by Hal Erickson
synopsis
Wings Hauser both stars in and directs The Art of Dying. Hauser plays Jack, a vice cop who tries to unravel the mystery behind a series of murders in which each of the corpses has been found with stage makeup on its face. Turns out that the killer is Roscoe (Gary Werntz), a demented movie-maker whose overwhelming desire for realism has resulted in a variety of horrible deaths for his unwary actors. Each victim is dispatched in a manner evoking a famous film: one is killed in the shower, another dies while playing Russian Roulette a la The Deer Hunter, and so forth.
characteristics
- Politician
- Runaway [from Home]
- Political
- Paternity
- Parent
- Serial-killer
- Shoot-out
- Teen
- Wimp
- Son
- Slasher
- Simp
- Murder
- Missing-person
- Evidence
