Rampage (1987)

Actors: Ennio Morricone (composer), William Friedkin (director), Grace Zabriskie (actress), Andy Romano (actor), William Friedkin (producer), William Friedkin (writer), Art LaFleur (actor), Edith Fields (actress), Peter McKernan (actor), Royce D. Applegate (actor), Nicholas Campbell (actor), Whit Hertford (actor), Michael Biehn (actor), Trudy Ramirez (miscellaneous crew), Michael Tamburro (actor),

Plot: Liberal district attorney decides to seek the death penalty for a man who slaughtered a family at Christmastime, then drank their blood. He escapes, though, and starts killing again.

Keywords: based-on-novel, based-on-play, blood, capital-punishment, independent-film, shot-to-death, violence
Genres: Drama, Thriller,
Taglines: This is the face of Charles Reece, a mass murderer. He doesn't think he's done anything wrong. The real crime is that the jury may agree. A question of your life or death. In Modern America, The Boy Next Door Isn't What He Appears To Be. The terrifying new thriller from William Friedkin, the director of "The French Connection" and "The Exorcist". Do you set a killer free because he's insane, or kill him because he's not? They know his madness. They know he kills. Their crime would be to let him live. You are about to witness a picture of madness

Quotes:

Charlie Reece: [before killing one of his victims] I'm sorry!

Anthony Fraser: [addressing to the jury] The life of an innocent human being worths more than the life of an murderer. Charles Reece must die. Now, I want you to remember that you sit here as representatives of your community, your neighbors, your friends, your children. If you should decide to let this man go free, be absolutely clear in your mind that you are condemning his victims to a second death and saying to your neighbors that the life of a terrible murderer is worth more than the life of the people he killed. Thank you.

Charlie Reece: I hear voices on the radio sometimes.::Albert Morse: What sort of voices, Charles?::Charlie Reece: Music. Telling me to kill. There's this one radio station I listen to. It's the devil station. I listen and I hear Satan telling me to kill. Sometimes I think this isn't real. It's not really messages, it's not making any sense. Then finally I figure it must be truth. So then when I start to lose all my blood, I figured that was Satan poisoning me for not keeping my end of the bargain.

Mel Sanderson: My God. This looks like brains!