The Grief Tourist

(2012) Dark Tourist/ The Grief Tourist PSYCHOLOGICAL DRAMA/ HORROR

It has security guard, Jim Tahana (Michael Cudlitz) narrating his obsession about actual serial killer books, and during his off days or when he goes on vacation he spends much of his time visiting gruesome sites where the murderers take place making Jim as the "Grief tourist".-hence the title. One of those places Jim visits is the serial killer Carl Marznap (Pruitt Taylor Vince) in which he re-imagines how he commit those murders. Leading to a predictable result that should have been a 45 stint TV show but not as a feature film.

I recognized some elements of the characters obsession, a killer who burned dozens of churches and murdered scores more, but it was another Carl, and in 1930 they executed him. The Carl WOULD make a hell of a movie ALMOST beyond belief. The last name is an anagram. But ABOUT the film....

So I realized he doesn't really have red hair but I still really love the lead actor. Liked him on TWD.

Its a very dark movie indeed. He can pkay a good guy or a real prick, or just a good guy with a bad mind or soul or whatever. He is a 2nd generation grief tourist. But he is also just an act away of becoming like the men he obsesses over. Or maybe he relates because he is just like what he's hunting.

This is raw and sweaty and naked, NOT for the folks who want a haunting ghost story.

It's somewhat bloody but the violence gets seriously sexualized as it gets deeper and more out of control, like the characters mind. A character obsessed with serial killers. Like everyone else but you know hes just MORE into it than usual. Hummmm... This is also not really fiction as the murder industry is lucrative.

It began with an ever growing sense of dread. Effective. Scary. Hes so mean to a woman who is so kind. THAT was hard for me to watch. The rest got progressively more cruel. I assumed correctly he wasn't just a pedestrian. A meat and bones film. Was not too long which I appreciate!

Did its job. I love Michael as a red head though.

Great date movie...😉 Off to the void!

Disturbing, raven hued serial killer noir, 'Dark Tourist' has a cogent script, oodles of style, and an especially compelling performance by Michael Cudlitz as the introspective, taciturn, downward-spiralling nightwatchman who exchanges the solitary grind of his thankless job for a thrilling terror trip into the stark, sweltering Californian hinterlands, morbidly retracing infamous mass murderer Carl Marznap's (Pruitt Taylor Vince) historical killing spree! While well-paced, and razor-sharp in its execution, 'Dark Tourist' might not have enough wanton 'Slash N' Gash' to satisfy the more splatter-happy Grindhouse gorelings, but Krishnamma's angsty, flawlessly acted, sexually sordid thriller has a genuinely unsettling fatalistic tone that rigorously infuses the repressed, increasingly unstable psychopath's (Michael Cudlitz) grisly exodus with a palpably zesty threat of inexorable doom!

For one thing, the dialog was so low in volume I had a hard time hearing it. The acting and story line was the worst I have seen. Melanie Griffith should be ashamed of herself for starring in this TRASHY movie. IT REALLY SUCKS!!! DON'T WATCH IT.

Going to dark places taking literally. Our main protagonist is not someone that will win a popularity contest. But that is not the kind of movie you should expect anyway. This is exactly what it says: Dark! And the main actor is great depicting the downfalls and the character trades in general.

Which also makes this is a very uneasy view. This won't go down easy with people who can't stomach a few events. You might see a few things coming, but there are still some surprises that are going even deeper into the tunnel. Very well shot this was a favorite at the Frightfest in London where it was playing. Not for everyone, but if you can dig it (you'll know a few minutes in), you'll have a hell of a ride