Office Killer
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| Office Killer | |
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 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Cindy Sherman |
| Written by | Todd Haynes Tom Kalin Elise MacAdam Cindy Sherman |
| Produced by | Pamela Koffler |
| Starring | Carol Kane David Thornton Molly Ringwald Jeanne Tripplehorn Barbara Sukowa |
| Cinematography | Russell Fine |
| Edited by | Merril Stern |
| Music by | Evan Lurie |
Production companies | |
| Distributed by | Miramax Films |
Release date |
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Running time | 82 min |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Office Killer is a 1997 American comedy-horror film directed by Cindy Sherman. It was released in 1997 and stars Carol Kane, Molly Ringwald and David Thornton.
Plot
A magazine editor named Dorine, due to budget cuts, is forced to work from home. One night she is called to help fix the computer of a co-worker, Gary Michaels, who is electrocuted while trying to fix the wires. Dorine dials 911, but hangs up when the call is answered. She places the corpse on a cart, rolls it down to her car, loads it in her trunk, and takes it home, placing it in her basement. Then, seemingly without reason, she goes into a murder spree. She begins her spree by murdering another office worker, but later murders two young Girl Scouts who arrive at her door to sell cookies. The young girls join the other corpses in the basement, and Dorine is seen eating the cookies while working on her new laptop. Dorine sends messages from Gary to the remaining office workers, implying he is alive. There are three more murders before the movie ends, all artistically executed. The last murder is the office manager (played by a young Jeanne Tripplehorn), who awakens in the basement, surrounded by dismembered bodies, after being knocked out by Dorine on a lunch date. After dispatching the office manager's boyfriend, who had come searching for her (a young Michael Imperioli) with a kitchen knife, Dorine murders the office manager after taunting her for making her and other employees work from home. The last scene shows Dorine, after her mother's death, setting fire to her basement, then, sporting a blond wig and makeup and with the office manager's head in a bag on the seat beside her, driving away in her car, and circling a newspaper ad with her pencil for an office job.
Cast
- Carol Kane as Dorine Douglas
- Molly Ringwald as Kim Poole
- Jeanne Tripplehorn as Norah Reed
- Barbara Sukowa as Virginia Wingate
- Michael Imperioli as Daniel Birch
- David Thornton as Gary Michaels
- Alice Drummond as Carlotta Douglas
- Michelle Hurst as Kate
- Julia McIlvaine as Linda
- Timothy Stickney as Paramedic
- Eric Bogosian as Peter Douglas (uncredited)
Reception
Although poorly reviewed, The New York Times claimed the film included "a nasty caricature of Arianna Stassinopoulos Huffington".[1]
References
- ^ "'Office Killer': Cindy Sherman Turns to Movies". partners.nytimes.com.
External links
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