Copycat

1995 Mystery & Suspense

Dr. Helen Hudson (Sigourney Weaver), a psychiatrist famous for her writings about serial murderers, is nearly killed by obsessed psychopath Daryll Lee Cullum (Harry Connick Jr.). As a result of this trauma, Helen becomes a drunken, pill-taking agoraphobic who can't leave her San Francisco apartment. After a series of bizarre murders, she calls the police suggesting that the murders were the work of a serial killer. Detective M.J. Monahan (Holly Hunter) and her assistant Ruben (Dermot Mulroney) believe Helen and discover, during the investigation, that the man is re-creating murders by the killers described in Helen's book: The Boston Strangler, Ted Bundy, Son of Sam and the Hillside Strangler. After Helen's secretary, Andy (John Rothmen) is murdered, Helen begins to fear for her own life. The film has a dramatic, terrifying conclusion as Helen confronts the killer and must overcome her own fears to save herself. more..

Director: Jon Amiel

Starring: Sigourney Weaver, Holly Hunter,Dermot Mulroney, William McNamara, Will Patton

 23 Reviews  2 Awards

Reviews

  • Intelligent and crackling with crisp, provocative visual energy, Copycat, the new thriller starring Sigourney Weaver and Holly Hunter, is so creepy and dangerous-feeling that it's like a knife edge pressed against the jugular.

    Peter Stack - The San Francisco Chronicle

    19 January 2013

  • It creates original characters - Hudson and, especially, the little dynamo M. J. - and makes them more important than the plot. We care, and that's the key.

    Roger Ebert - The Chicago Sun-Times

    19 January 2013

  • The movie is, in short, a trash conundrum. What nearly redeems the movie is its acting.

    - Entertainment Weekly

    19 January 2013

  • Aside from some effective suspense sequences, the film's strengths lie in the relationship between the heroines, which is well developed and plausible by genre standards.

    - TV Guide

    19 January 2013

  • The screenplay for Copycat, by Ann Biderman and Jay Presson Allen from a story by David Madsen, is otherwise so crackling good that character development threatens to eclipse the actual crimes.

    Janet Maslin - The New York Times

    19 January 2013

Awards

  • Best Music

    Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films (1996)

     

  • Jon Amiel

    Cognac Festival du Film Policier (1996)

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