Abstract
The serial killer film is a prevailing mode of contemporary cinema. Conjoining elements of the horror film, for instance, the stalker narratives of the 1980s, and the psychological investigative thriller, a popular and commercial modern Gothic has emerged. These films may explore police procedures and the commitment of the detective, forensic scientist or psychological profiler, but it is the serial killer that is arguably the attraction. Not too far removed from the modern horror film’s mythical monsters of Jason Voorhees, Michael Myers, Leatherface and Freddy Krueger, these screen imaginations of the body violator imitate aspects of true crime and connect with society’s most infamous serial killers: from Jack the Ripper and Ed Gein to Ted Bundy and Jeffrey Dahmer.2
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