Synopsis: Dushku plays a homicide detective who gets overly obsessive over her cases especially her last one. She is diagnosis with Schizophrenia and is not only taken off the case, but become a record clerk. She still obsesses over the case of the double letter murders because they happen two more times. Her former boss and fiance allow her to help out with the case on finding this killer. The killer's signature is he rapes and kills young girls who initials start with the same letters and then dumps their body in a town with the same letter. Like Wanda Williams found in Williamsburg (this is not an actual person or place in the movie just using it for an example).
Review: Eliza Dushku has appeared in several horror movies so you would think this one would be a decent one. Well, you're right. This movie was decent, but that's about it. It isn't anything different from any of your other serial killer movies. This one is nothing different, you have the obsessive or aggressive detective/cop out to catch the bad guy. You have the multiple suspects that keep you guessing who done it and usually they are right under the nose of the cop. In the end they get away because they always do so they could have a sequel...
The acting is decent since we have actual professional actors and actresses and never was things over done. The movie really isn't scary as is suspenseful and action packed. The only parts that were creepy and could get scary was when Dushku's character was having visions about the girls who were killed. This isn't anything new, but I don't know what it is about little girls with black out eyes that make it creepy.
So if you like suspenseful movies about serial killers than I think you will like this movie. There's nothing that makes it stand out from all the others, but it is pretty decent and if you like movies that are based on true stories then you will like this one.
NOTE: Now the real alphabet killer was never caught. He killed 3 young girls with the same initials like I mentioned in the synopsis. He committed these crimes in the early 1970s where as the movie takes place in modern times. There were a few people of interest that the cop had, but all of them were cleared of having any involvement. One interesting person that was a suspect was Kenneth Bianchi, who was an ice cream vender in Rochester. His vendor location was near two of the murder sites. What makes him interesting is that his cousin was Angelo Buono. Both of these men are known as the Hillside Strangers. Those crimes were committed after the alphabet murders.
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