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Murder Made Fiction Podcast - Bloody Disgusting

Murder Made Fiction Podcast - Bloody Disgusting is not a Tomatometer-approved publication. Reviews from this publication only count toward the Tomatometer® when written by the following Tomatometer-approved critic(s): Jenn Adams, Joe Lipsett.

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Rating Title | Year Author Quote
4/5
Born for Hell (1976) Joe Lipsett A tough but compelling watch that seamlessly blends a critique of violence from the Troubles, Vietnam, and Richard Speck into a single, uncompromising text
Posted Jan 27, 2026  Edit critic review
1/5
Ed Kemper (2025) Joe Lipsett Ferrin's film is a throwback to the 00s in its focus on sensational bloodletting and prioritizing the killer over victims. Brandon Kirk is outstanding, but co-lead Susan Priver is in a different movie in a bad way
Posted Jan 15, 2026  Edit critic review
4/5
Thirteen Lives (2022) Joe Lipsett A tense, albeit slightly too long, disaster film. Howard shoots the underwater/cave sequences like a horror film and the sound design, as things scrap the cave walls, is exquisite.
Posted Nov 25, 2025  Edit critic review
3/5
Deepwater Horizon (2016) Joe Lipsett Despite the star power, there are no characters here. Thankfully Peter Berg's capacity for shooting exciting action sequences is front and center and the night of the BP oil spill provides him with plenty of spectacle.
Posted Nov 20, 2025  Edit critic review
4.5/5
Zodiac Killer Project (2025) Joe Lipsett Zodiac Killer Project adheres to the subgenre's narrative and stylistic tropes to tell its own story, while simultaneously also deconstructing and lampooning them. It's endlessly clever
Posted Nov 20, 2025  Edit critic review
3.5/5
The Perfect Storm (2000) Joe Lipsett A surprisingly straightforward 'based on a true story' adaptation about blue collar workers battling capitalism and dying at the hands of Mother Nature. A solid cast, great FX, and old fashioned gender norms, but composer James Horner needs to ease off!
Posted Nov 11, 2025  Edit critic review
4/5
The Impossible (2012) Joe Lipsett Bayona's devastatingly visceral film is an emotional gut-punch. While accusations of white washing the tragedy are relevant, the focus on a single five person family all surviving the tsunami is undeniably compelling.
Posted Nov 11, 2025  Edit critic review
3/5
Ed Gein (2001) Joe Lipsett A more grounded interpretation of Ed Gein's life. Probably the most accurate reflection of what happened, even if it occasionally feels a bit slow and sedate. Features solid performances from Steve Railsback and Carrie Snodgress
Posted Oct 29, 2025  Edit critic review
4/5
Deranged (1974) Joe Lipsett A truly wild adaptation of Gein's story, this low budget Canadian exploitation film is delightfully sensational and provocative.
Posted Oct 21, 2025  Edit critic review
4.5/5
La llorona (2019) Joe Lipsett A near perfect embodiment of the richness of the La Llorona legend, this tale presents the mythical woman not as a punishing figure, but as a symbol of the Guatemalan genocide. The result is beauty, haunting, and incredibly memorable
Posted Sep 30, 2025  Edit critic review
3.5/5
The Haunted (1991) Joe Lipsett Despite an underwhelming finale, Sally Kirkland's hysterical performance deserves praise, as does the gusto of this made-for-TV movie. If you want to know about the Smurl haunting, this is better than The Conjuring: Last Rites
Posted Sep 19, 2025  Edit critic review
2/5
The Devil on Trial (2023) Joe Lipsett A poorly organized narrative and unnecessary use of AI doom this ineffectual examination of one of the Warrens' most sensational cases.
Posted Sep 17, 2025  Edit critic review
4/5
The Curse of the Crying Woman (1961) Joe Lipsett Memorable make-up effects, an ode to Mario Bava and an iconic performance by utterly perfect Rita Macedo make The Curse of The Crying Woman a memorable piece of Mexican Gothic. The climax is a little too drawn-out, but otherwise this film is a hoot!
Posted Sep 17, 2025  Edit critic review
La Llorona (1933) Joe Lipsett One of the 1st Mexican horror films made in sound, this triptych is about a generational curse that haunts the men of a family with ties to misogyny and colonialism. The ghost design is great, though the villain in the present looks a bit like a ninja
Posted Sep 09, 2025  Edit critic review
3/5
The Conjuring 2 (2016) Joe Lipsett Too long by far, James Wan's sequel nevertheless has great set-piece and a hornier version of Ed and Lorraine. As an Enfield Poltergeist/Haunting adaptation, the entire last act is fiction, but Farmiga and Wilson are as watchable as ever
Posted Sep 03, 2025  Edit critic review
3.5/5
Eden (2024) Joe Lipsett Ron Howard is in his no f*cks era because Eden is a campy, twisty delight. Everyone is having a blast, but none moreso than Ana de Armas, who vamps it up deliciously.
Posted Sep 03, 2025  Edit critic review
3.5/5
No Tears in Hell (2025) Joe Lipsett Featuring a great performance by Luke Baines, this true crime adaptation is an extremely rough watch. A little drawn out, but perhaps that's also just because the subject matter is so gruelling.
Posted Aug 11, 2025  Edit critic review
3/5
The Reef (2010) Joe Lipsett The adaptation of Ray Boundy's real life 1983 shark attack is slick and well packaged. While it would have helped casting more distinct actresses, The Reef boasts good shark set pieces and solid performances. Plays like a bigger budget Open Water
Posted Jul 22, 2025  Edit critic review
3/5
Open Water (2003) Joe Lipsett A minimalist shark film with only a few characters, real sharks, and a horrifying real life event. Points for how grim the film is willing to get, and a horrifying shark frenzy sequence that follows a night out in the ocean during a storm.
Posted Jul 15, 2025  Edit critic review
3.5/5
Sovereign (2025) Joe Lipsett While the film fudges the real events in order to create sympathy for Joe, Offerman and Tremblay are exceptional in roles that cast them against type
Posted Jul 11, 2025  Edit critic review
3.5/5
Kon-Tiki (2012) Joe Lipsett The historical recreation of the infamous 101 day Kon-Tiki journey wisely jettisons the racism that inspired the original trip, focusing instead on the sense of adventure and isolation among the six men crossing the ocean on an open raft.
Posted Jul 08, 2025  Edit critic review
The Exorcism of Anna Ecklund (2016) Joe Lipsett The Exorcism of Anna Ecklund is not a good movie, but it does take a turn from dull, familiar possession film into unexpected demon nun battle in the last act.
Posted Jun 13, 2025  Edit critic review
2/5
The Ritual (2025) Joe Lipsett A subdued Pacino and an accent-challenged Stevens have nothing to do in this rote, by-the-numbers exorcism film that is somehow *less* interesting than the real life case.
Posted Jun 06, 2025  Edit critic review
3/5
Lady of Csejte (2015) Joe Lipsett Aside from period inaccurate costumes, the film's greatest error is putting two orphans at the center of an Elizabeth Bathory story! Isabelle Allen and Svetlana Khodchenkova are both solid, though the film can't decide exactly what story to tell.
Posted May 30, 2025  Edit critic review
2.5/5
The Countess (2009) Joe Lipsett The historical drama is a bore. Erzsebet's schoolgirl crush essentially turns her into a murderous imbecile, so while Delpy does well in her role, it's Anamaria Marinca as Darvulia who is the most interesting
Posted May 27, 2025  Edit critic review
2/5
Bathory (2008) Joe Lipsett The costuming looks great, but the sprawling narrative, whiplash editing, and endless number of characters makes this a challenge to follow. Friel simply doesn't command the screen as the lead, even if the film's approach to Bathory is fresh and new
Posted May 27, 2025  Edit critic review
3/5
Stay Alive (2006) Joe Lipsett It's not a good movie, but it is a fun movie, especially for audiences craving some mid-aughts fashion and characters
Posted May 19, 2025  Edit critic review
3/5
Countess Dracula (1970) Joe Lipsett Pretty emblematic of Hammer: period sets, buxom ladies and boobs, and a dash of blood. Pitt is doing great work, though one wishes she had a smidge more agency. Overall, it's entertaining, but not great.
Posted May 13, 2025  Edit critic review
4.5/5
Hounds of Love (2016) Joe Lipsett Hounds of Love lives and dies on the performances by Cummings and Booth, who are both exquisite. An extremely rough watch from Ben Young, who tried to distance himself from the Birnies' true crime story, but the inspiration is as clear as day.
Posted Mar 25, 2025  Edit critic review
4.5/5
The Snowtown Murders (2011) Joe Lipsett Director Kurzel and screenwriter Grant adapt the horrifying true story of the Snowtown (aka the "bodies in the barrels") murders. It's an incredibly difficult - but important - watch and features a terrifying performance by Daniel Henshall
Posted Mar 18, 2025  Edit critic review
4/5
Black Water (2007) Joe Lipsett What Andrew Traucki and David Nerlich accomplish with such a slight budget is an absolute feat. The croc and the action scenes look incredibly real, and the human drama is satisfying enough to carry audiences through the survival horror bits.
Posted Mar 11, 2025  Edit critic review
4/5
Wolf Creek (2005) Joe Lipsett This combined adaptation of serial Bradley Murdoch and Ivan Milat's crimes is often difficult to watch, but McLean's direction and understanding of horror is on full display. Jarratt has crafted an iconic villain for the ages.
Posted Mar 05, 2025  Edit critic review
3/5
Cannibal! The Musical (1993) Joe Lipsett Despite being a little too long and in need of a few more songs, Trey Parker's Cannibal! The Musical is a delightfully earnest parody of Alfred Packer and musicals that anticipates his future work on South Park. Grab a beer and enjoy
Posted Feb 27, 2025  Edit critic review
4/5
Society of the Snow (2023) Joe Lipsett A harrowing depiction of the Miracle in the Andes that course corrects several Hollywood elements that marred Marshall's Alive back in 1993. The crash sequence is more challenging, and the group's religious beliefs gain prominence.
Posted Feb 18, 2025  Edit critic review
3/5
Alive (1993) Joe Lipsett A traumatizing but ultimately uplifting story about the human spirit. 1993 means that the cast is uniformly white (and a little generic), but the powerful elements of the real life story, including the crash, the avalanche, and the trek out, all work
Posted Feb 11, 2025  Edit critic review
2.5/5
Munich (2005) Joe Lipsett Munich has a great cast and behind the scenes pedigree, but it feels like two films in one. One is an exciting action/heist film about a team of assassins. The other is an introspective film about retribution, family and land. The two don't fully mesh.
Posted Jan 30, 2025  Edit critic review
4.5/5
September 5 (2024) Joe Lipsett A taunt thriller about 50 year old events that is still incredibly relevant and prescient, particularly for how live news is handled and what journalistic responsibility means. The editing and production design are sublime. One of the year's best
Posted Jan 23, 2025  Edit critic review
2/5
Ted Bundy: American Boogeyman (2021) Joe Lipsett Murray is out of his depth in this period-inaccurate film with a slippery approach to real life events. The misogyny is overdone, but the climactic sorority house attack is appropriately harrowing.
Posted Dec 31, 2024  Edit critic review
3.5/5
The Order (2024) Joe Lipsett Jude Law's character is too familiar (cop whose determination to solve the case is slowly killing him), The Order's relevance feels sadly more timely than ever. Featuring solid supporting turns from Sheridan and Smollett, this is well done
Posted Dec 30, 2024  Edit critic review
3.5/5
Woman of the Hour (2023) Joe Lipsett Kendrick's directorial debut is assured and, in one incredibly evocative scene, harrowing. The split narrative distracts slightly from the story, but the film feels timely Zovatto is appropriately menacing.
Posted Dec 24, 2024  Edit critic review
2/5
Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile (2019) Joe Lipsett Efron does an admirable job, but Berlinger’s film - told through the lens of a frustrated girlfriend - sanitizes the reputation of a notorious monster
Posted Dec 17, 2024  Edit critic review
2.5/5
Ted Bundy (2002) Joe Lipsett Bright's attempt to explore Bundy's romantic relationship with Lee (ie: Liz) is a mix of style and tone that doesn't fit the fictionalized true crime format, especially the end of the film which shoots for both empathy and exploitation.
Posted Dec 10, 2024  Edit critic review
The Menendez Brothers (2024) Joe Lipsett While the doc may have benefitted from clarifying that Abramson would not appear at the offset, seeing how Pam Bozanich remains fully convinced of the brothers' guilt is fascinating
Posted Nov 25, 2024  Edit critic review
3/5
The Sacrament (2013) Joe Lipsett By focusing principally on the events of the massacre, the characterizations are slightly shallow, but Gene Jones' portrayal of Father and the harrowing use of faux documentary footage makes this intimate and unsettling Jonestown adaptation work
Posted Nov 05, 2024  Edit critic review
Dahmer (2002) Joe Lipsett A rough, hard watch about one of the scariest killers in the queer community, Dahmer is worth checking out for Renner's rich and complex performance alone.
Posted Jul 01, 2022  Edit critic review
4/5
My Friend Dahmer (2017) Joe Lipsett My Friend Dahmer excels by going beyond a simple examination of Jeff Dahmer. Meyers' script doesn't excuse or condone Jeff's behaviour, but it doesn't shy away from the broader social circumstances that contributed to his isolation and despair
Posted Feb 03, 2019  Edit critic review
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