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Kemper

  • Video
  • 2008
  • R
  • 1h 28m
IMDb RATING
3.0/10
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Kemper (2008)
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A film based on the true story of Ed Kemper, a serial killer who murdered ten in Santa Cruz, CA during the late sixties and early seventies.A film based on the true story of Ed Kemper, a serial killer who murdered ten in Santa Cruz, CA during the late sixties and early seventies.A film based on the true story of Ed Kemper, a serial killer who murdered ten in Santa Cruz, CA during the late sixties and early seventies.

  • Director
    • Rick Bitzelberger
  • Writer
    • Jack Perez
  • Stars
    • Christopher Stapleton
    • Robert Sisko
    • Sean Thomas
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  • IMDb RATING
    3.0/10
    632
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    • Director
      • Rick Bitzelberger
    • Writer
      • Jack Perez
    • Stars
      • Christopher Stapleton
      • Robert Sisko
      • Sean Thomas
    • 30User reviews
    • 9Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Kemper: The Co-Ed Killer
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    Kemper: The Co-Ed Killer

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    Christopher Stapleton
    • Harris
    Robert Sisko
    Robert Sisko
    • Ed
    Sean Thomas
    • Ross
    Jordan Blanchard
    • Young Ed
    Andy E. Horne
    • McCormack
    • (as Andy Horne)
    Zarah Mahler
    Zarah Mahler
    • Peggy
    Samantha Colburn
    Samantha Colburn
    • Alice
    Robin DeMarco
    Robin DeMarco
    • Carol
    • (as Robin Demarco)
    Ken Weiss
    • Mayor Turner
    Patricia Place
    • Ma Kemper
    Kate Danson
    Kate Danson
    • Annie
    Adrienne Andersen
    • Waitress
    Paul Speckman
    • Officer Phil
    Stephanie Skewes
    • Young Hitch Hiker
    Nancy Harding
    Nancy Harding
    • Josie Murrow
    • (as Nancy A. Harding)
    Brent Chase
    Brent Chase
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    Louis Graham
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    Zoe Canner
    Zoe Canner
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    • Director
      • Rick Bitzelberger
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      • Jack Perez
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    screechinfo

    The Filmmakers Know Very Little About Kemper

    First of all, Ed Kemper was 6'9" tall - the actor playing him was short and way too old for the role. Kemper trolled college campuses for his victims and would not have been able to get to as many young women if he were in his 40's as he was portrayed.

    Kemper was extremely intelligent and likable, but this merely portrays him as a one-note freak. Which he was not.

    Dialogue terrible, and cell phones and computers in the 1970's! Who was the production designer? Glad I didn't pay to see this one. I wish a really fine movie would be made about this brilliant killer - too bad he wasn't able to use his smarts for the good of the world.

    Even Kemper (he is still alive in prison) would roll with laughter at the way he's portrayed here.

    Boring boring boring and pathetic piece of tripe.
    1cjones-82029

    Absolute waste of time and money on this film

    Totally ridiculous. The guy playing the main cop in this film is only 6'1" . I'm the movie, the guy playing Kemper is same height as cop... But I'm real life, Kemper was 6'9" , very large build and smart. This guy acts like an idiot. All the acting is lame. Stopped watching after 30 minutes.
    1ansaldofamily

    Awful

    When you see the name Kemper you would expect there to be some accuracy between his crimes and what this movie depicts. There's not. Kempers crimes were horrific there's no need to make up things. Fail. Epic, colossal fail.
    windydogacres

    Completely ridiculous account of Ed Kemper the storyline is so wrong

    After watching the first half hour seeing flip cellphones in 1973 which weren't invented yet as well as a laptop computer and gps tracking at FBI I knew this movie was going to be a lemon but couldnt the writers and directors realized these obvious errors, including the Mitzubishi SUV that never existex in 73 I mean come on the coffee shop was the only real 70s theme with the old cash register and parlor chairs and clock. Dont waste your time unless you want to pick apart the various bloopers from the supposed 70s depicted but all fro the 90s and now what a joke
    1piker-5

    A rare treat for bad movie fans

    I grew up in Santa Cruz when Kemper was doing his terrible work, and so I have some familiarity with the gory details of this story. I mean, I never researched it but one picks things up from local news and talk around town. And without giving anything away, you can be sure that NOTHING in this movie is based on anything that happened in real life. In fact, I'm almost certain that they took an existing serial killer screen play and did a search and replace, swapping out "Mike Killington" with "Ed Kemper."

    The locations don't look like Santa Cruz. The characters don't talk like humans. The cars are incorrect cars. The cel phones are... wait THERE WERE NO CEL PHONES IN THE EARLY SEVENTIES. Seriously, if there was any detail that could have been authentic, they found a way to make the exact opposite choice. It's kind of a marvel to see a movie with literally no correct decisions behind it. How does a thing like that happen?

    Even if you never heard of Kemper you can appreciate this as a bad movie on its own terms. The acting is wooden and one-dimensional, the music is mostly synths, everyone is too pretty, the plot twists are like straight road through the midwest on a high-visibility day.

    I guess what I'm saying is, if you have the attention span for stuff like this, it's the best time you'll ever have.

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    • Trivia
      The first cell phone was sold in March of 1984 for $3995. long after the Kemper killings.
    • Goofs
      Considering the fact that Good Friday of 1973 is when Edmund Kemper murdered his mother, and was arrested shortly afterward, it is doubtful that cellphones and laptop computers were available at that time.
    • Connections
      Features Are You Scared? (2006)

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • November 25, 2008 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Ed Kemper - Mein Freund, der Killler
    • Filming locations
      • The Pink Motel & Cadillac Jack's Diner, 9457 San Fernando Road, Sun Valley, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Mainline Releasing
      • MRG Entertainment
      • Hemisphere Entertainment
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 28m(88 min)
    • Color
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    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.78 : 1

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