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Gacy (2003)

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Average Rating: 3.8/10
Reviews Counted: 6
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Release Date: Jan 1, 2003 Wide

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For those who don't know the name and legacy of John Wayne Gacy, the movie is based on the true story of one of the nation's most prolific serial killers (33 murder convictions). Gacy depicts the methods upstanding citizen and neighborhood party clown Gacy (Mark Holton) used to seduce young men, slaughter them and then hide their bodies in the crawl space under the house he shared with his wife (Joleen Lutz) and children. ~ Buzz McClain, Rovi

R, 1 hr. 29 min.

Drama, Horror, Mystery & Suspense

Directed By: Clive Saunders

In Theaters: Jan 1, 2003 Wide

On DVD: May 13, 2003

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i'm pretty sure Gacy's life wasn't this boring

July 5, 2008 Comment

Stefan Birgir Stefansson

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Was this movie really necessary? Sickoid film content is far from entertaining.

April 20, 2006 Comment (1)

Steve Crum

Video-Reviewmaster.com

Gacy channels its horror through bicentennial suburban kitsch, clowns-in-the-closet visuals, and a heaving, foul, maggot-carpeted crawlspace deep with death and lies.

December 31, 2004 Comment

Martin Scribbs

Low IQ Canadian Source: Low IQ Canadian

We barely learn a thing about [Gacy], other than the fact that his father abused him and he hates his wife.

May 24, 2003 Full Review Source: Reel Film Reviews

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David Nusair

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In this unenlightening, dramatized account of Gacy's crime spree, first-time writer-director Clive Saunders, working with television writer David Birke, displays little genuine interest in why Gacy killed.

March 27, 2003 Full Review Source: L.A. Weekly

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Chuck Wilson

L.A. Weekly

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John wayne Gacy a real life serial killer, now a horror movie. I liked this movie, but beware it is kind of a slow moving movie.Based on a true story of a serial killer, model citizen,loving father and husband. serial killer John Wayne Gacy, a man with over 30 dead men and boys entombed in the crawl space underneath

December 14, 2011

Cassandra Maples

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A made for tv version of the story based on the real life Serial Killer John Wayne Gacy and as a result it's not a particularly well acted piece. It's a no thrills, straight forward telling of the horrific murders, but it at least tells the events of the remorseless Man.

March 28, 2007