Rating: R
Genre:
Thriller
Release Date: 02/22/2005
Dubbed: English
Sound: DD5.1/DD2
Run Time: 90 Minutes
Flags: Violence, Adult Situations
Distributor/Studio: Velocity Home Entertainment
From the writer of
Ted Bundy and
The Hillside Strangler comes this biopic of another one of America's most notorious serial killers
Charles Starkweather. Starring
Brent Taylor in the title role,
Starkweather details the bloody escapades of the 19-year-old murderer and his fourteen-year-old girlfriend,
Caril Ann Fugate (
The O.C.'s
Shannon Lucio), as they cross 1950s middle America leaving a trail of dead in their path. Directed by
Byron Werner, the film also stars veteran character actor
Lance Henriksen.
Terrence Malick dramatized the same story thirty years prior in
Badlands.
~ Matthew Tobey, All Movie Guide