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Gacy

2003 · 88 min

A grim, unsettling true-crime portrait that crawls under your skin with its mundane suburban horror and chilling central performance.

Directed by
Clive Saunders
Genres
Crime, Drama, Horror
Tagline
Friend. Neighbor. Killer.
Overview
Based on a true story of serial killer a model citizen, loving father and husband and serial killer John Wayne Gacy, a man with over 30 dead men and boys entombed in the crawl space underneath his house which he shared with his family.

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Directed by
Clive Saunders
Genres
Crime, Drama, Horror
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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • crime
  • violence
  • deception
  • madness
  • death
Places
  • suburbs
  • big city
  • home
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language strong
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
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Action3
Horror6
Humour2
Realism8
Romance1
Tension7
Darkness9
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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