Happy Face Killer Page #5

Synopsis: Follow the hunt and ultimate capture of serial killer Keith Hunter Jesperson. An aspiring cop turned long-haul truck driver after a failed marriage, Jesperson strangled his first victim following an argument and was back on the road again the very next day, killing at least eight women over a five-year span as he crisscrossed the country. Upset after a woman falsely confesses that she and her boyfriend are responsible for one of his murders, Jesperson begins to taunt the authorities by sending a series of disturbing letters to newspaper editors, even scribbling confessions on the walls of highway rest stops admitting that he loved killing his victims. By signing his morbid notes with a happy face, he earned himself the notorious nickname, "Happy Face Killer" and forever left his mark of fear.
 
IMDB:
5.5
TV-14
Year:
2014
83 min
102 Views


and then take their body

far, far away.

Time and distance

is the main trick,

and if you get that right,

well, abra-cadabra!

Dez...

There's someone

here to see you.

Mr. Whitman.

Melinda Gand, FBI.

Can we talk privately?

Hey.

Dez, it's Keith.

What's up?

Not much.

How are you?

I'm kinda busy here.

Got any runs for me?

Uh, let me take a look,

and, I'll, uh,

call you right back.

Dez, if you get any runs,

I could really use one now.

All right?

Gotta go.

"Police continue to investigate

the brutal slayings of several young women..."

"...left his signature happy face drawn

in blood on his victims at crime scenes."

"Ongoing investigation..."

"Criminal psychologists describe

him as someone who..."

You didn't

answer the phone.

Diane, I...

I just got busy.

That's...

that's all it is.

It's not just that, honey.

You say

you're going away

for a certain

period of time

and you don't come back

when you say you will.

It's just,

I have all these

wedding plans to make

and decisions to make,

and you're never around.

And you don't answer

your phone.

You're right,

I'm sorry.

It's just, I'm forced to make

these decisions by myself,

and it's

stressing me out.

I need you

to be around.

And if you don't

answer your phone,

how can I ask you

about anything?

I said I'm sorry.

Okay?

I just got busy.

Yeah, you keep saying that.

The dispatcher

tells me what to do.

That's where I go.

I'm just trying

to make a living.

Yeah.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

You're right.

I'm so sorry.

Keith?

What?

What is it? Tell me?

Why don't you ever

tell me anything?

Don't be like that.

Don't be like what?

Let's start over.

I'm starving.

What's

in the fridge?

Nothing!

I think we should postpone

the wedding.

Why is it

that all women cause trouble?

You know what,

you don't want to see this.

Just got a call.

A woman named

Diane Loftin

is missing from

her job at a diner.

She's engaged

to Keith Jesperson.

I'm sorry, Diane.

Hey, Dez, it's Keith again.

I just want you to know,

if there are any runs,

I'm available.

Here's the plan,

when Jesperson calls

his dispatcher,

he'll be directed

to a location.

Myself, Sheriff Cotton,

agent Anselo,

and our team

will be there.

Timing is key.

Any questions?

These women mattered.

Let's bring him in.

Hey, Dez.

It's Keith.

Is anybody looking for me?

What are you talking about?

Like who?

You paranoid

or something?

What's your problem?

Nothing. Listen,

I just really could use

a run right now.

Find out where he is.

Tell him to stay put,

you'll call him with something.

Are you there, Dez?

Dez?

Of course, I'm here.

where do I ever go?

Stop messing with me!

All right, hold tight,

and I'll get right back to you.

Got it.

Call him.

Look, I know this is fun

and all, agent Gand,

but I'm not gonna

get killed, am I?

Call him and give him

this location.

Hey, Dez...

You're in luck.

"Klingman Industrial Warehouse"

for pickup.

What am I picking up?

Uh, three tons

galvanized steel,

six tons

of "I" beams.

Keith...

You want it or not, Keith?

Keith, you want it

or not?

What's the address?

Hi, John.

Well, it seems like

my luck has run out.

I'll never be able

to enjoy life

on the outside again.

I got into a bad situation

and my emotions

caught up with me.

I killed a woman in my truck

during an argument,

and with all the evidence

against me,

I guess I truly am

the black sheep of the family.

The court will

appoint me a lawyer

and there will be a trial

and I'm sure they'll kill me

for this.

Now...

I'm sorry that things

turned out this way.

I've been a killer

for some time.

I've killed eight people,

assaulted more.

I guess I...

haven't really

learned anything.

How you doing?

Just leave

the rig here.

We'll get the paperwork going.

Freeze!

Don't move!

Hands behind

your head,

Jesperson!

You're under arrest

for the murder of Diane Loftin.

I didn't kill her.

Yeah, you did.

Just like you killed

Sissy Peyton

and all the others.

You can't prove that.

I know you're

the Happy Face Killer.

That's ridiculous.

Get him out of here.

I really am sorry that we didn't

have any time together... alone.

Agent Gand?

Something to remember us by.

That's a big honor.

She guards those

with her life.

Thank you.

Thanks, Felicia.

You know what?

I would've made

a hell of a Mountie.

But, well, their loss.

Come on, let's go.

Let's go.

Come on, boy.

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Richard Christian Matheson

Richard Christian Matheson (born October 14, 1953) is an American writer of horror fiction and screenplays. He is the author of over 100 short stories of psychological horror and magic realism which are gathered in over 150 major anthologies and in his critically hailed hardcover short story collections Scars and Other Distinguishing Marks, Amazon #1 bestseller Dystopia and Zoopraxis. He is the author of the suspense novel Created By and Hollywood novella of magic realism The Ritual of Illusion, and was the editor of the commemorative book Stephen King's Emmy Winning BATTLEGROUND Matheson also adapted the short story which was made into an iconic episode of the TNT series "Nightmares & Dreamscapes" and won two Emmys. He wrote or co-wrote the screenplays for Three O'Clock High, Full Eclipse, It Takes Two, Loose Cannons Shifter, Midvale The Nature of Evil(co-written with his father Richard Matheson, Paradise, It Waits, Happy Face Killer, Voices of Midway, "Red Sleep", "Hooky", Dean Koontz's Soul Survivor as a 4-hour mini series, three Masters of Horror episodes, Stephen King's Big Driver, and 'NIGHTMARE CINEMA". He wrote for Amazing Stories, the miniseries Nightmares & Dreamscapes and adapted as four-hour miniseries HG Well's "THE TIME MACHINE", Roger Zelazny's "The Chronicles of Amber" and Whitley Strieber's "Majestic". Matheson also wrote twenty comedy and drama pilots for major studios and networks. He co-created, co-executive produced and co-wrote all thirteen episodes of the highly-rated HBO/Cinemax half-hour comedy series CHEMISTRY. He has been executive story consultant, supervising producer and executive producer for network television series. He is also the co-executive producer of the films Cub, It Waits, Paradise, Full Eclipse and Big Driver. more…

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