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Son of Sam

  • Video
  • 2008
  • R
  • 1h 20m
IMDb RATING
1.8/10
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Son of Sam (2008)
Serial KillerTrue CrimeCrimeHorrorThriller

This chilling tale recounts the late 70's in New York City, when a serial killer on the loose dubbed "Son of Sam" creates havoc. When arrested, "Son of Sam" tells police he was influenced by... Read allThis chilling tale recounts the late 70's in New York City, when a serial killer on the loose dubbed "Son of Sam" creates havoc. When arrested, "Son of Sam" tells police he was influenced by a satanic cult. New York would never be the same.This chilling tale recounts the late 70's in New York City, when a serial killer on the loose dubbed "Son of Sam" creates havoc. When arrested, "Son of Sam" tells police he was influenced by a satanic cult. New York would never be the same.

  • Director
    • Ulli Lommel
  • Writer
    • Ulli Lommel
  • Stars
    • Yogi Joshi
    • Elissa Dowling
    • Cassandra Church
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    1.8/10
    482
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Ulli Lommel
    • Writer
      • Ulli Lommel
    • Stars
      • Yogi Joshi
      • Elissa Dowling
      • Cassandra Church
    • 23User reviews
    • 6Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Yogi Joshi
    • Berkowitz
    Elissa Dowling
    Elissa Dowling
    • Brenda Klein
    • (as Elissa Bree)
    Cassandra Church
    Bertrand Paré
      Boston Dawna Chaet
        Kent Cady
        Kelsi Trausch
        Bill Maniscalco
          Carie Maniscalco
          Mary Shaffo
          Mary Shaffo
          Jason Harrell
          Jamie Bernadette
          Jamie Bernadette
          • Sara Greenwood
          Marissa Elizabeth Viszolay
          Kika LaSorda
          Karlee Combs
          Nola Roeper
          • Satanic Cult Member
          Gunter Ziegler
          • Satanic Cult High Priest
          Christian Behm
          • Steve - Satanic Cult Member
          • Director
            • Ulli Lommel
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            • Ulli Lommel
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          grteacher922

          I've seen bad movies but...

          ...this movie is so horrible David Berkowitz should sue Ulli Lammel for using his story without permission. Satan himself should sue Lammel for damaging his reputation. Avoid this movie! I'm sorry I added it to my collection. Just how bad can this be? The neighbors talking dog turned in the best performance. I watched Woods of Evil AND Tsui Hark's Vampire Hunters, this was worse than WOODS but not quite as insufferable as HUNTERS. I believe if Berkowitz had known this movie would be made he would do things differently. This is so horrible it couldn't even win a Razzie for BAD films. The movie had a budget of like $2k and it shows. Just please, friends won't let friends watch this movie.
          1billyroberts15

          Sucks

          My cousins decided to see this on pay per view, and we definitely wished that we could refund it. After seeing the whole movie, we felt that we could have made a better movie with nothing but a camcorder (which is probably what these people used as well). The filming style is crappy, as is the acting and the effects. The Satanic worship sequences are anything but scary and are more hilarious than anything else. The main actor should probably stay away from acting as should the rest of the actors in this film. At times, they used the same actors from an older scene in a different scene. Stay as far away from this trash if you value your time.
          3rocknrico

          Rinse, lather and repeat...

          This movie portrays the story of David Berkowitz in a dreamlike nature complete with haunting voices, star lens effects and twisting camera work going in and out of color/focus.

          Save yourself some time and just watch the first 20 minutes of this train wreck of a movie. Everything else is simply a repeat, both in style and form as they go from one murder to another. There must have been 10 shots of David just staring into the NY skyline experiencing schizophrenia which all appeared to be shot on the same day. Fortunately, nothing is graphic or too bloody and the murders are implied. From wooden acting to Karo syrup blood effects, the film is amateurish.

          Lastly, you would think that someone would at least run some of the text through a spell checker as the concluding text contained typos.
          2ilovemygoats

          The worst director in history

          Ulli is without a doubt the worst director is cinematic history. This mess of a movie proves that without any argument. Perhaps if he would actually try to make a real movie instead of "art house trash", he would make something watchable. The only good thing about his movies is that one can hit fast forward for at least 60% of each film and get done faster and therefore waste less time out ones daily grind. Ulli's movies are so bad, that "Plan 9 From Outerspace", the deliciously bad movie and "Attack of the Killer Tomato(e)s", would have a uncontested win in the Best Picture category at the Oscars! Ulli's movies are so bad that Uwe's films look like masterpieces.

          The continual shots of the Satanic rituals got old after the first one. Each one making less and less sense. The shots of "Son of Sam" just wondering around became so nonsensical after the first two times.

          Somebody please keep this man from wasting any more of our lives by making any further films!
          1garej704

          Horrible and unbearable?!

          Terrible in every way...Elementary students could have done better making it up as they go along. Acting? None I picked this up in one of the Movie Vending machines where i thought at least they were studio movies. This proves that wrong. Guess someone got a camera with a few special effects and made a movie. This was done with really actors (Ok they're is no way these people take their selves seriously as acting as a career). No i am not watching this movie all the way through. I decided to just write this to spare someone from even putting this in there DVD player. I didn't even go into the sounds of all the mumbling people! What is up with that. Was that supposed to be scary or disturbing. It is just horrendous.

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          • Trivia
            The film does not have a Wikipedia page.
          • Goofs
            In the epilogue the word "eligible" is misspelled "elagible".
          • Connections
            Referenced in The Cinema Snob: Son of Sleepaway Camp (2012)

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          • Release date
            • September 9, 2008 (United States)
          • Country of origin
            • United States
          • Language
            • English
          • Filming locations
            • Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
          • Production company
            • Hollywood House of Horror
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          • Runtime
            1 hour 20 minutes
          • Color
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          • Aspect ratio
            • 1.78 : 1

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