Hosted by Andrew Quinn and Darren Mooney, and this week with guest Cian Sullivan from the Selected and Sissy That Pod, The 250 is a (mostly) weekly trip through some of the best (and worst) movies ever made, as voted for by Internet Movie Database Users.
This time, Chris Sivertson‘s I Know Who Killed Me.
Aubrey Fleming is a talented student, piano player and writer from the upper class surroundings of New Salem. She has lived a sheltered life, but this changes dramatically as a serial killer stalks the community. Disappearing after a football game, Aubrey is found dismembered but alive in a ditch. Rushed to hospital, she eventually regains consciousness. There’s just one complication. She claims to be Dakota, a stripper who has lived a much crueler life than Aubrey ever knew.
At time of recording, it was ranked 75th on the list of the worst movies of all time on the Internet Movie Database.
Show notes:
- Recorded 22nd February 2020.
- I Know Who Killed Me at The Internet Movie Database.
- The IMDB Bottom 100 as it appeared at time of recording.
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I lowkey really like this movie! I also agree its heaaaaavy criticism was a bit too much/undeserved and fell in that disgusting “let’s kick women while they’re down” category mentioned from the early and mid 00’s. I do hope Lindsay starts acting again more often soon as well