster, I Don’t Want To Kill You) and Robbie Ryan (Award-winning director of photography, Wuthering Heights, Red Road, Philomena, Slow West, Fishtank, I, Daniel Blake, American Honey)
Vincent Risso and Max Records in I Am Not A Serial Killer
Directed by Billy O’Brien (who made the award-winning Irish horror hit Isolation), although deliciously unclassifiable, is best described as a sensationally strange horror/sci-fi coming- of-age black comedy. Adapted from the first in a series of novels from bestselling YA author Dan Wells, the tremendously sharp script left-foots the audience at every moment, right up to the deliriously unexpected and thrilling finale.
Lead actor, 17-year-old Max Records, is superb as the teen-turned-detective John Wayne Cleaver, torn between struggling with his own demons, and a real one.
The supporting cast includes the legendary Christopher Lloyd (Doc from Back to the Future) on fabulous form as the Blake-quoting pensioner with a dark secret, Breaking Bad’s Laura Fraser, and a scene-stealing turn from Raymond Brandstrom as John’s best buddy Max.
Max Records in I Am Not A Serial Killer
A British/Irish co-production shot in Minnesota, the same icy small town locale as Fargo, and with similarly strange things afoot, the film refuses to play by the rules, mixing a quirky coming-of-age comedy with the pathos of small town life, and adding dashes of gruesome gore with surreal and heart-stopping moments of science fiction shock, like Napoleon Dynamite crossed with Six Feet Under or Jack Sholder’s tongue in cheek sci-fi horror The Hidden mixed up with Dexter, shot through the retro vibe of TV hit Stranger Things.
Filmed on 16mm by award-winning director of photography Robbie Ryan (Slow West, I, Daniel Blake), the film has a beautifully distinctive and unsettling look and one of the best end shots in recent memory. Matched with a haunting soundtrack, I AM NOT A SERIAL KILLER feels wonderfully different and evocative.
What They Have Been Saying About The Movie
“Max Records gives a sharp performance in this endearing first adaptation of Dan Wells’ YA series.” Variety
“Records is excellent” Kim Newman
“A moody and creative thriller” Bloody Disgusting
“A sticky vein of macabre humour is a key selling point for this genre-blurring adaptation of the cult novel by Dan Wells.” Screen International
“The surprisingly warm and fuzzy horror-dramedy… has an appealingly retro look” LA Times
“Director Billy O’Brien nicely balances the tedium of small-town life with an unnervingly creepy vibe” The New York Times
Home release Special features include:
- 2011 Test Film – Featuring 13-year-old Max Records
- Test Film / Finished Feature Scene Comparison
- Monster Shoot Featurette (Blu-ray Exclusive)
- Deleted Scenes
- Story Boards & Behind the Scenes Photos
I am Not a Serial Killer heads to Blu-ray, DVD and Digital HD on the 20th February.
Karen Woodham is the founder and owner of the Blazing Minds. She is also a Cinema reviewer and works with RealD 3D reviewing the latest 3D releases and IMAX, she has also had several articles published in various publications including the first edition of SFW Magazine. In 2015 she became an Award Winning Blogger and also has her website listed as one of the UK’s Top 10 Film Blogs.
