The Girl in the Photographs

2015
R
1h 35m

IMDb RATING

4.5/10

4.2K

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A bored young woman in the sleepy community of Spearfish starts receiving photographs of brutally murdered young women. Are they real or staged? The culprit is either a serial killer or some... Read allA bored young woman in the sleepy community of Spearfish starts receiving photographs of brutally murdered young women. Are they real or staged? The culprit is either a serial killer or some creep with a sick sense of humor.A bored young woman in the sleepy community of Spearfish starts receiving photographs of brutally murdered young women. Are they real or staged? The culprit is either a serial killer or some creep with a sick sense of humor.

See production info at IMDbPro

IMDb RATING

4.5/10

4.2K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 nomination

Trivia
This is the final film Wes Craven was involved in before he died of brain cancer in August 2015. He was the movie's executive producer.

Quotes
Colleen: Has anyone else seen these or are they just from me?
Sheriff Porter: No body, no crime.

Crazy credits
Before the credits, there is a title card that reads, "For Wes", dedicating the film to its deceased executive producer Wes Craven.

Connections
References Blow-Up (1966)

Soundtracks
Diner Magic
Written by Jay Weigel
Performed by Jay Weigel
Courtesy of Carondelet Music Group, LLC

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Review

Featured review

5/10

It was not that bad

It's a nice little nod to Wes Craven, the film's Executive Producer, who died with this being his final film. It probability could have been a better movie if Craven was not suffering from Brian cancer during his involvement, yet it's still not the worse way to end a legacy.

I thought Kal Penn was actually pretty funny as an eccentric artist who goes back to his small town after hearing about a string of murders in which the killer would take pictures of his victims. Inspired to copy the murder pics for an Ad campaign, he meets Colleen, the murderer's muse, and convinces her to become his muse, which the murderer does not like.

It lies somewhere between The Last House on the Left and Scream in the story format, not as good as either, but you can see the total potential for it being that kind of innovative horror film.

I will say that I love some of the kills that where done in this movie. Very old school violent with very little animated blood. I like the bluntness of it, it's been a while since a movie gave me that.

As a Horror fan I feel that The Girl in the Photographs is worth taking a look at.