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Serial Killers

  1. movie review
    Little Things, Big ProblemsTurns out Denzel Washington crime dramas can sometimes be bad, too.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  2. exit interview
    ‘We Can Choose to Not Create More Damage’The creators of docuseries Last Call use a true crime frame to uncover the cycle of hate and violence that stalked queer communities in ’90s New York.
    By Kathryn VanArendonk
  3. tv review
    Last Call Sees What Most True Crime MissesLoving yet full of palpable fury, HBO’s docuseries will make you deeply sad, then even sadder that more true-crime stories aren’t told this way.
    By Kathryn VanArendonk
  4. close reads
    Holy Spider’s Ending Uncovers a Tangled Web of MisogynyHoly Spider is at its most precise and upsetting in the film’s final scene.
    By Roxana Hadadi
  5. american crime horror story
    Ryan Murphy Says He ‘Reached Out’ to Dahmer’s Victims’ Loved OnesAnd when “not a single person responded,” he didn’t take the hint.
    By Zoe Guy
  6. it’s hard out here for an ally
    Did Netflix Really Put an LGBTQ Tag on Dahmer?“Dahmer and Heartstopper is a great double feature” — Netflix, probably.
    By Jason P. Frank
  7. movie review
    There’s a Better Story The Black Phone Wishes It Could TellEthan Hawke and some excellent young actors are the real highlight of this horror movie from the director of Sinister.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  8. true crime
    The Real FBI Agent Behind Mindhunter on What Actually Happened in AtlantaCriminal profiling pioneer John Douglas inspired Netflix’s Mindhunter. And he’s got a lot to say about the Atlanta child murders.
    By Devon Sherer
  9. true crime
    Which Killers Could Appear on a Third Season of Mindhunter?The Netflix series’s basis in real-life investigations provides a loose road map of where it might go in a still-to-be-confirmed season three.
    By Brian Tallerico
  10. true crime
    The Real Serial Killers and FBI Agents Who Inspired Netflix’s MindhunterThe fact and fiction behind Netflix’s true-crime drama.
    By Brian Tallerico
  11. books
    How to Write a Female Serial KillerOyinkan Braithwaite on writing a protagonist who kills men, just because she feels like it.
    By Oyinkan Braithwaite as told to Lila Shapiro
  12. vulture festival 2018
    How Being a Preschool Teacher Helped Cameron Britton Play Mindhunter’s Ed Kemper“I started slowly learning how to train myself to just cut all emotions out and just get rid of them entirely so I could be this serene presence.”
    By Devon Sherer
  13. Charles Manson Is Dead, But Pop Culture Is Keeping Him AliveIn American Horror Story, Search Party, and other projects, Manson is still a frightening cultural force.
    By Jen Chaney
  14. close reads
    What David Fincher’s Fascination With Serial Killers Says About His FilmmakingFew filmmakers have shown such a consistent interest in serial killers and what makes them tick.
    By Kevin Lincoln
  15. mindhunter
    Watch the Real-life Interviews With Serial Killer Ed KemperMindhunter’s depiction of the infamous “co-ed killer” hews closely to the truth.
    By Brian Tallerico
  16. hmmm
    New Show Will Bring Together Families of Serial Killers, Families of VictimsGaaaahhhh.
    By Margaret Lyons
  17. casting couch
    Kevin Bacon Cast in Fox’s Serial Killer DramaHe’ll play an FBI profiler, not the serial killer.
    By Margaret Lyons
  18. pop trash
    Are You a Serial Killer? ‘Dexter’ Promotional Website Offers Customized DiagnosisThis is how likely we are to snap and murder Lane.
    By Dan Kois