I Know Who Killed Me is a Not-So-Great Film
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I Know Who Killed Me is somehow made good, however, by a compelling Lindsay Lohan and a rather a unique plot. A bloody thumbs up!
Written by BHM Contributor Horror Queen
July 27, 2007
Release: July 27, 2007
Directed by: Chris Sivertson
Written by: Jeffrey Hammond
Starring:
Bonnie Aarons as Fat Teena
Michael Adler as Dr. Alex Dupree
Garcelle Beauvais-Nilon as Agent Julie Bascome
Lindsay Lohan as Aubrey Fleming/Dakota Moss
Paula Marshall as Marnie Toland
Neal McDonough as Daniel Fleming
Brian McNamara as Fred Toland
I just love a good horror movie. I especially love a great horror movie but let’s face it those are few and far between. I Know Who Killed Me written by Jeff Hammond and directed by Chris Sivertson is a good horror movie. Good because it keeps us guessing right up until the end, and believe me, Horror Queen prides herself on being able to figure out “whodunits” within the first fifteen minutes. This is actually an annoying obsessive habit that tends to ruin films for those of us who have it. Anyway, the cleverness in plot coupled with the talented acting of leading lady Lindsay Lohan in I Know Who Killed Me just manages to make up for some of the uninspired dialogue and not so great performances of the supporting actors.
I Know Who Killed Me is the story of young writer and pianist Aubrey, a high school student…okay
I have to say here that Ms. Lohan does look a bit older than you’re average high school
student…who goes missing only to reappear days later with a missing arm and leg and a
brand new personality, that of a hard knocks stripper named Dakota. Confused? So are
Aubrey’s friends and family, not to mention her now-slighted cat. Yet after seeing
the graphic torture scenes in which the amputations take place at the hands of an unknown serial
killer, we naturally assume the Dakota thing is just some sort of post-traumatic stress disorder.
Not the case, as it turns out. Without giving too much away, think Boxing
Helena meets the Parent Trap.
Aubrey, now Dakota desperately tries to find out what happened to her arm and leg and how she ended up in this conservative rich girl’s life with a family and boyfriend she doesn’t know. And speaking of the boyfriend, his shock at seeing his teen love so severely disfigured is quickly alleviated by the fact that she now has quite a sexual appetite as well as the talents of a stripper. Who knew?
Have you ever wondered why in a horror movie no one ever bothers to call the authorities for help? At least I Know Who Killed Me respects the viewer’s intelligence enough to address this obvious question, albeit in a lame way. As Aubrey/Dakota and her father speed off to find the killer, her father mentions calling for help to which she responds with annoyance “we don’t have time!” This "time problem" has plagued not just I Know Who Killed Me but countless horror films over the years, many of which would cease to exist if a simple ten second “911” call was made. But you knew that.
So if you are a Lindsay Lohan fan, a horror fan or both, and you don’t mind a little graphic violence with your sexual overtones, go treat yourself to I Know Who Killed Me.
Horror Queen Says: Bloody Thumbs Up!
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