A police profiler has just returned from psychiatric leave only to find that he is caught up in a serial killer's rampage. Fighting to keep buried the trauma of his childhood, he must confront the all too-familiar flesh masks that the killer leaves on the faces of his victims. He must face his own demons along with the killer to save his small eroding existence.
Acting
Mark Pellegrino's unhinged killer energy outclasses the entire production.
Practical Effects
The flesh mask designs are genuinely unsettling on a micro-budget.
Director
Charles Adelman
Mark Thompson
Russell Spivey
Mark Pellegrino
John Tyler
Teri Polo
Amanda Richardson
Kevin Pollak
Dr. Simmons
Dwight Yoakam
S&M Shop Owner
Jere Burns
Jeffrey Nobels
Ken Howard
Sheriff Sedgewick
Patrick J. Adams
Teenage Carter
Kenton Duty
Young Russell
Deborah Carson
Rebecca Tyler
E.J. Callahan
Cemetary Owner
Rick Chambers
Reporter
Greg Cromer
Jacobs
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Charles Adelman's only feature directorial credit; he previously edited softcore thrillers for Cinemax under a pseudonym.
Released straight-to-DVD in 2009 alongside a wave of 'tortured male protagonist' police procedurals trying to capitalize on Se7en's lingering influence—this one forgot the style and the substance.
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