Diary of a Serial Killer (2008) (V)

Director:

Andy Hurst

Writer:

Ellis Walker (written by)

Genre:

Thriller

Tagline:

He learned from the masters.

Cast

Bruce Robert Cole	...	Ed Gein
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jessica Aldridge	...	Mirabelle
Andreas Beckett	...	Killer
Garrett Brawith	...	Jeffrey Dahmer
Danny Chan	...	Konerak
Victoria De Mare	...	Selena
Samuel Dobbins	...	Harry Purvis
Elissa Dowling	...	Kat
Heath Finn	...	Police Officer
Mark Hengst	...	Robert Dean
David Hill	...	Police Officer
Zak Howell	...	Guy in alleyway
Gil Menchaca	...	Dollar Bill (as Ethan Drake)
Matt Mercer	...	James
Alan Mueting	...	Detective
Ryan Michael Oman	...	Lionel
Kara Revel	...	First Victim
Chloe Snyder	...	Laura
Brent Stevens	...	Blond guy
Adam Robert Taylor	...	Cousin Mike
Bradley J. Thornton	...	Police Officer

Directed by
Andy Hurst

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Ellis Walker		written by

Produced by
James Elliot	....	producer

Cinematography by
Jeff Smith

Casting by
Steve Helgoth

Production Design by
Zak Howell

Makeup Department
Corinne Dutra	....	makeup department head
Amy St. Lucas	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Kelley Cauthen	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Koo Abuali	....	second assistant director
Samantha Wear	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Jacelyn Lauren Jackson	....	art assistant

Sound Department
Matthew Sanchez	....	boom operator

Special Effects by
Corinne Dutra	....	special effects coordinator
Josh Foster	....	special effects supervisor
Amy St. Lucas	....	special effects assistant

Camera and Electrical Department
Christian H. Burton	....	cinematographer: second unit
Paul La Fontaine	....	still photographer

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Jolee Kim	....	wardrobe assistant

Editorial Department
Justin Donaldson	....	assistant editor

Other crew
Jenna Delp	....	script supervisor
Mark Ross Edrys	....	production assistant (as 'Shoehead')
Heather Pennington	....	additional script supervisor
Mike Tristano	....	armorer

Production Companies

• MRG Entertainment

Distributors

• Lions Gate Films Home Entertainment (2008) (worldwide) (DVD)
• Lionsgate (2008) (USA) (DVD)

Also Known As:

Copycat (USA) (DVD title)

MPAA:

Rated R for strong sadistic violence and torture, language, nudity, some sexual and drug content.

Runtime:

85 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

MRG Entertainment

Goofs:

Factual errors: Ed Gein's house was not in a forested area, it was out in the middle of the field on rolling plains. The house was two stories and was far, far, messier. The mother's room was just as she left it when she died. In fact, it was the only room in the house to be neat. Gein was also much older than he is portrayed in this film.

all over the place

Yet another example of a story that had a great pretense but just didn't pan out. It went all over the place depicting the past histories of multiple serial killer but never gave us, as viewers, enough time to focus in the present day killer and develop a dislike for him so that in the end, we are satisfied that he got his cum-uppance. I mean, the casting was OK and they acted well but they weren't given a quality, flowing story to play this out properly. The mousey reporter lady who ended up getting captured by the psycho didn't really show much concern about her predicament. It's like she was more bored with just getting the scene over with so she could get home and watch Desperate Housewives or Lipstick Jungle or something. She could have fussed and kicked and whined around far more to make the scene a bit more realistic. Her stoic defiance of being just seconds from getting butchered out was far different than most people would be reacting.