Aspiring young novelist Tony Zonis (Alexis Denisof) wants to write the next great suspense thriller, so he decides to study the work of master crime writer, Willard Hope (Christopher Lee). Together, they pick through random newspaper stories, looking for the unusual event that will make a good thriller. What they find is murder. A government cover-up... an international scandal... and the bodies are just beginning to fall into place. Now Tony isn't just writing the next best-seller... he's writing his own obituary.
Acting
Christopher Lee elevating garbage material through sheer gravitas.
Production
Ridiculous 80s fashion and cheap European locations.
Director
Markus Innocenti
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Alexis Denisof later married Alyson Hannigan from Buffy; this was early career survival work. The film was released as 'In the Mind of a Killer' in some markets to trick Lee fans.
This epitomizes the late-80s direct-to-video thriller boom where veteran actors like Lee funded their lifestyles by shooting cheap European co-productions in two weeks. The 'writer investigates real crime' plot was already a cliché by 1989.
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