It’s always interesting when horror films and thrillers market themselves using the “Based on true events” tagline, then dissect – or sometimes even criticize – the audiences’ interest in the material.
Lifetime’s new original film Lonely Crime Fanatic opens with the cliché phrase before launching into the story of a recently separated woman who falls for a true crime podcaster. The twist? The man is homicidally intent on turning her into the subject of his next episode.
The film opens with a nightmare as Ashley (Brenna Skalski) dreams of her husband Paul (David Hurt) attacking her in their home. The couple has only recently separated, and Ashley is dragging her feet on securing a divorce lawyer. Instead she’s occupying her time boxing up his stuff, running, and dabbling in her latest “project”: listening to true crime podcasts.
Over the course of the film, her black best friend Lily...
Lifetime’s new original film Lonely Crime Fanatic opens with the cliché phrase before launching into the story of a recently separated woman who falls for a true crime podcaster. The twist? The man is homicidally intent on turning her into the subject of his next episode.
The film opens with a nightmare as Ashley (Brenna Skalski) dreams of her husband Paul (David Hurt) attacking her in their home. The couple has only recently separated, and Ashley is dragging her feet on securing a divorce lawyer. Instead she’s occupying her time boxing up his stuff, running, and dabbling in her latest “project”: listening to true crime podcasts.
Over the course of the film, her black best friend Lily...
- 2/29/2024
- by Joe Lipsett
- bloody-disgusting.com
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