trail of a serial killer be an aggressively bad entry into the serial killer genre and or in this case make for video which mean i would not bother compare the good movie in the genre ( seven and kiss the girl ) or the bad ( copycat and switchback ) this movie which lurch across the screen before dying of it own nauses would deserve a mantle all it own . the movie open with a young girl who leave a movie theatre ( the paradise none other ) and be murder on the walk home . but wait there more . the killer take the girl picture and tap her hand and then put one of those movie note in her mouth for detective michael madsen and chris penn to find and complete with magazine clip letter . it hilarious and this killer with his sense of all purpose . and of course penn have a psychological battle with the killer who he know be responsible for this one too . the killer call him and his family so you see it really be important that he find this guy fast . do i mention the intercut between the shrink ( jennifer dale ) who only see her crazy patient at night . one of her patient tell her she get excite by commit violent act . be she the killer . dale hold a meeting at a dark church for her most dangerous patient where we hear dialogue about sex and violence that so corny you wonder how the actor could even respect the material enough to speak it . the whole movie at such a garbage level what with the hollow plot and abandon setting which smack of four in the morning filming location shoot in warehouse and crackshops . the identikit and do everything killer be so bad it really be funny and madsen and penn spend the whole movie be over the top and macho when they should be take fingerprint and watch smarter and techically competent movie of the genre . a few week ago i be watch a show about killer where the host suggest that murderer like ted bundy should kill themselves instead of waste society time . you get a murder suicide plot and kill yourself be the point i think . trail of a serial killer want u to accept a serial killer and a cop and who be suppose to suspect be crazy himself and wrap up in a silly and low rent world to find out who the killer be . who know . who care . dgno star ( out of four ) .