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Black Dahlia

  • Video
  • 2006
  • R
  • 1h 21m
IMDb RATING
1.4/10
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Black Dahlia (2006)
True CrimeCrimeHorror

Three psychopaths go on a killing spree that recreates the Black Dahlia murder.Three psychopaths go on a killing spree that recreates the Black Dahlia murder.Three psychopaths go on a killing spree that recreates the Black Dahlia murder.

  • Director
    • Ulli Lommel
  • Writers
    • Ulli Lommel
    • Jeff Frentzen
  • Stars
    • Elissa Dowling
    • Sutton Christopher
    • Christian Behm
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    1.4/10
    1K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Ulli Lommel
    • Writers
      • Ulli Lommel
      • Jeff Frentzen
    • Stars
      • Elissa Dowling
      • Sutton Christopher
      • Christian Behm
    • 76User reviews
    • 9Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Elissa Dowling
    Elissa Dowling
    • Kate
    Sutton Christopher
    • Rick
    Christian Behm
    • Det. Christian
    Jack Quinn
    Jed Rowen
    Jed Rowen
    Nola Roeper
    • Capt. Raine
    Patrick Faucette
    Patrick Faucette
    • Det. Lovelle
    Laura Hofrichter
      Johnny Holiday
      • Producer McCoon
      Jeff Frentzen
      Jeff Frentzen
        Shannon Leade
        Danielle Petty
        Danielle Petty
        • Black Dahlia
        • (as Ivy Elfstrom)
        Crystal Nelson
        Crystal Nelson
        • 3rd Victim
        Negiat Turner
        Bud Watson
        Bud Watson
        • Drug Lord
        Scott Struna
        Jana L. Laurin
        Jana L. Laurin
        • 4th Victim
        • (as Jana Laurin)
        Rachael Devlin
        • Director
          • Ulli Lommel
        • Writers
          • Ulli Lommel
          • Jeff Frentzen
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        1smokskren

        Possibly the worst I've ever seen

        I wasn't expecting this to be the caliber of a box office hit but I was hoping it'd be palatable. I watched something like the first 15 minutes and decided it probably wasn't going to get better (it didn't), so I watched the rest of it at 1.5 speed. The photography was unreal, or too real - the outdoor scenes looked like someone just took their video camera outside & took pictures in the alley. In view of the other horrible 'special effects' maybe this was supposed to be special too but it just came across as bad. The only way I could tell it hadn't been filmed by someones personal camera was that the voices were clear in all of the scenes, no extra background noise. In addition to the not-so-special fx the plot couldn't have been worse. It has the same situations that every bad scary movies does where the young innocent walks into a situation that no sane person would enter and then lo & behold...the bad guys are there!!! Totally predictable as well. This movie isn't worth 10 minutes of your time. The ONLY thing that I have anything even remotely good to say anything about was the music soundtrack, an odd mix of swing/Frank Sinatra type songs with some seriously heavy acid rock. If you've read to the end of this review, you've already spent more time on this movie than it's worth. Terrible. Lousy. Bad everything. Really, really horribly done.
        1drownsoda90

        Unbelievably Atrocious, Cheap Garbage.

        "Black Dahlia" is a cheap, horribly-constructed straight-to-video (and shot-on-video) film that was obviously released soon after De Palma's "The Black Dahlia" hit theaters in hopes of cashing in on the basic premise. This atrocious film follows a copycat killer in the Los Angeles area who is murdering innocent people after asking them in for acting auditions, their bodies found dismembered across the city. The murders are supposed to be modeled after the real-life murder of aspiring actress Elizabeth Short in the late 1940s, but have very little in common with her murder at all. Who is this mimicking killer? Who knows? Who cares? I know that I didn't, and anyone who rents this film won't either.

        Just as the rest of Lommel's films are, this movie is bad. Like, really bad. For one, the plot is just ridiculous. A copycat killer of a real unsolved murder? Come on. Then, there's the acting. It's worse than a B-movie extravaganza - the performances were completely laughable. And the cinematography is horrible - like the rest of Lommel's movies, this was also shot on video, so the quality looks extremely cheap, and the special effects were really bad. Granted, some films can succeed with such problems, but this film fails on all levels, because the plot is boring to begin with and was so ridiculous.

        There are even some laughable black & white flashback sequences to the 1940s Hollywood featuring an actress playing the Elizabeth Short character, which are beyond cheesy. Among the flashbacks is a scene featuring the discovery of Short's body, which shows two investigators kneeling over a body that is lying under a tree in front of a brick building. For those familiar with the real case, you will easily know that Elizabeth Short's body was found in a vacant, grassy lot - not under a small tree next to a downtown building. Looks like the filmmakers needed to study a little more into the real crime. This, among other things, just adds to the overall cheap quality that is this movie. I think that more time was spent creating the cover artwork for the DVD (which was actually not bad looking) than there was on the film itself, so don't let that fool you.

        Like "Green River Killer" (and the rest of the 'true-crime' based films that this filmmaker chooses to direct), "Black Dahlia" is a horrible movie that lacks any qualities that could make it seem remotely appealing. I can't stress this enough, but do not rent films with the name "Ulli Lommel" branded on them. Rather than seeing this piece of garbage, see the De Palma film, which, while it is semi-fictional, at least focuses on the real case and the murder. If I could, I'd give it a zero out of ten. 1/10.
        1sheilanagig25

        Truly Awful

        I didn't even get past the credits when I began to have my doubts. Then it got worse. This is basically bottom of the barrel no-budget B-movie. The acting is terrible, and the script is enough to make you cry. Don't bother renting or watching it. This film makes Italian giallo films look professional and slick. The gore is obviously fake, and you begin to wonder about three minutes in whether the director cast his family in it to keep them happy. I suspect he also borrowed their cars for the film. The childish sing-song and the inclusion of "666" in the Black Dahlia mix was cheap too. Nothing about this film looks professional or particularly well thought out. It is cheapness immortalized on celluloid.
        1azimuth361

        Awful

        I believe that this is the worst movie I've ever seen.... and I sat through "Atomic Train". At least that has Mena Suvari in it, so I can watch it with the sound off. "Black Dahlia" had not a single virtue. No humor. No plot. No acting. No Irony. There's not a single interesting, entertaining or amusing thing about this movie. I wanted really badly to walk out, but my movie mate drove and insisted on staying. I wanted to stay in the theater watching this schlock only slightly more than I wanted to risk hypothermia. It was a tough choice; watch "Black Dahlia" or die. Death would have been only slightly worse. This movie just plain sucked. It wasn't even interesting by accident. 'Nuff said. This movie just sucked. Addendum: Okay, some of the the music was good.
        1sleepwaking

        Never Been Fooled Before

        I've never been fooled before. This film has the distinguishing characteristic of being the only time I've mistakenly rented the wrong film. The entire budget for this film was put into the cover art and the rest was probably spent on catering donuts to the worst set of actors and the most ridiculous make-up effects I've seen in many many years.

        It's a terrible terrible film for the first five minutes. I wouldn't know about the rest because it's simply inexcusable. I don't know how anyone could watch this entire movie unless cheap, stupid gore with broad satanic strokes appeals to them like pornography. And clearly the number of people who would rent the film on its own merits are few enough that cheap, rip-off packaging tactics are required to eke out a few more dollars from an unsuspecting public.

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        • Trivia
          Influenced by the same real events at the core of Brian De Palma's Le dahlia noir (2006), Sanglantes confessions (1981), Le daliah noir (1975), that were also fundamental for the development of The Devil's Muse (2007), I Am the Night (2019), The Black Dahlia (1988), also influenced Pretty Hattie's Baby (1991), portrayed in documentaries like The Black Dahlia (1998), The Black Dahlia (1999), and The Black Dahlia (2006), and inspired the name of the band The Black Dahlia Murder.
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          Prisoners of War and Persons not taking part in Hostilities shall in all Circumstances be treated humanely. To this End, all Acts of cruel Treatment and Torture shall be prohibited.
          • adopted by all civilised Nations in Geneva on August 12, 1947
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        • Release date
          • October 10, 2006 (United States)
        • Country of origin
          • United States
        • Language
          • English
        • Also known as
          • La Dalia negra
        • Filming locations
          • California, USA
        • Production company
          • The Shadow Factory Inc.
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        • Runtime
          • 1h 21m(81 min)
        • Color
          • Color
        • Aspect ratio
          • 1.78 : 1

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