Originally, I found this title on Tubi. I've always been curious about the John Wayne Gacy story and how his evilness managed to go undetected for so many years.
The story of Gacy will always be one of the most haunting and saddening legacies ever left in U.S. history. This movie doesn't go near the same infamy as its title character does.
It's basically found footage stuff. That's it.
Imagine the badly overacted crapola that's thrown in between and it's just another lame attempt at cashing in on the whole Paranormal Activity craze.
I watched it purely because I thought it might have any type of message about Gacy or if it would break ground on his already creepy legacy. It really doesn't. It just uses his name and his story to build a film school project made by acting school students.
To its credit, it does have some jump scares. But it doesn't add anything to either the genre or the infamous serial killer's story. The randomly thrown in facts about him as well as the random use of his own remarks made no sense, considering the movie itself changed the historical facts about the place, in order to make this movie work.
It just didn't take itself seriously.
Imagine being pretty terrible at acting scared. That's the best way to describe this movie. Not even the Mark Holton 2003 vehicle was this bad. If you want to edify yourself regarding Gacy, look up the many documentaries based on him better.
Ok effort for those involved, but just no. NO.
Imagine being pretty terrible at acting scared. That's the best way to describe this movie. Not even the Mark Holton 2003 vehicle was this bad. If you want to edify yourself regarding Gacy, look up the many documentaries based on him better.
Ok effort for those involved, but just no. NO.