True Crime Media Alert

[sdreid]

Hi all,

I don't see that program from my previous post in the Sunday listings so it must have been put on hold for some reason.

[jmenges]

My listings show Capture the Green River Killer on the Lifetime Movie Network (Dish ch. 109) starting at 7pm Sunday. This is a different, by-subscription-only, channel from The Lifetime Channel.

JM

[sdreid]

Thanks JM,

OK, that explains it. I thought it was on the regular Lifetime Channel. I'll have to wait and see it when it plays there which will probably be in a few months.

[sdreid]

The 1959 film, Jack the Ripper is on AMC very early tomorrow morning (U.S.). I think it's the only movie that sort of follows the Dr. Stanley explanation. Back then, we were desperate for anything.

[sdreid]

I watched Borderland last night and thought it was pretty good although it's probably not for everyone. It is sort of like Hostel except it's based on an actual case - Matamoros.

[DarkPassenger]

And maybe Borderlands is actually good, unlike Hostel which was utter shite.

[sdreid]

Hi Dark,

I actually liked Hostel after I got through the first 3/4. Before that, I just thought it was some schlock movie showing how many ways people could be tortured and killed. I haven't watched any of the sequels because, what's left to do other than ruin the effect of the original?

[DarkPassenger]

There was no torture or gore - just "implied violence," which meant that there would be a guy with a chainsaw, then the camera would turn away and then you hear screams. Bollocks.

What ever happened to real gore?

[sdreid]

There was no torture or gore - just "implied violence," which meant that there would be a guy with a chainsaw, then the camera would turn away and then you hear screams. Bollocks.

What ever happened to real gore?

Visit a slaughterhouse, that's the only real gore you can get legally.

[sdreid]

Now on AMC The Boston Strangler

[sdreid]

AMC is running Death Hunt Wednesday AM. It's based on the case of Albert "Mad Trapper" Johnson, the Canadian spree killer from the 1930s. Charles Bronson stars.

[sdreid]

The Staircase Murders about the Michael Peterson Case is on Life this afternoon US.

[dougie]

Is it the "death on the staircase" documentary of 7-8 (hour long) episodes aired some few years back..if so its enthralling stuff.

[sdreid]

Hi Dougie,

No, this is a docudrama rendition.

[sdreid]

The Boston Strangler is on AMC again very early Thursday morning but if you really wanted to see it you probably have by now.