![]() ![]() Whatever your reason for watching serial-killer movies, we've collected a list sure to draw you in and, quite possibly, scare the living daylights out of you.Īnd, just a friendly reminder before we get started, don't forget to lock the doors. "But when something is just inexplicable, when it can't be explained in any rational terms," he said, "that's the most unnerving thing." "We take comfort in explanation, of understanding," said Kendrick who went on to say that whenever horrible things happen in real life, we immediately try to figure out why. The Deal (2015) A police detective and husband take revenge on a serial killer. ![]() Director: David Fincher Stars: Morgan Freeman, Brad Pitt, Kevin Spacey, Andrew Kevin Walker Votes: 1,717,735 Gross: 100.13M 2. Seung-hoon sedates his landlord before medical check-up, when the old man begins telling him a convincing murder confession. We're hoping for a glimpse into a world we can't begin to imagine yet seek to better understand. Halloween No serial killer movie list is complete without Michael Myers of Halloween fame. Se7en (1995) R 127 min Crime, Drama, Mystery 8.6 Rate 65 Metascore Two detectives, a rookie and a veteran, hunt a serial killer who uses the seven deadly sins as his motives. ![]() Perhaps that explains why we're so drawn to serial killer movies and stories, real and fictional. "This whole idea of compulsively killing people for that purpose is something that most of us can’t even really wrap our minds around," Kendrick said, "We can’t identify with it." "The darkest human impulses are in the serial killer," James Kendrick, professor of Media and Film at Baylor University, told TODAY and explained that unlike murders that we're able rationalize on some level, say, out of jealousy, passion or profit, murder simply for murder's sake is completely foreign to us. And, in many cases, we seek out scary horror films, TV shows and books in an insatiable quest to learn more. They revile and shock us, and yet, despite our revulsion, we find it nearly impossible to look away. The popularity of the Netflix series " Dahmer," based on the life and crimes of notorious serial killer, Jeffrey Dahmer, is just one example of our undeniable fascination with serial killers. Netflix’s ‘The Lady of Silence’ May Be the Year’s Best True Crime Doc. ![]()
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