The Rockville Slayer

2004 "Do you really know who you are?"
2.8| 1h31m| en
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A series of small-town murders with no apparent connection leads two detectives towards a horrific discovery in this terrifying tale starring Linnea Quigley, Robert Z'Dar and Joe Estevez, and directed by Marc Selz. When two young couples are viciously murdered in the small town of Rockville, the police are baffled and the citizens are terrified. Now, as the body count continues to mount and police investigation hits a standstill, it's up to two detectives to find the missing link and bring the murderous madman to justice

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Diagonaldi Very well executed
Livestonth I am only giving this movie a 1 for the great cast, though I can't imagine what any of them were thinking. This movie was horrible
Grimossfer Clever and entertaining enough to recommend even to members of the 1%
Catherina If you're interested in the topic at hand, you should just watch it and judge yourself because the reviews have gone very biased by people that didn't even watch it and just hate (or love) the creator. I liked it, it was well written, narrated, and directed and it was about a topic that interests me.
bababear I'm in a good mood, so I gave this a 5. If this gotten into the hands of a strong screenwriter, that score would have doubled.We start with the standard teenagers in lovers' lane. Blood, guts, you've seen it all before.The setting is a small town in Illinois, population between 500 and 500,000. Since we never get a sense of the town, we don't get a sense of what binds the characters together. It seems that pretty well everyone knows everyone else.One of the victims was the brother of a Sheriff's Deputy. Charlie has Father Issues: dad was prouder of his younger son, now deceased, and Charlie feels that he's been a disappointment to his dad, Bill.A detective begins investigating the crime. The detective is a young woman who looks to be about 19 years old. we don't know what law enforcement agency she's affiliated with. She shows up with a badge and a partner, introducing herself as Detective Rodgers. That doesn't help.Eventually the script stumbles into William Inge territory. This is a Small Town with a Secret. Before he got married, Charlie's dad (now a widower) was involved with Mary Burns, a local tart (played in the third act by Scream Queen Linnea Quigley, now 52 years old). He got Mary pregnant. She had the baby and left town and hasn't been seen since. It turns out that Charlie is her son.OK. Bill shows up with a baby boy. Mom goes ahead and marries Bill, raises Charlie as her own, gives birth to another boy, nobody in town questions where the bonus son came from. Uh, I'm from a small town. Ain't gonna happen.But I digress. Bodies continue to pile up. Charlie is a suspect, but it can't be him. But there's such a shortage of other suspects that there's nobody else (the detective? the sheriff?) to suspect.Then the cardinal rule of mystery writing is broken. Yea, shattered. A very major character is clumsily introduced in the third act.We find that Mary Burns is out of the mental hospital, and she has a friend with her, B-movie veteran Robert Z'Dar (fondly remembered from MANIAC COP). Playing The Man (it's too much trouble to give a brand new character a name) he's been the killer all along.The plot is whipped into some semblance of order at the end. Charlie's dad and the sheriff are killed by The Man, Charlie is wounded, the detective is unconscious but manages to kill The Man first, and Mary wanders into the night just before the police get to the house.In a peculiar and very limp coda Charlie puts his dad's house up for sale, says goodbye to the detective, and drives away.These are not bad actors. They're actors working with substandard material. Performances are primarily at a level I'd call pretty good for community theater, but this isn't the stage at the American Legion hall.Film is a very unforgiving medium. Houses are houses. Cars are cars. Bars are bars. Motel rooms are motel rooms. This isn't an actor in ROMEO AND JULIET announcing "This is Verona," and our imaginations filling in the rest. Realistic settings call for realistic performances.These very same actors might have delivered compelling performances if the material had been shaped by stronger hands. But as is, this is a interesting Amateur Night that should have been much better.These are young actors. I wish them all the very best, and would urge them to do as much stage work as possible so as to have the experience of working with really strong material.Better luck next time, guys.THE ROCKVILLE SLAYER is definitely worth watching, but don't expect too much for it.
Scars_Remain This movie, if you can call it that, is a complete joke. Some no name director gets a bunch of no name actors and makes a piece of crap entitled "The Rockville Slayer." Avoid it at all costs, even your life.The story is absolutely idiotic and it plays out like a bad soap opera with a few "suspense" scenes even though I didn't feel tense even once during the whole film. The acting is completely laughable except for Joe Estevez but he has a pretty small role.I found this movie for cheap at a used bookstore and thought it would be worth the price. I was gravely mistaken and now I have to live with the fact that I sat through this entire film. Don't make the same mistake I did.
iarepacman I watch a lot of horror, I watch a lot of bad horror. Even in bad horror there is usually something of note, or something decent to latch onto and say "at least this part was good". not here. from the opening sequences which contained 2 of the worst performances ever captured on camera, I guess I knew what level of crap i was in for. On a technical level, it was amateur at best. the audio is atrocious fading in and out with different scenes. The special effects were sad and lacking, the plot full of so many unnecessary and just plain ridiculous twists and turns, and once again, some of the worst acting I have -EVER- seen. The plot tries to go for that "Scream" vibe where you suspect everyone, but it does so with no rhyme or reason, and definitely no clarity. Funniest of all, someone attached to the project seems to be voting nothing but 10's on here, but it still only has a score of 3. nice try. Avoid this one at all costs.
Marc Selz This is for anyone who wants to see THE ROCKVILLE SLAYER AKA UNAWARE. THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE REVIEWED THIS FILM IN THE PAST AND TO DATE HAVE NOT SEEN THE NEW CUT OF THIS FILM. I don't think they have seen the film period. They have also hit other sites degrading the film because they have nothing better to do. Shouldn't you be working on your own movie? The actors have not seen the new cut yet. If you notice in most of the reviews they don't mention anything about the film or story. They just put down the Actor's and director and tell you to see another movie. They are angry we did not make a better film than "Hitchcock" I have news for you. Nobody ever will. You have really high standards. These people are not professional reviewers. We know who you are and we are glad we no longer have contact with you. I am not posting this message to give my opinion of what I think of the film. I am simply putting this message up to protect it from people like this until it is released. Let's let the fans be the judge. Please, if you are interested in seeing the film follow any real reviews from the release date of Nov 1, 2005 or after. Don't listen to the angry bitter people in life.