Texas Killing Fields (film)

Texas Killing Fields
Theatrical release poster
Directed byAmi Canaan Mann
Written byDon Ferrarone
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyStuart Dryburgh
Edited byCindy Mollo
Music byDickon Hinchliffe
Production
companies
  • Forward Pass
  • Gideon Productions
  • Infinity Media
  • QED International
  • Watley Entertainment
Distributed byAnchor Bay Films
Release date
  • October 14, 2011 (2011-10-14)
Running time
115 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$1.69 million

Texas Killing Fields (also known as The Fields) is a 2011 American crime film directed by Ami Canaan Mann and starring Sam Worthington, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Jessica Chastain and Chloë Grace Moretz. It competed in the 68th Venice International Film Festival.[1]

The film's screenplay was loosely inspired by the history of killings along 30-plus miles of the Interstate 45 (I-45) corridor between Houston and Galveston, in and around an area known as "the Killing Fields". The true events include the murders of women kidnapped from cities spread along the I-45 corridor and dumped in many areas, including various bayous surrounding the oil fields of Texas City, Texas. While in real life there have been several itinerant serial killers involved over the years, the film focuses on specific local Texas City suspects.

  1. ^ "Venezia 68: International competition of feature films". Venice. Archived from the original on September 27, 2011. Retrieved July 31, 2011.