Luecarou What begins as a feel-good-human-interest story turns into a mystery, then a tragedy, and ultimately an outrage.

Arianna Moses Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

Kamila Bell This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

Zandra The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

Igor Shvetsov 60 years old Dennis Lynn Rader, was a model Wichita's citizen, suburban Park City's compliance officer, former Kanzas Cup Scout leader and the president of the local Lutheran Congregation Council, yet the neighborhood's ultimate nightmare.The four members of Joseph Otero's family killed in early 1974 were first victims of the B.T.K. strangler. The killing spree in the area that further spanned throughout the following seventeen years has abruptly ended in 1991.Despite tireless and meticulous investigation the police had failed to reveal the murderer's identity that time and the the case was remaining one of FBI's top unsolved mysteries until the killer resurfaced again in early 2004.In an attempt to draw media attention he sent a letter to Wichita's local news room claiming credits for a number of unsolved murders. This has triggered resumption of investigation and eventually led to detention of Dennis Rader who was accused of murdering at least ten people between 1974 and 1991.The account of Rader's crimes were dramatized in two feature movies released in 2005 the year when Rader was sentenced to 10 consecutive life terms.'The Hunt for the BTK Killer' focuses more on exhibiting Rader's sweet facade as a considerate family man, meticulous civil servant and committed community leader rather than elaborate depiction of grisly acts he has committed to materialize his sick sexual fantasies (which are only sporadically shown in flashbacks in the course of the court proceedings).The film features memorable, impeccable performance from (hardly recognizable - kudos to the wizards from the makeup department) Greg Henry as the aged killer. He made it to alter flawlessly between mild mannered, affable and respectable Wichita's resident and sinister, calculating shape-shifter contriving a cat and mouse game with the police.He could have managed to further evade justice unless his paranoid lust for limelight has eventually exposed his disguise.Only a mere accident and Rader's computer illiteracy has enabled the forensic lab experts to derive a badly wiped out file from a dumped floppy and identify the BTK strangler.The killer's shocking revelations at the interrogation room about his frightening past when he refers to his poor victims as the "projects" are presented in a semi-documentary manner.Of course the creators of the film took some liberty in simplifying the story and adapting it to the TV movie format, modifying some details and introducing fictional elements and characters like collective figure of Det. Madiga convincingly played by veteran actor Robert Forster.Nonetheless it is pretty accurate in providing insight to the tragic events that has kept Kanzans on tenterhooks for over three decades. I guess it deserves to take a worthy place among the best examples of TV true crime dramas like 'The Deliberate Stranger' (Bundy), 'Out of the Darkness' (Berkowitz), 'To Catch A Killer' (Gacy) and 'Manhunt: Search for the Night Stalker' (Ramirez).

Michael O'Keefe Wichita, Kansas was typically quiet for over a decade; in 2004, anxiety and fear swirls again. Dennis Rader(Gregg Henry), an all-American, church-going, devoted husband and model citizen had a dark and deep secret. Between 1974 and 1991, he tortured and murdered at least ten people in and around Wichita. The hunger of his former notoriety, awakens when Robert Beattie(Maury Chaykin)lets it be known he is writing a book about the BTK killer. The previous murders turned into one of the most infamous of cold cases until a new letter arrives at a local newspaper...the monster inside Rader rears its head again. Detective Jason Magida(Robert Forster)and the police department must stop the terrifying serial killings from starting all over again. The hunt is on. Being made-for-TV, there are no gruesome murder scenes, which I would have welcomed. Also in the cast: Michael Michele, Mimi Kuzyk and Mike Turner.

Richard As a TV movie it had a lot more potential to bring it as a film. For example they could have chosen not to start in the beginning revealing who the serial killer is. But they did, and the rest of the movie is in fact set up like documentary. It tells the story from the view of the serial killer and a part from the police side with a little part of how the investigation was done.That's why I would not call this one a movie, because it isn't. And if it is, then it's a bad movie, without suspense in it. No real action, only a storyboard.However, if one is interested in serial killers en one likes documentary's or life story's about them, this is one of the better I've seen. Luckely I belong to the persons who are interested in the ways of thinking and acting of a serial killer and why they become them etc. So I've seen it completely.But due to the fact that it's called "film" and not "documentary" it got a 3 from me. Was it called documentary it would have gotten an 8.

fsnyder-3 The Story of BTK was a complete misrepresentation of actual facts. In a rush to get a story out, MANY facts were blurred, or altogether made up. A scene retelling the 70's attempt to place subliminal messages in newscasts to have BTK contact the police is depicted as happening in 2005. Events happening in the daytime are shown at night. At one point it is implied that Wichitans were turning against each other as suspects to BTK. If anything, the community was unified in its desire to find the person responsible for terrorizing their families. The pivotal piece of evidence, the note relating to the floppy disk, is shown being found in the back of a truck at home depot, when it was actually thrown away at the employees home, but not disposed of. It was at their home that the evidence was found. Probably the most disturbing element of this story, is the minute amount of time spent on the victims. The story is alleged to be taken from Robert Beattie's book "A Nightmare in Wichita". If that was the case, the producers of this story would have known the bulk of this book was dedicated to telling the stories of the victims, not the killer. At least they got the letters B T and K right.........