Dear Mr. Gacy
| Dear Mr. Gacy | |
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| Based on |
The Last Victim by Jason Moss Jeffrey Kottler |
| Screenplay by | Kellie Madison |
| Story by | Clark Peterson |
| Directed by | Svetozar Ristovski |
| Starring |
Jesse Moss William Forsythe Emma Lahana Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman Patrick Gilmore |
| Theme music composer | Terry Frewer |
| Country of origin | Canada |
| Original language(s) | English |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) |
Clark Peterson Tom Berry Gordon Yang |
| Cinematography | Larry Lynn |
| Editor(s) | Scott Belyea |
| Running time | 103 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original release | May 11, 2010 |
Dear Mr. Gacy is a 2010 Canadian drama thriller film directed by Svetozar Ristovski, starring William Forsythe and Jesse Moss. The film is based on Jason Moss's memoir, The Last Victim.
As part of his college thesis, Jason Moss (Jesse Moss), a criminology student, decides to write to John Wayne Gacy and attempt to gain his trust through impersonating a typical victim or admirer.
Moss sends a carefully crafted letter to John Wayne Gacy (William Forsythe) in prison, portraying himself as a vulnerable, sexually confused boy. The letter is an intricate plan to get inside Gacy's head in hopes of uncovering new information regarding his murders that will aid Moss in writing a standout term paper.
The film unfolds as Gacy, suspicious at first, puts Moss through intense emotional tests via letters and collect calls, all of which leads to strained relationships with his girlfriend and family. Gacy tries to convince Moss to become a hustler, and Moss lies about having his wallet stolen by a client. After hearing that, Gacy offers to have the man's penis cut off, saying he's very protective of people he's close to. Gacy even asks Moss to convince his younger brother, Alex, to send Gacy a letter, and suggests that Moss molest the boy after hearing he gets beat up a lot. That makes Jason avoid Gacy's calls for a few days, making Gacy angry and suspicious that he is writing to another inmate.
Jason becomes paranoid, meanwhile, and has several mental attacks as he becomes increasingly crazy. At school, Alex gets approached by a bully but Jason intervenes and severely beats the boy.
Once Gacy hears that his last appeal failed and he will be executed soon, he offers to pay for Jason to visit him in prison. Jason agrees after getting a call from the warden, who says the two will not be in the same room and there will be guards. Jason also speaks to a victim of Gacy's who escaped, who doesn't want him to go. After Jason arrives, he finds out he will be in the same room with Gacy and the guard leaves. Gacy shows Jason piles of letters he received from the media and admirers. Gacy gets angry when Moss refuses the strawberry shortcake Gacy ordered for him. Gacy begins threatening Jason and then sits back down and starts acting like the two are friends again. After more conversation, Gacy says he is going to rape and kill Jason, and shoves him against the wall. The guards watching the security cameras see this, but think the pair are simply kissing, and turn away because they don't want to watch them having sex. The guards finally arrive a few minutes after Jason yells for them.
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