Serial Killers
Have we reached peak serial killer film and television? Ellen E Jones and Mark Kermode look at the screen's morbid fascination with the genre - and its dicey ethics.
Have we reached peak serial killer film and television? Ellen E Jones and Mark Kermode look at the screen's morbid fascination with the genre - and its dicey ethics.
Mark speaks to John McNaughton, director of the notorious video nasty, Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer.
Producer: Queenie Qureshi-Wales
A Prospect Street production for BBC Radio 4
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- Fri 30 Oct 202619:15BBC Radio 4
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