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The Dead Girl is a 2006 American drama thriller film written and directed by Karen Moncrieff, starring Brittany Murphy, Toni Collette, Rose Byrne and Marcia Gay Harden. The film was nominated for several 2007 Independent Spirit Awards including Best Feature and Best Director. [2] It is the story of a young woman's death and the people linked to ...
The 2007 film An American Crime is directly based upon the life and murder of Sylvia Likens. Directed by Indiana native Tommy O'Haver and distributed by First Look Studios, the movie cast Elliot Page as Sylvia Likens and Catherine Keener as Gertrude Baniszewski. [195] The Girl Next Door is loosely based upon the murder of Sylvia Likens.
Woman of the Hour is a 2023 American crime thriller film directed by Anna Kendrick in her directorial debut and written by Ian McDonald. It is based on the factual incident of Rodney Alcala appearing in 1978 on the television show The Dating Game before he was captured in 1979 and identified as a serial killer for murdering numerous women and girls.
Brenner moved to Ithaca, New York and went on to write a book about the shooting, Wight's death, and her ordeal, Eight Bullets: One Woman's Story of Surviving Anti-Gay Violence, and to become an active speaker against anti-gay violence. [18] [19] [20] In 1999, H. L. Pohlman also wrote a book about the murder, titled, The Whole Truth.
Konishi's story was detailed in the 2003 short documentary film This Is a True Story, directed by Paul Berczeller, in which she is portrayed by Mimi Ohmori.The urban legend surrounding her death is the basis for the 2014 film Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter. [6]
Deadgirl is a 2008 American sexual exploitation horror film written by Trent Haaga and directed by Marcel Sarmiento and Gadi Harel. It stars Shiloh Fernandez and Noah Segan as teenage boys who discover a naked female zombie, portrayed by Jenny Spain.
A book written by Hugh Geddes, based on the film and bearing the same title, appeared in 1978. [13] In issue #35 of Eddie Campbell's serial comic "Bacchus" this case is featured in a sequence titled The Pyjama Girl. [14] A short film by Canberra film maker Huck Tyrrell, entitled Roadside, was produced in 1998 and inspired by the murder. In the ...
Believe Me: The Abduction of Lisa McVey is a 2018 Canadian-American true crime film, directed by Jim Donovan. The film was released on September 30, 2018, by Lifetime in United States and by Showcase in Canada. On June 4, 2021, it was released worldwide by Netflix. [1] The film stars Katie Douglas, Rossif Sutherland, and David James Elliott.