Darren Huenemann, a spoiled 18-year old plots to have two classmates murder his mother and grandmother so he can inherit their fortunes. His worship of Caligula leads him to treat all like those in the Roman Imperial Court, manipulating, threatening and cajoling those who would stand in his way. Based on a true story of the early Nineties in British Columbia.
Acting
Eric Johnson's smarmy Caligula wannabe is genuinely skin-crawling.
Direction
Gunnarsson captures small-town greed with documentary bleakness.
Director
Sturla Gunnarsson
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on the 1990 murder of Sharon Huenemann and her mother Doris Leather in Saanich, BC; the real Darren Huenemann is still serving his sentence.
The film captures a specific moment of pre-internet true crime fascination, when Canadian media treated local murders with American-tabloid sensationalism.
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