Did you people see the same film I saw?

Best movie of this year hands down!

Yo, there's no way for me to review this film without saying, take your *insert ethnicity + "ass" here* to see this film,like now. You have to see it in order to know what you're really messing with.

It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.

This contains spoilers if you know nothing about John Wayne Gacy.From what I know the story is pretty well accurate, and the movie in general is a good piece of work, however it would be great if it were not for the portrayal of Gacy. I am not an expert on serial killers however I do know that John Wayne Gacy was a lovable and charming man until it came down to his actual act of murder. I can get passed the idea of the lone heroic cop who knows the truth because it is more entertaining, yet I feel Brian Dennehy's choice to react in such an angry way to this cop's investigations as completely out of character to Gacy. Gacy was a groomer, policeman who were watching him during his time under house arrest said that they "had to keep reminding themselves that he is a murder suspect". Anyone who knew him said he was the last person they could ever think to be a murderer.Gacy should have been portrayed as the most normal and lovely human being when it comes down to him in scenes with others who aren't his victims. That way seeing him switch off into his serial killer state of mind would have been more shocking to watch and in my opinion more entertaining. That was the real John Wayne Gacy.

IT is a fantastic movie. and based in fact...and incredibly Creepy to think it is on a true story. Seriously...Brian denehey as John Gacy is brilliant. Seriously worthy of a Oscar....considering Charlize Theron played Aileen in monster and won an Oscar for her portrayal of that serial killer. (i know it seems Apples and oranges...but i think you know what i mean.)I've watched both..and Brian deftly deserved some accreditation for it...shame it wasn't released now days wit bigger budget etc.. Excellent.

I think this movie should have been made for the big screen and not TV.Brian Dennehy gives one of the most electrifying and chilling performances I've ever seen, as serial killer John Wayne Gacy. His facial expressions, threatening demeanor and aura of pure evil are much more shocking, creepy and frightening than buckets of blood and graphic violence would have been.This movie is driven on suspense, which is saying a lot, considering most viewers already knew the outcome of the story beforehand.This is a thriller in every sense,way scarier than many recent so-called "horror" movies released, and does it all without CGI, gore, cheap shock elements,or foul language.

I had never heard of John Wayne Gacy or his crimes before I saw this 1992 mini-series on TV, as I was only 6 at the time Gacy was caught. When I found out about this psychopathic contractor and his mass-murder spree, I read a novel written about it by one of the men who had prosecuted John Wayne Gacy. Most of the events in the novel were quite close to those in the movie, but many of the characters are different than the real ones. Kozenczak & Gacy are the only ones whose names have not been changed; all the rest appear to have been altered in some way.Brian Dennehy is quite convincing as the burly, psychopathic building contractor who was responsible for 33 deaths over a 6-year period. Until this film I had never seen Dennehy play a bad guy; the closest he had come to it was his role as Raymond Horgan in 'Presumed Innocent', when he turns on his subordinate who is falsely accused of murder. It took me a few viewings to accept Dennehy's portrayal of Gacy, considering I had never heard of Gacy & his crimes before then and my own sense of 'type-casting'. Having read of the details behind this man's mission of misery, I found Dennehy's portrayal to be almost bang-on - almost as good as Kenneth Welsh's portrayal of narcissistic politician-turned-murderer in 'Love & Hate: The Story of Colin & Jo-Ann Thatcher'. Michael Riley is almost equally effective in his role as Joesph Kozenczak, the steadfast Chief of Detectives determined to stop John Gacy's demented mission of murder.Most of the details surrounding Gacy's crimes were left out; this doesn't detract from the film, though. They weren't necessarily essential to the story as it's told here, but I eventually learned about them through reading. Most of them were strangled and then buried in various locations on the property, starting in the crawlspace. A total of 29 bodies were found on the property; 4 more turned up in the Des Plaines River, including Chris Gant - the boy who disappears at the start of the movie, and the last victim of John Gacy.This is well worth seeing for anyone who is interested in true-crime stories.