Copycat

– An agoraphobic psychologist and a female detective must work together to take down a serial killer w..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
6.60 / 10
Duration:
2 Hours and 3 Minutes
Release Year:
1995
Copycat (1995)

An agoraphobic psychologist and a female detective must work together to take down a serial killer who copies serial killers from the past.

Story Timeline:
Producing Country:
USA
Filming Locations:

Copycat (1995) - Trailer

Release Date:

27 Oct 1995

Language:

English

MPAA Content-Rating:
R – Restricted

Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. Contains some adult material. Parents are urged to learn more about the film before taking their young children with them.

Director:

Jon Amiel

Writer:

Ann Biderman, David Madsen

Main Actors:

Sigourney Weaver, Holly Hunter, Dermot Mulroney, William McNamara

Plot:

In San Francisco, the criminal psychologist Helen Hudson is specialized in serial-killers. During a trial, the accused Daryll Lee Cullum kills a police officer and tries to kill her and she becomes agoraphobic. Now Helen lives a reclusive life with her gay friend Andy that helps her. Sometime later, there is a wave of crimes and Detectives M.J. Monahan and Reuben Goetz are investigating the murder cases. Helen identifies that the murderer is copycatting notorious serial-killers and she anonymously contacts the Police Department. After fourteen phone calls, she is identified by the police. Detectives M.J. and Reuben visit her and Helen teams up with them and prepares the profile of the killer that wants to be famous. But soon the copycat killer Peter Foley contacts and stalks Helen and M.J. and Reuben give protection to her. Will they be capable to stop Foley before the next murder?

Awards:

2 wins & 1 nomination.

Production:

Warner Home Video

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
6.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
78%
Metacritic:
54%