Office Killer

Office Killer
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Cindy Sherman
Produced by	Pamela Koffler
Written by	Todd Haynes Tom Kalin Elise MacAdam Cindy Sherman
Starring	Carol Kane David Thornton Molly Ringwald Jeanne Tripplehorn Barbara Sukowa
Music by	Evan Lurie
Cinematography	Russell Fine
Editing by	Merril Stern
Distributed by	Miramax Films
Release date(s)	August 12, 1997
Running time	82 min
Country	United States
Language	English

Office Killer is a comedy-horror film directed by Cindy Sherman. It was released in 1997 and stars Carol Kane, Molly Ringwald and David Thornton.

Plot

A magazine editor named Dorine is called upon to do late work; her computer breaks down and she asks the help of a co-worker, Gary Michaels, who is electrocuted while trying to fix the wires. Dorine dials 911, but hangs up when the call is answered. She places the corpse on a cart, rolls it down to her car, loads it in her trunk, and takes it home, placing it in her basement. Then, seemingly without reason, she goes into a murder spree. She begins her spree by murdering another office worker, but later murders two young Girl Scouts who arrive at her door to sell cookies. The young girls join the other corpses in the basement, and Dorine is seen eating the cookies while working on her new laptop. Dorine sends messages from Gary to the remaining office workers, implying he is alive and has left the office or his wife. There are three more murders before the movie ends, all artistically executed. The last scene shows Dorine, after her mother's death, setting fire to her basement, then, sporting a blond wig and makeup, driving away in her car, and circling a newspaper ad with her pencil for an office job.

Reception

Although poorly reviewed, the New York Times claimed the film included "a nasty caricature of Arianna Stassinopoulos Huffington".^{[citation needed]}

External links

• Office Killer at the Internet Movie Database
• Office Killer at AllRovi