by Flack » Wed May 01, 2013 6:22 pm
I Survived BTK is a documentary that tells the story of Charles Ortiz. Charles was a little boy in 1974 when he came home from grade school to find his family had been slaughtered by the serial killer known as BTK (Bind, Torture, Kill).
The film begins as Ortiz is about to get out of jail after having been involved in a domestic with his old lady. Shortly after he gets out of jail and begins to turn his life around, the BTK killer (Dennis Rader) is arrested for the BTK murders.
95% of this film is about Ortiz, his life, and how the murders affected him and changed his life. The final 5% covers the brief court trial in which Rader confesses to being BTK. During this segment viewers are treated to the crime scene photos, so if you've been wondering where you can get pictures of an 11 year old girl hanging from a noose with a gag in her mouth and her pants pulled down, this one's for you.
Although the movie ends on (I guess) an up note, it is impossible to watch this and not ponder how one random act of violence has the ability to affect a family for multiple generations.
[i]I Survived BTK[/i] is a documentary that tells the story of Charles Ortiz. Charles was a little boy in 1974 when he came home from grade school to find his family had been slaughtered by the serial killer known as BTK (Bind, Torture, Kill).
The film begins as Ortiz is about to get out of jail after having been involved in a domestic with his old lady. Shortly after he gets out of jail and begins to turn his life around, the BTK killer (Dennis Rader) is arrested for the BTK murders.
95% of this film is about Ortiz, his life, and how the murders affected him and changed his life. The final 5% covers the brief court trial in which Rader confesses to being BTK. During this segment viewers are treated to the crime scene photos, so if you've been wondering where you can get pictures of an 11 year old girl hanging from a noose with a gag in her mouth and her pants pulled down, this one's for you.
Although the movie ends on (I guess) an up note, it is impossible to watch this and not ponder how one random act of violence has the ability to affect a family for multiple generations.