
The Voices(2014)
A mentally unhinged factory worker must decide whether to listen to his talking cat and become a killer, or follow his dog's advice to keep striving for normalcy.

HOW TO BE A SERIAL KILLER is the story of Mike Wilson, a charismatic, educated, and articulate young man who has found his life's purpose in exterminating people. Mike is determined to spread his message about the joy of serial killing and recruits a lost soul named Bart to be his pupil. Mike leads Bart through the ethics of serial killing as well as teaching him various lessons in disposing corp

Dameon Clarke
Mike Wilson

Matthew Gray Gubler
Bart

Laura Regan
Abigail

Gonzalo Menendez
Correctional Officer

Mary Jo Catlett
Mrs. Wilson

George Wyner
Dr. Goldberg

Shadoe Stevens
Narrator (voice)

Ari Welkom
Officer Garcia
Ryan Smith
Thug
Lindsay Stidham
Young Girl
How to Be a Serial Killer is a comedy, horror, crime film released in 2009 exploring themes of serial killer. Directed by Luke Ricci, it stars Dameon Clarke, Matthew Gray Gubler, Laura Regan. HOW TO BE A SERIAL KILLER is the story of Mike Wilson, a charismatic, educated, and articulate young man who has found his life's purpose in exterminating people. Mike is determined to spread his message about the joy of serial killing and recruits a lost soul named Bart to be his pupil. Mike leads Bart through the ethics of serial killing as well as teaching him various lessons in disposing corp
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Seattle, 1974. Ted Bundy gives into his violent passions and embarks on a cross country killing spree, leaving a trail of raped, tortured, murdered, dismembered, and defiled corpses in his wake…

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