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Chicago Massacre DVD Review - Joblo.com
October 04 2009
The actual true story this film is based on is pretty hardcore and heart wrenching, as for no apparent reason in 1966 Richard Speck decided to break into a nurses dorm room and brutally rape, stab, shoot and murder 8 nursing students, with only one survivor left alive. That another human being is capable of something so horrendous is disturbing in itself, so a movie that attempts to explore the killer's mind, his motives, and why he would do such a thing would be a great watch and interesting, especially if you're into true crime stories.
Unfortunately, this is not that movie. While it does show us the the events leading up to the mass murders, the actual murders themselves, and the hunt and eventual capture of Speck afterwards, it doesn't really show why this guy just snapped one day, or what made him so crazy. It basically explored the story from a newspaper article level, giving a few details here and there, but never really explaining anything at all.
... The one saving grace here was Corin Nemec as Richard Speck- the guy did a lot with what he was given (which wasn't much), and painted a great picture of how absolutely apeshit crazy this guy really was. His performance stood out like a sore thumb, blowing the rest of the cast away in his wake. Scary and amusing all at the same time, he pushed the envelope on creating one psychopathic mofo without going too far. Great job!
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