Office Killer
1997 Directed by Cindy Sherman
Synopsis
When Dorine Douglas' job as proofreader for Constant Consumer magazine is turned into an at-home position during a downsizing, she doesn't know how to cope. But after accidentally killing one of her co-workers, she discovers that murder can quench the loneliness of her home life, as a macabre office place forms in her basement, populated by dead co-workers.
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Watched as part of the 31 horror movies in 31 days project.
What an unexpected treat! Office Killer isn't scary, unless you mean the terror of modern worklife, but vacillates between being fun and very disturbing. The cast is great, the direction is thoughtful, the messages about women and the workplace and technology are interesting.. this movie is way underrated.
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The only reason critics and preview people alike seem to have panned this strange movie is because, well, Molly Ringwald isn't the lead character. Perhaps Cindy Sherman doomed her project in the process of making a statement about starring roles—that recognition matters more than the content itself.
Coming two years before Office Space essentially solidified the Milton mousy-salaryman trope, Office Killer presents the same character in a more ruthless and self-confident extreme. For better or worse, it's a slasher film, albeit one that fills in the gaps between murders with, strangely enough, chick flick conversations. —Yes, I'm not kidding when I say that, like how Tarantino will venture off-course in his own stories, Todd Haynes' script takes its darned sweet…
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Deliciously off-kilter 'slasher' featuring Carol Kane as a deranged killer that you can't help but root for.
A gem.
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I'm a big fan of Cindy Sherman's photography, so I have been looking forward to seeing this for a while. I was not at all disappointed. Beautiful and weird and funny and disgusting.
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The only reason critics and preview people alike seem to have panned this strange movie is because, well, Molly Ringwald isn't the lead character. Perhaps Cindy Sherman doomed her project in the process of making a statement about starring roles—that recognition matters more than the content itself.
Coming two years before Office Space essentially solidified the Milton mousy-salaryman trope, Office Killer presents the same character in a more ruthless and self-confident extreme. For better or worse, it's a slasher film, albeit one that fills in the gaps between murders with, strangely enough, chick flick conversations. —Yes, I'm not kidding when I say that, like how Tarantino will venture off-course in his own stories, Todd Haynes' script takes its darned sweet…
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Watched as part of the 31 horror movies in 31 days project.
What an unexpected treat! Office Killer isn't scary, unless you mean the terror of modern worklife, but vacillates between being fun and very disturbing. The cast is great, the direction is thoughtful, the messages about women and the workplace and technology are interesting.. this movie is way underrated.
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Deliciously off-kilter 'slasher' featuring Carol Kane as a deranged killer that you can't help but root for.
A gem.
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Carol Kane is adorable AND creepy in this late 1990s "slasher/comedy" also starring Molly Ringwald. Honestly, Carol Kane made this movie.