The Craigslist Killer

The Craigslist Killer (2011)

Be careful what you search for.

Based on a true story, seemingly flawless Philip Markoff, a charismatic and popular medical student at Boston University, leads a double life and starts to descend into a twisted world of gambling, crime, battery, and eventually murder, all while meeting his victims via Craigslist. 

Date of release
2011-01-03
TMDB
5.2 / 10 (113)
Runtime
1h 35m
Genres
Drama, Thriller
Director
Stephen Kay

Casting

Interesting facts

The Craigslist Killer, also stylized as the//craigslist.killer in some promotional images, is a 2011 American crime drama television film directed by Stephen Kay, written by Donald Martin and Stephen Tolkin, and starring Jake McDorman, Agnes Bruckner, Kevin Kilner, and William Baldwin. It follows the dark, mysterious life of murderer Philip Markoff.

Production

The film adapts the book A Date with Death: The Secret Life of the Accused "Craigslist Killer", written by Michele McPhee. Stephen K. Kay was brought on to direct the film, based on a script written by Donald Martin and Stephen Tolkin. Development on the film began prior to the death of Philip Markoff, who was believed to have been responsible for several robberies and murders.

Of the film, executive producer Judith Verno noted that they did not speak to Markoff's ex-fiancée Megan McAllister but that they "tried to be very respectful of that fact that she loved him and that she had no knowledge of his crimes" and that what the network found compelling were the questions "What attracted us to the story (was the idea of), how well do you really know someone?...When you are looking at a person who on the surface has so muc…

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