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I Am Not a Serial Killer

Synopsis

Fifteen–year-old John Cleaver is dangerous, and he knows it. He’s obsessed with serial killers, but really doesn’t want to become one. Terrible impulses constantly tempt him, so for his own sake, and the safety of those around, he lives by rigid rules to keep himself “good” and “normal”.
However when a real monster shows up in his Midwestern hometown he has to let his dark side out in order to stop it – but without his rules to keep him in check, he might be more dangerous than the monster he’s trying to kill.
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2016 - Cult Strand

Details

Year
2016
Type of film
Features
Running time
104 mins
Format
16mm
Director
Billy O'Brien
Producer
James Harris, Mark Lane, Nick Ryan
Executive Producer
Wayne Marc Godfrey, Robert Jones, James Atherton, Jan Pace, John Mcdonnell, Billy O'Brien, Ruairi Robinson, Robbie Ryan, Bertrand Faivre, Afolabi Kuti
Editor
Nick Emerson
Screenwriter
Chris Hyde (screenplay), Billy O'Brien (screenplay), Dan Wells (novel)
Director of Photography
Robbie Ryan
Production Designer
Jennifer Kilde
Principal cast
Max Records, Christopher Lloyd, Laura Fraser

Genre

Horror Drama Fantasy Sci-Fi

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Ireland, UK coproduction

Floodland Pictures (IE), Fantastic Films (IE), Level 5 Films (UK), Liquid Noise Films (UK), Tea Shop & Film Company (UK), Winterland Pictures (US)

Tea Shop & Film Company

Third Floor
Tyler's Court
111A Wardour Street
London
W1F 0UJ

Liquid Noise Films

Lionel Hicks
State House 607
176 Station Road
Harrow
Middlesex
HA1 2TA

Sales Company

Independent

Nada Cirjanic
6 Hatton Place
London
EC1N 8RU

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