Summaries

A psychological-thriller in the haunting tradition of films like Taxi Driver and Monster, The Grief Tourist takes us into the chilling labyrinth of a man's dark hobby and his even darker mind. JIM TAHANA doesn't leave much of an impression when he passes you by. But look closer and you'll sense his hunger - the deep hunger of an insatiable American soul - always scanning to devour something - anything that might fill the searing, unexplained void within him. Jim obsesses over the hobby that has been part of his DNA since he was a young boy: grief tourism - the act of traveling with the intent to visit places of tragedy or disaster. Every year his week-long vacations from work are spent going to grief tourist locations in the lives of different serial killers he is fascinated with. This years obsession is Carl Marznap, a mass murderer from New Orleans, Louisiana. But this trip is no ordinary vacation as Jim's rancid sexual impulses and weakening grip on reality deteriorate into a violent despair that will ultimately unlock an unspeakable secret festering within him, bringing The Dark Tourist to it's brutal and shocking finale...—VEG

Details

Keywords
  • serial killer
  • tourist
  • tourism
  • transphobia
  • sex with transgender
Genres
  • Thriller
  • Drama
Release date Jul 2, 2012
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) R
Countries of origin United States
Official sites Official Facebook
Language English
Production companies Suzanne DeLaurentiis Productions Lost Lane Entertainment

Box office

Budget $4000000

Tech specs

Runtime 1h 24m
Color Color
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