An alarming and energizing film that takes after a young boy named Tyler who is a volunteer in the nearby church of his town. At some point, Tyler's life swings to a bad dream when he discovers a few pictures with his dad, Don, that demonstrate Don is the culprit of ten homicides. He can hardly imagine how his perfect image is a merciless murderer.
12 May 1970, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
28 October 1969, Bluefield Sanitarium, Bluefield, West Virginia, USA
26 October 1961, Waterbury, Connecticut, USA
December 07, 2018
This could happen anywhere, and that is, perhaps the most chilling aspect of the film.
November 15, 2018
Unlike so many recent horror movies, The Clovehitch Killer is patient with its thrills, almost excruciatingly so.
November 15, 2018
McDermott is admirably unsettling, and Luke McCoubrey's artfully sterile cinematography adds an air of suffocating wholesomeness that can make you squirm.
November 16, 2018
Skiles's film doesn't care so much if you think you know how it ends, even if you're right. It's all about twisting the knife in the process of confirming those fears.
November 14, 2018
First-time feature director Duncan Skiles brings some spooky atmosphere to a smart script by Christopher Ford.
November 30, 2018
Given the strong performances and admirable restraint from genre conventions, it's a shame this murder mystery comes unraveled as easily as it does.
November 27, 2018
While I had really enjoyed it and was glued to the screen, when it ended, there was a feeling of "What was the point?"
December 05, 2018
Though bloodless it keeps you squirming in your seat.
December 06, 2018
The Clovehitch Killer is too predictable to be a compelling thriller, but too hollow to be taken seriously as a critique of middle-class rot.
November 27, 2018
The Clovehitch Killer might stratify some genre fans but it's much quieter than you would expect walking in.
November 16, 2018
As good as Plummer and McDermott are here, [writer Christopher D. Ford] ultimately writes himself into a corner that requires actions in the final act that don't ring true.
September 27, 2018
Offers an intriguing perspective on the darker side of American values, but lacks the conviction to entirely expose the cultural contradictions that often enable compulsive murderers.
