Monday, July 16, 2012

Serial Killing 101 (2004)

aka Serial Killing 4 Dummys

Casey hates school but has a crush on Sasha who reads books about serial killers. When he has to write an essay for career class on where he'll be in ten years, Casey writes he'll be a notorious serial killer and decapitate his gym teacher. Nowadays that would get you arrested for that.  But the kids laugh and the teacher gets angry, not because it's a threat, but because he's not taking the assignment seriously.

Sasah, played by Lisa Loeb, decides she'll help him learn how to be a successful killer if she can be his first victim. After studying serial killers, they decide that the most successful ones are very intelligent and blend into society. Casey, whose general appearance, attitude, and clothing peg him as a troublemaker, starts dressing in sweaters and excelling at school.

As the two work out their plan, they find that there may already be a killer in town targeting high school students. Since serial killers have a specific type of victim, Casey decides he must go after a different group.  But his efforts are a failure as he can't kill. Sasha and Casey develop a theory as to who the real killer is, but the killer may have already set his sights on them as the next victims.

While it's not great, it was mildly entertaining.  It's odd to see Lisa Loeb playing a high school student since she was in her thirties. But if I didn't know who she was, I wouldn't have known there was an age difference as she similar in age to Casey. 


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