Review of How to Be a Serial Killer (2009) by Ad V — 05 Aug 2012

Alternates between entertaining instructional pieces that are illustrated by plot pieces that drag out a fairly simple story.

This review of How to Be a Serial Killer (2009) was written by Ad V on 05 Aug 2012.

How to Be a Serial Killer has generally received mixed reviews.

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By Geoffrey T (288) on 11 Apr 2012

This movie is kind of like if you took the sense of humor of Dexter and obliterated all of the psychological depth…

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By Nevada M (1) on 18 May 2013

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By Justin M (1,525) on 18 Oct 2009

I thought that the movie was hilarious. The cheery tone to a darker topic made it so much funnier…

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By Ethan U (47) on 10 Jul 2011

A weird, dark comedy.The acting was pretty good, and the cast was decent for this very odd spoof on serial killing…

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By Jane D (177) on 20 Jan 2010

I feel like most of the profanity was there for the sake of having a lot of profanity. I don't really care for that…

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By Daniel M (2,592) on 22 Jul 2011

Wow did someone ruin this hilarious piece for others. Don't read the review, spoilers…

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By Tino R (500) on 25 Mar 2011

It moves pretty fast, has it's moments and the charismatic performance from Dameon Clarke makes the main character likable, but if you are…

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By Kevin S (2,121) on 25 May 2010

Give this film a chance, its got a intense dark humorous tone to that keeps you glued to your seat to see what Dameon Clark's character does…

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