Cinema is full of monsters , none more horrifying than the serial killer. Sure, they might just be deeply damaged human beings, but in the real world there are a lot more of those than skyscraper-sized reptiles or interplanetary demons. Even while watching a work of fiction, there is no quarter from the idea that somebody, somewhere, may want to kill you – and for no other reason than some unknown psychological force compels them to do so.

Why would anyone want to watch a movie about a serial killer? Unlike the general horror canon, films focused on murderers contain less ‘fun scares’ and instead hold a cracked mirror up to society itself – at least, that’s what the good ones do. In putting together this list of the best serial-killer films, we’ve paid particular attention to those

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