:::: SPOILER ALERT :::: MAJOR SPOILERS AFTER 03:00 :::: & NSFW ::::
:::: SPOILER ALERT :::: MAJOR SPOILERS AFTER 03:00 :::: & NSFW ::::
:::: PLEASE NOTE :::: This is an extended promo reel intended only to be shown to prospective distributors, and it spills way more information about the plot that a normal trailer ought to.¬† It’s safe to watch the first 3 minutes, but if you don’t already know the twists and jolts from the Jim Thompson novel, then you’re going to find out more than you wanted to know past 03:00.
With those caveats out of the way, let it be said that as much as this promo reel reveals, it’s only the beginning of the depravity in this seriously twisted tale. From the back cover of the novel:
“Probably the most chilling and believable first-person story of a criminally warped mind I have ever encountered.” –Stanley Kubrick
Lou Ford is the deputy sheriff of a small town in Texas. The worst thing most people can say against him is that he’s a little slow and a little boring. But, then, most people don’t know about the sickness–the sickness that almost got Lou put away when he was younger. The sickness that is about to surface again.
An underground classic since its publication in 1952, The Killer Inside Me is the book that made Jim Thompson’s name synonymous with the roman noir.
Didn’t even know this was in production until Brad Brevett posted this promo reel at RoS today. Killer cast with a couple of names that might raise eyebrows but who seem to me perfect for the pulp vibe: Casey Affleck, Jessica Alba, Kate Hudson, Ned Beatty, Bill Pullman and Elias Koteas. This, along with William Monahan’s London Boulevard (starring Keira Knightley, Colin Farrell, Ray Winstone, and David Thewlis) should have any noir aficionado’s pulse pounding.