It's fun, it's light, [but] it has a hard time when its tries to get heavy.

A bit overrated, but still an amazing film

It’s an especially fun movie from a director and cast who are clearly having a good time allowing themselves to let loose.

It's an amazing and heartbreaking story.

Stick to the facts, and you'll be half-way there. Unlike this film. It appears as if the filmmakers thought they have too little at their hands, and felt compelled to 'spice' things up by adding the story of an investigator (as so often, female, young, good-looking, yawn) who struggles with mental illness; the murders weren't solved, the essence of them appear to fit on a short Wikipedia-page, so what else can we do...? Just that it's still enough to make an interesting, haunting film-effort, the unsolved murders of three girls. Instead their legacy is insulted with this cliché-laden flick. It comes to no surprise that it'll opt for inventing a perpetrator in the end. Until then it's poor in sequence and pace, it's poor in acting, and it's poor even in using the clichés. Try and find a documentary about the case, instead.

The idea of a schizophrenic detective was very intriguing. That intrigue got me through most of the movie, but it all fell apart into a confusing jumble at the end. I am still not sure what was real at the end and what was a hallucination.I was very dissatisfied with who the killer apparently turned out to be. It seemed so artificial. The movie had a very interesting true story to draw from and one of the current suspects would have made an excellent character in the movie. If I had to redo this movie I would have Megan Paige (Dushku) using her hallucinations to allow her to use her brilliance to catch or come close to catching the real killer. As it was the hallucinations were merely a visual way of communicating to the audience that she was mentally ill.Promising movie, but fails to deliver in the end.

I'm not only into horrors I'm also a collector concerning serial killers. Books have never failed but most of the movies are a deep disappointment. So far I have seen a few flicks that I would recommend if you are into serial killers. Try to find To Catch A Killer. It's the best version about a serial killer I have seen so far. Brian Dennehy gives a perfect performance playing Gacy. No fictional facts in that flick. But it is a extreme hard one to find and if you do, expect to pay more than 100$!! But I am supposed to tell about The Alphabet Killer. The Alphabet Killer is a 2008 thriller-horror film, loosely based on the Alphabet murders that took place in Rochester, New York between 1971 and 1973. Eliza Dushku stars as the main character, alongside Cary Elwes, Michael Ironside, Bill Moseley and Timothy Hutton. The film is directed by Rob Schmidt, director of Wrong Turn, and written by Tom Malloy, who also acted in a supporting role. All promising but don't count on that. The story is based on the role of Eliza Dushku, the police officer involved in the search for the killer (fictional), but can't find him so she's loosing her mind and tries to kill herself. Nothing of this happened in the real story. The storyline takes place nowadays while the killings happened in the seventies. The only correct things are the facts that he killed 3 girls, and takes place in Rochester N.Y. and the case is up to today unsolved. Another teaser are the actors involved. Bill Moseley, good actor but is only maybe 2 minutes in the movie. Michael Ironside, also maybe 10 minutes in it. So forget that. There are no killings shown, no blood, no gore, only what is happening with the officer concerning the research for the killer. It's sad that a movie is sold with the headline "based on a true story" and gives us names that aren't really a long time in the movie. Luckily I found it on Blu Ray for 2 euro's. If you really are into the story than I can give you this, Between 1971 and 1973, three young girls, ages ten to eleven, were found sexually assaulted and slain near Rochester, New York. The girls all had double initials for their first and last names and were found dead in suburbs with names in which the first letter co-ordinated with the girls' initials. Two prime suspects later committed suicide. A third suspect, Kenneth Bianchi, went to California where he went on to become one of the infamous Hillside Stranglers, but to this day he insists he had nothing to do with the so-called Double Initial, or Alphabet, murders. The crimes remain unsolved...

A thrilling crime drama full of intrigue and anxiety. Megan Paige(Eliza Dushku)is a Rochester, NY detective with a devotion for her work that borders obsession. She gets deeply involved with the case of a ten year old girl that is brutally raped and murdered. Megan works herself into a frenzy and when she begins seeing visions and talking to herself she is taken off the case. She suffers a total nervous breakdown and is institutionalized for two years. She returns to work as a records clerk. Her ex-boyfriend(Cary Elwes)has been promoted to head of the department and wants to keep a safe distance from her. When another young girl is abducted, raped and murdered Megan finds a connection that no one else immediately sees. This new case is off limits to desk jockey Paige and she slowly begins suffering a relapse and the only one that seems to understand her situation is a friend from her time at the psychiatric hospital(Timothy Hutton). Paranoid schizophrenia gets in the way of Megan's new work as an adviser in what has become a hunt for a serial killer. Director Rob Schmidt is able to present the grim story in a convincing fashion. The atmosphere is dark and cold and frazzles the viewers nerves...and that is a good thing. Dushku is fantastic in the role. Others in the cast: Michael Ironside, Tom Noonan, Carl Lumbly and Tom Malloy.