The Alphabet Killer

Eliza Dushku, Cary Elwes, Michael Ironside

"The Alphabet Killer" is based on a real, unsolved serial killer who murdered children in Rochester, NY. Eliza Dushku (Wrong Turn) stars as a police detective who lets herself get way too close to the...( read more  read more... ) case and ends up losing both her job and her sanity, all the while trying to find the elusive killer.

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R, 1 hr. 35 min.

Directed by: Rob Schmidt

Released: February 7, 2008

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DVD Released: January 6, 2009

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  • January 22, 2009
    Was ok. wasn't bad wasn't superb. But at least you still ahve to figure out the mystery of who it is
  • January 20, 2009
    The Alphabet Killer is based on a series of murders that occurred in Rochester, New York in the 1970s. Eliza Dushka plays detective Megan Paige, a women obsessed with a case where a ten year old girl was found brutally murdered in a small town in upstate New York. While having t... ...( read more )
  • January 4, 2009
    Although claiming to be based on true events, such thing doesn't occur. Maybe a slight resemblance to the real alphabet killings, but besides that, the film is a nothing with a little awfulness cherry on top. It's not even worth renting on a Friday night. The performances are bel... ...( read more )
  • December 23, 2008
    I saw Wrong Turn (thought it was entirely forgettable) but some other girl had my attention. So I didn't know anything about Eliza Dushku going into this and she totally sold the movie to me, not because she's a babe but because she creeped me out with her portrayal of a schizoph... ...( read more )
  • January 9, 2009
    Pretty good film, about a killer in Rochester New York, It was well planned, and at the end they said in credits they never caught the killer, which confused me because of last 15 minutes of the movie, but it left this movie open for a sequel, not sure that I would go out and buy... ...( read more )
  • June 29, 2009
    It was so boring that I had slept through most parts of it. The funny thing is, even if I did, I was still able to tell who the killer was way before the movie ended.

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  • typhoon506
    April 19, 2007
    can't wait to see it i can drool over her again lol.
  • rhinosrule4eva
    February 27, 2007
    does any one know when this comes out in the UK

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