Another crime thriller/drama based on a serial killer from DEG, this one focusses on Chicago-based killer John Wayne Gacy (played well by Mark Holton, who unfortunately can't raise the films worth with his above average performance) who on the outside seemed like a fairly normal family guy (he even used to dress up as a clown to entertain local sick kids) with a dark secret of kidnapping young boys, killing them and burying them under his house in the crawlspace (some of the films sickest moments just involve all the bugs squirming around in there).

Like the Ted Bundy film in the same "series" of movies this one suffers mostly because it's a bit too thin on the history of the killer choosing more to focus on the crimes the man commited rather than the man himself. This just causes the movie to not have much depth in characterization, though it does manage to make Gacy come across as what he was: a really pathetic guy who hid his homosexual urges and murdering ways and thought he was unstoppable.

Throw in a few moments of illogical police action in the script (such as many of the stakeout moments, they don't ring true) and you have a pretty disappointing time. The 1991 TV mini-series, To Catch A Killer, starring Brian Dennehy as Gacy came across a heck of a lot better.

Directed By: Clive Saunders.
Written By: David Birke, Clive Saunders.

Starring: Mark Holton, Charlie Weber, Glenn Morshower, Allison Lange.