Shit out of luck, and with the cards cruelly stacked against him, Anton Phibes (Price) is terribly disfigured in a car crash while rushing to be at the side of his ailing wife, who soon after perishes. Vincent Price in his campy prime is pitch perfect as the eponymous figure in Robert Fuest’s darkly comedic horror film The Abominable Dr. As social critique, American Psycho kills the competition. Bale’s killer is all narcissism, vanity, and shallow consumerist showmanship. The 1980s period details are sublimely nostalgia-addled, the comedy of manners subtext is sharp, and all the slick and sick violence that Bateman metes out is, while upsettingly explicit, is oddly comical, too. Christian Bale is perfectly cast as the vain wealthy New York investment banker Patrick Bateman, who has an active interest in murdering men and (mostly) women, when not working out, donning an expensive designer wardrobe, or bopping along to “Hip to Be Square”. Mary Harron’s 1987-set satirical psychological horror film, adapted from Bret Easton Ellis’s disturbing 1991 novel is a shockingly good genre classic. This list will rectify that right away with this impressive selection of unforgettable films. When pitted against such stiff competition as aliens, ghosts, vampires, werewolves, zombies, and a stockpile of bloodthirsty and vengeful demons and spirits, it’s easy to overlook and undervalue the murderous mayhem and outright terror that serial killers can mete out in the plasma-splattered halls of horror cinema history.
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