First, ask yourself why you'd want to watch a film about a serial killer....Now that you have that answer...(be honest to yourself now!)this movie does not deliver the goods. If you want to see horrific murders, [and] perversions perpetrated upon innocent victims, etc. This is not the vehicle that gives you what you were looking for. Gore? Some. Violence? not very much. ... Nothing more than the "R" rated slasher film playing at your local drive in.Save your money...the type of film you were hoping for, hasn't been made since the 1970's!