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After the Civil War, a Southern boy aged 12 runs away from his foster home, wanders the countryside and meets various odd characters along the way.Director: ...
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Apr 6, 2020 · While traveling through the South after the ravages of the Civil War, a parentless young boy named George Mellish is told the spooky tale of an axe-murderer called “The Fool Killer.” When George befriends the odd Milo Bogardus, he begins to fear that the legends might not be mere fiction.
Dec 21, 2020 · Overall, The Fool Killer follows the freight-train hopping post-Civil War adventures of 12 year old George Mellish (Edward Albert) escaping from his brutal foster parents to traverse the rural landscape of the deep South, stumbling across a series of colorful characters along the way, such as alcoholic hermit-like reprobate Dirty Jim (the aged ...
After the Civil War George Mellish, a 12-year-old orphan, leaves his foster home. The youth is befriended by aging reprobate Dirty Jim Jelliman, who relates to him the legend of The Fool Killer, an axe murderer. George later makes the acquaintance of Milo Bogardus, an anticlerical veteran.
- Servando González, Francisco Day
- Anthony Perkins
After the Civil War, a southern boy, aged 12, runs away from his foster home, wanders the countryside, and meets various odd characters along the way, including Milo, a mysterious drifter who may or may not be the vengeful "Fool Killer" of folklore.
“The Fool Killer,” Servando González’s dreamy and haunting 1965 film, plays Sunday, July 23, in a rare 16mm print at the Pacific Film Archive. A boy (Edward Albert) leaves his abusive parents to journey across the post-Civil War South.
The Fool Killer ★★½ Violent Journey 1965. In the post-Civil War south, a 12 year-old boy learns that a terrifying legend about an axe-murderer may be all too real. Offbeat film with striking visuals and photography. Debut film for Albert and another choice psycho role for Perkins. 100m/ B VHS.
