I AM NOT A SERIAL KILLER (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Max Records (Where The Wild Things Are), Christopher Lloyd (Back to the Future), Laura Fraser (A Knight’s Tale), Tim Russell (A Serious Man), Karl Geary (Nadja), Bruce Bohne (Fargo), Tony Papenfuss (Factotum), Matt Roy (film debut), James Gaulke (The Naked Man), Michael Paul Levin (Beyond Bob), Lucy Lawton (film debut), William Todd-Jones (The Muppet Christmas Carol), Christina Baldwin (film debut), Elizabeth Belfiori (film debut), Dee Noah (Cold Justice)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Billy O’Brien (Isolation), director, writer; Christopher Hyde (film debut), writer; James Harris (The Anomaly), Mark Lane (I Am Soldier) and Nick Ryan (The Summit), producers; Adrian Johnston (Becoming Jane), composer; Robbie Ryan (Philomena), cinematographer; Nick Emerson (The Hallow), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

In a small Midwestern town, sixteen-year-old John Wayne Cleaver (Records) has clear sociopathic tendencies, including a morbid fascination with death and murder, but manages to mostly keep them in check in order to fit in as best as he can. However, when a supernatural being threatens those around him, he must give in to his inner demons to defeat it…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Based on the pulpy cult novel, I Am Not A Serial Killer presents an entirely different kind of hero, one that you might not be rooting for by the end of the story.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 9TH DECEMBER 2016

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