The Smiley Face Killers 2014 123movies

Watch: The Smiley Face Killers 2014 123movies, Full Movie Online – Since 1998 The Smiley Face Killers gang has been responsible for the drowning deaths of over 80 young men across 11 states. They torture their victims using water boarding style techniques for days and in some cases months until they kill them. Then they dump the bodies in nearby rivers or lakes subsequently washing away any evidence and always leave their signature, a Smiley Face painted nearby. In 2011, Andrew Fitzgerald who had followed the cases since he was in high school began working on a documentary that once completed would be the most comprehensive piece ever done on these killers. He was working in New York City at the time as a videographer/editor and with his equipment and skills was making the film in his spare time. Using social media as a launch pad he was generating interest along the way by documenting the behind the scenes happenings so people could see first hand just what it took to make a film of this caliber..
Plot: A documentary about a theorized gang of serial killers that has been killing young men in the United States since 1997. It’s believed they have murdered upwards of 80 college-aged men and do so by drowning their victims and then dump the bodies in nearby lakes and rivers for authorities to find.
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	4.8/10 Votes: 206
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	N/A Votes: 6 Popularity: 1.4 | TMDB

Reviews:

Gripping, and compelling, with a strange twist
A creative and riveting film that grips you right at the end in a terrifying twist. Though this is fiction it is based on REAL events. Estimates are there are 300 dead college men – all killed by “The Smiley Face Killers” – author Steph Young (Stephen Young) has written compelling books about these “Smiley Face killers” -‘Dead in the Water: Forever Awake. Investigating the Smiley Face Killers’ -was one of the most frightening books i have ever read. This documentary-style movie is based on these killers and the phenomenon of disappearing college men. It’s a real-time investigation and a documentary style. A retired NYPD began tracking these killers – they’re still out there. This imaginative, compelling, and ultimately terrifying movie does an awesome job in bringing this to light. Good Job! The suspense is gripping throughout and the ending shocking!

Good because it’s bad
I watched this fully unaware that it might be fake. Given that fact, I felt all the performances were very believable and even more impressive to me was how well the film mimicked a low-budget, first time documentary. Giving them the benefit of the doubt, they did a great job of being purposefully bad and low-quality in some of the filming techniques…the overuse of voice-over, the injection of the director and their personal history, and the docu footage of the process. Since I believed it to be real, I was riveted up to the chilling and believable end.

SPOILERS AHEAD

The only moment I may have had any suspicion that something was off in the film was the moment in the final scene where the director has chosen to go to a person’s house alone at night – a person who has behaved very defensive in their communications and who is involved in a subculture the director believes could be linked to the killers. And the fact that the friend or others involved were seemingly unaware of this until the accidental discovery of this footage on his hard drive.

I only discovered the film was a fake when I decided to google it afterwards…hoping it were fake because of how disturbing it was and believing the perpetrators would have been caught by now it if it were real.

The best way to experience this film is like I did…believing it to be real…which means it can only really be experienced once…or as long as that belief persists. This parallels my experience of The Blair Witch Project to which this film owes everything. Given the supernatural elements of Blair Witch and it’s complete lack of a factual basis, the Smiley Face Killers has a greater potential to maintain its creepiness upon multiple viewings.

Assuming the film was made purposefully amateurish to add to its believability, I think this is a well-executed horror film that has yet to receive its due. The only possible detracting factor has been mentioned by others and that is the questionable ethics regarding its effects on the real murders. Hopefully, it draws attention to those investigations, if nothing else.

Other Information:

Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 23 min (83 min), 1 hr 22 min (82 min) (USA)
Budget 0
Revenue 0
Status Released
Rated N/A
Genre Crime, Thriller
Director Andrew Fitzgerald
Writer Andrew Fitzgerald
Actors Thomas Le Min, Leanne Linsky, Mark Garrison
Country United States
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Sound Mix Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio 16:9 HD
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