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Bloodletting (1997)

Bloodletting poster
Directed by
Matthew Jason Walsh
Genre
horror, comedy
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 29m
Rating
5.0 of 10 from 6 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A serial killer is forced by a young woman to take her on as his apprentice. They form an uneasy partnership while committing murders together.

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What happens

Bloodletting is a 1997 American direct-to-video horror film written and directed by Matthew Jason Walsh and executive produced by J. R. Bookwalter. The film was shot-on-video, and stars James L. Edwards as Butch Harlow, a serial killer who is blackmailed by young woman Serena Stalin (Ariauna Albright) into taking her on as his apprentice. Bloodletting was preceded by a 1995 short film, I've Killed Before, also directed by Walsh and starring Edwards and Albright. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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