Gacy (film)

Gacy is a 2003 direct-to-video biographical-drama film directed by Clive Saunders and written by Saunders and David Birke. The story revolves around the life of serial killer John Wayne Gacy.

Plot

John Wayne Gacy (Mark Holton) seemed to be a model citizen. He even volunteered as a clown for the children at the local hospital, but he kept a gruesome secret. A trail of missing young men led to Gacy's suburban home. The nation watched in horror as, one by one, the details of over 30 murders came to light and most of the victims, entombed in the crawl space underneath his house, were unearthed. John Wayne Gacy had been one of the most infamous killers in the whole country.

Cast

• Mark Holton (Scott Alan Henry, young) as John Wayne Gacy, Jr.
• Adam Baldwin as John Gacy, Sr.
• Charlie Weber as Tom Kovacs
• Allison Lange as Gretchen
• Edith Jefferson as Mother Gacy
• Joleen Lutz as Karen Gacy
• Kenneth Swartz as Dave
• Matt Farnsworth as Stu
• Joseph Sikora as Roger
• Jeremy Lelliot as Little Stevie
• Oren Skoog as Jimmy
• Joe Roncetti as Peter
• Eddie Adams as Duane
• Doran Ray as Tony
• Larry Hankin as Eddie Bloom
• Glenn Morshower and Jessica Schatz as Ted and Julie Boyle
• Jessica and Grace Hanamoto as the daughters
• Wyatt Denny as Steve

Production notes

• The character of Tom Kovacs is a composite of two young men who had lived with Gacy in reality.

Reception

On the film review aggregate website Rotten Tomatoes, Gacy received a 17% approval rating, based on 6 reviews, with an average rating of 3.8/10.^[1]

References

External links

• Gacy at the Internet Movie Database
• Gacy at AllMovie
• Gacy at Rotten Tomatoes