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Exclusive clip: Take a bad ride with “ED KEMPER”

Wednesday, April 2, 2025 | Exclusives, News

By MICHAEL GINGOLD

The real-life serial killer picks up a couple of potential victims in this excerpt from the movie releasing this week.

ED KEMPER is coming to select theaters this Friday, April 4 from Epic Pictures’ Dread label, which then makes the movie available for VOD rental and purchase April 8. Chad Ferrin (PIG KILLER, H.P. LOVECRAFT’S THE OLD ONES) directed from a script he wrote with Stephen Johnston (TED BUNDY, THE HILLSIDE STRANGLER); Brandon Kirk, Susan Priver, Brinke Stevens, Lew Temple, Cassandra Gava, Robert Miano, Silvia Spross, Elina Madison and Timothy Muskatell star. According to the official synopsis, the movie “follows the horrifying true story of Ed Kemper [Kirk], a cunning and sadistic serial killer shaped by childhood abuse, whose charming facade masked his grotesque obsession with murder, mutilation, and the ultimate act of revenge against the woman who scarred him most–his mother.”

Michael Gingold
Michael Gingold (RUE MORGUE's Head Writer) has been covering the world of horror cinema for over three decades, and in addition to his work for RUE MORGUE, he has been a longtime writer and editor for FANGORIA magazine and its website. He has also written for BIRTH.MOVIES.DEATH, SCREAM, IndieWire.com, TIME OUT, DELIRIUM, MOVIEMAKER and others. He is the author of the AD NAUSEAM books (1984 Publishing) and THE FRIGHTFEST GUIDE TO MONSTER MOVIES (FAB Press), and he has contributed documentaries, featurettes and liner notes to numerous Blu-rays, including the award-winning feature-length doc TWISTED TALE: THE UNMAKING OF "SPOOKIES" (Vinegar Syndrome).