Gacy (film)

Gacy
Film poster
Directed byClive Saunders
Screenplay byDavid Birke
Clive Saunders
Story byClive Saunders
Produced byTim Swain
Larry Rattner
StarringMark Holton
Charlie Weber
Glenn Morshower
Allison Lange
Edith Jefferson
Joleen Lutz
Jeremy Lelliot
John Laughlin
CinematographyKristian Bernier
Edited byJeff Orgill
Chryss Terry
Music byErik Godal
Mark Fontana
Production
companies
Peninsula Films
DEJ Productions
Rillington Productions
Beartooth Productions
Distributed byLionsgate Home Entertainment
Release date
  • 13 May 2003 (2003-05-13) (United States)
Running time
88 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Gacy (also known as The Crawl Space[1]) is a 2003 American crime horror thriller film written and directed by Clive Saunders, and co-written by David Birke. A direct-to-video release, it is based on the crimes of John Wayne Gacy, an American serial killer who raped, tortured, and murdered at least thirty-three men and boys in Chicago, Illinois during the 1970s.[2] The film stars actor Mark Holton in his first lead role as Gacy.

  1. ^ Christopher Berry-Dee (2020). Serial Killers at the Movies: My Intimate Talks with Mass Murderers who Became Stars of the Big Screen. Ad Lib Publishers. ISBN 9781913543839. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
  2. ^ "Top 10 Scary Movie Clowns". hollywoodreporter.com. The Hollywood Reporter. 16 October 2014. Retrieved 10 June 2022.