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A 1987 crime drama written, produced, and directed by Creator/WilliamFriedkin that has a serial killer (Creator/AlexMcArthur) being tried by a prosecutor (Creator/MichaelBiehn) and the killer escapes to kill again.
The movie also stars Creator/NicholasCampbell, Creator/DeborahVanValkenburgh, Creator/JohnHarkins, Creator/ArtLeFleur, Creator/BillyGreenbush, and Creator/RoyceDApplegate.
It was released on September 11, 1987.
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!Tropes for the film:
* CreepyGasStationAttendant: The cannibalistic and necrophilic Charles Reece.
* HollywoodLaw: The movie portrays the case of an accused serial killer, Charles Reece, using the insanity defense fairly realistically until the end, when the jury finds him guilty. New evidence comes to light proving he has paranoid schizophrenia, causing delusions his blood was poisoned and that he needed to kill people for theirs. His defense attorney says (accurately) that it can be used as a mitigating factor when the jury decides if he should be sentenced to death or life without parole. But then the film ignores this, with the jury recommending that he be committed to a mental institution based on the new evidence, when their only legal options were death or life, having already rejected his insanity defense (TruthInTelevision: the insanity defense is successful only about 25% of the time and is used in just 1% of cases. In some states it's also been abolished entirely). If they acquitted him by reason of insanity, then he would be committed (and, unlike the film's suggestion, most likely never be released). An appeal on the new evidence might be a possibility, but it's less dramatic ([=80s=] films apparently liked to show obviously guilty bad guys being "[[OffOnATechnicality freed on technicalities]]", even when legally impossible).
* OneWordTitle: '''Rampage'''.
* SerialKiller: Charles Reece.
The movie also stars Creator/NicholasCampbell, Creator/DeborahVanValkenburgh, Creator/JohnHarkins, Creator/ArtLeFleur, Creator/BillyGreenbush, and Creator/RoyceDApplegate.
It was released on September 11, 1987.
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!Tropes for the film:
* CreepyGasStationAttendant: The cannibalistic and necrophilic Charles Reece.
* HollywoodLaw: The movie portrays the case of an accused serial killer, Charles Reece, using the insanity defense fairly realistically until the end, when the jury finds him guilty. New evidence comes to light proving he has paranoid schizophrenia, causing delusions his blood was poisoned and that he needed to kill people for theirs. His defense attorney says (accurately) that it can be used as a mitigating factor when the jury decides if he should be sentenced to death or life without parole. But then the film ignores this, with the jury recommending that he be committed to a mental institution based on the new evidence, when their only legal options were death or life, having already rejected his insanity defense (TruthInTelevision: the insanity defense is successful only about 25% of the time and is used in just 1% of cases. In some states it's also been abolished entirely). If they acquitted him by reason of insanity, then he would be committed (and, unlike the film's suggestion, most likely never be released). An appeal on the new evidence might be a possibility, but it's less dramatic ([=80s=] films apparently liked to show obviously guilty bad guys being "[[OffOnATechnicality freed on technicalities]]", even when legally impossible).
* OneWordTitle: '''Rampage'''.
* SerialKiller: Charles Reece.
