james1-494-826857 I live in Rochester New York. I remember the story in the local newspapers growing up it was terrifying. Not just so much because there was three homicides which happens all over the world but the double initial thing was really creepy. I don't remember anything about a female detective going crazy though maybe that was all behind the scenes but I believe it was made up.... The footage are real streets bars and eateries in Rochester which make it a little more authentic but this homicide detective going crazy I think that's a little far-fetched. They used fake names of the deceased. The real names are Carmen Colon, Michelle Maenza and Wanda Walkaweicz their ingrained in my head it was so traumatic. The towns that matched the initials of where the bodies were dropped off are real towns so that is real. On a side note we also had Arthur Shawcross who killed about 7 prostitutes but we inherited him he was not born in our area he came from Watertown outside of Syracuse. He was paroled here isn't that wonderful? We also had Kenneth Bianchi ( known as the hillside strangler ) who grew up in a suburb of Rochester (Gates Chili) he was a serial killer in California. The caption states "Rochester is a blue-collar City" I don't know many cities that aren't blue-collar with the exception of Manhattan N.Y. which is probably the only one that has no blue-collar areas in the country. Like all cities there are upscale parts of the city and blue collar. The girls came from a blue-collar area but I live in the city (Park Ave area) and it's certainly not blue-collar. The suburbs can be very affluent like other cities......They never caught the guy to this day..... every 10 year anniversary or so the newspapers will "talk" about it again....for once (it seems) guns are not the culprit.... and as long as we're on the topic of homicide....when are we going to get rid of assault rifles? Or the clip people use to modify the assault rifle. The Las Vegas shooter killed 58 people. I'm sorry people you can't shoot a deer 58 times and still eat it......

Pete Flint What potentially was a good story line which i can only assume is loosely based on true events was absolutely annihilated by the god awful acting of the lead actress. What the director was thinking when he thought of making her go crazy i'll never know.Thank god that is over!!Please don't waste your time on this

trashgang I'm not only into horrors I'm also a collector concerning serial killers. Books have never failed but most of the movies are a deep disappointment. So far I have seen a few flicks that I would recommend if you are into serial killers. Try to find To Catch A Killer. It's the best version about a serial killer I have seen so far. Brian Dennehy gives a perfect performance playing Gacy. No fictional facts in that flick. But it is a extreme hard one to find and if you do, expect to pay more than 100$!! But I am supposed to tell about The Alphabet Killer. The Alphabet Killer is a 2008 thriller-horror film, loosely based on the Alphabet murders that took place in Rochester, New York between 1971 and 1973. Eliza Dushku stars as the main character, alongside Cary Elwes, Michael Ironside, Bill Moseley and Timothy Hutton. The film is directed by Rob Schmidt, director of Wrong Turn, and written by Tom Malloy, who also acted in a supporting role. All promising but don't count on that. The story is based on the role of Eliza Dushku, the police officer involved in the search for the killer (fictional), but can't find him so she's loosing her mind and tries to kill herself. Nothing of this happened in the real story. The storyline takes place nowadays while the killings happened in the seventies. The only correct things are the facts that he killed 3 girls, and takes place in Rochester N.Y. and the case is up to today unsolved. Another teaser are the actors involved. Bill Moseley, good actor but is only maybe 2 minutes in the movie. Michael Ironside, also maybe 10 minutes in it. So forget that. There are no killings shown, no blood, no gore, only what is happening with the officer concerning the research for the killer. It's sad that a movie is sold with the headline "based on a true story" and gives us names that aren't really a long time in the movie. Luckily I found it on Blu Ray for 2 euro's. If you really are into the story than I can give you this, Between 1971 and 1973, three young girls, ages ten to eleven, were found sexually assaulted and slain near Rochester, New York. The girls all had double initials for their first and last names and were found dead in suburbs with names in which the first letter co-ordinated with the girls' initials. Two prime suspects later committed suicide. A third suspect, Kenneth Bianchi, went to California where he went on to become one of the infamous Hillside Stranglers, but to this day he insists he had nothing to do with the so-called Double Initial, or Alphabet, murders. The crimes remain unsolved...

Lechuguilla This crime thriller centers on a detective named Megan (Eliza Dushku) who investigates a series of child murders in upstate New York. But Megan suffers from a mental illness, the symptoms of which get worse as she delves deeper into the killings. She hears strange voices and sees "visions" related to the victims.With low light levels and muted colors, combined with creepy background music, the film's first half creates an effective thriller atmosphere. We see the outline of the killer, but never the face. Will Megan solve the murders and overcome her illness, or will the inept police supersede, to botch the case? As viewers, we root for Megan to succeed.Although the script idea originates from a real-life murder case, referred to generally as the "double initial" serial killings, which terrorized upstate New York in the early 1970s, the film's overall plot and main characters are fictional. The story setting is the present, not the 1970s. The scriptwriter created the Megan character out of thin air. And the story's outcome deviates considerably from the outcome of the real-life case. The film's writer wrote a fictional plot, based on a real-life premise. The film's second half fails to convince, largely because of its clichéd plot contrivances.Visuals consist of an annoying widescreen projection and some hokey CGI effects, in the form of "ghosts". But the low lighting contributes tension, as does some clever low-angle camera shots. And the director relies mostly on a hand-held camera, which enhances realism. Overall casting and acting are fine."The Alphabet Killer" gets off to a great start. But it falters in the second half, owing to fictional plot points that dilute the underlying real-life premise. I would have preferred a narrative that followed the true story, though I understand that the reason for not doing so was budget constraints. By lowering one's expectations, the viewer may find the film worthwhile, either as a fictional thriller or as a character study of a woman fighting her own demons.