Episode 15: Idols of Murder

This week, Stella finally reflects on The Murder Media Symposium and her trials and tribulations at the hotel. Then the episode gets into the serial killer biopic: films which tell the life stories of real world murderers. Exploring My Friend Dahmer and Extremely Wicked, Stella thinks about why these people get films made about them, what myths to they perpetuate, and how do you say the word 'trajectory?'

 

My Friend Dahmer (Meyers, 2017).

Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil, and Vile (Berlinger, 2019). 

Sources:

Bingham, D. (2010). The Biopic as Contemporary Film Genre. Rutgers University Press 

Gaynor, S. M. (2022). ‘Better the Devil You Know: Nostalgia for the Captured Killer in Netflix’s Conversations with a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes,’ in Robinson, B,. & Daigle, C. (Eds). Serial Killers in Contemporary Television: Familiar Monsters in post 9/11 Culture, pp. 135 – 151. Routledge 

Joannou, M,. & McIntyre, S. (1983). ‘Lust for Lives: Report from a conference on the biopic,’ in Screen, vol 22(4), p. 147 

Rosenstone, R. A. (2007). ‘In Praise of the Biopic,’ in Francaviglia, R,. & Rodnitsky, J. (Eds). Lights, Camera, History: Portraying the Past in Film, pp. 11-29. Texas A&M University Press  

Simpson, P.L. (2010). ‘Whither the Serial Killer Movie?’ in Hantke, S. (Ed). American Horror Cinema: The Genre at the Turn of the Millenium, pp. 133-152. University of Mississippi Press 

Schmid, D. (2006). Natural Born Celebrities: Serial Killers in American Culture. University of Chicago Press 

Follow The Murder Media Project on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter, or email directly at murdermedia81@gmail.com, or visit the website https://murdermedia81.wordpress.com/

 

 

Music:

 

Cybertruck by Mood Maze

Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!):

https://uppbeat.io/t/mood-maze/cybertruck

License code: 2F2G6DAKEWYFVVC9

 

Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!):

https://uppbeat.io/t/matrika/neon-desert

License code: VYEEJAZCIFRKWWPK

 

All music and trailer clips are used in the spirit of Fair Dealing (UK) and Fair Use (US Law). No copyright infringement intended.