RELEASED: 1995, Cert.18 RUNNING TIME: Approx. 123 mins DIRECTOR: John Amiel PRODUCERS: Arnon Milichan & Mark Tarlov SCREENPLAY: Ann Biderman & David Madsen MUSIC: Christopher Young MAIN CAST:- Sigourney Weaver as Helen Hudson Holly Hunter as Det. Monahan Dermot Mulroney as Det. Goetz William McNamara as Peter Foley Harry Connick Jr. as Daryll Cullum ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ FILM ONLY REVIEW Some years after having been attacked by Daryll Cullum who was one of her pupils, retired criminal psychologist and lecturer Helen ...  Read the complete review

A series of killings are filling the local police department with horror, particularly as there seems to be no rhyme or reason behind them. Then a psychologist, Helen Hudson, spots the link - the killer is copying serial killers from the past. Detectives Monahan and Goetz need Hudson's help - the only problem is Helen is agoraphobic, refusing to leave her apartment following a run-in with another serial killer some years before. Can Helen help them follow the clues to the latest killer without leaving her apartment? And in any case, will they be quick enough to catch the killer before anyone else dies? Made back in 1995, this film for some reason didn't ...  Read the complete review

In 118 minutes you certainly get your money’s worth on the killing front. While the number of dead may not be as numerous as the number of times David Beckham has uttered the words ‘I don’t understand’, the quality of murders and the amount of suspense is more than gratifying. PLOT Sigourney Weaver plays a criminal psychologist, Helen Hudson, who gives lectures on serial killers, which is her speciality. One day she is attacked by a serial killer who she then helps to convict. After her ordeal she develops agoraphobia and does not leave her flat for 18 months and is forced to retire from work, until Holly Hunter as ...  Read the complete review

If you love your detective crime/thriller movies then you will no doubt love Copycat as I did when I watched it for the first time a few years back now. The movie was released in 1995 and is intelligent and has the right amount of chills and twists and turns to keep you on the edge of your seat. Copycat is slightly different, where, as opposed to alot of these sorts of movies where the main characters are male in this the main characters are women. Sigourney Weaver plays a famous psychologist. She is an expert in serial killers and has been investigating this type of thing for years now. Unfortunately for her, after giving a lecture one day she herself is ...  Read the complete review

Copycat is a Psycological Thriller that follows the actions of a mass murderer who is copying various serial killers including Albert Desalvo, The Hillside Strangler, Peter Kürten, Ted Bundy and Jeffrey Dahmer. Sigourney Weaver plays Dr Helen Hudson who is a criminal psychologist, at the beginning of the film she is attacked by a psychopath at a lecture she is giving. After this event she refuses to leave her apartment therefore becoming severely agoraphobic. Now that a new and very different killer has appeared on the scene the police seek out her help so they can catch the man responsible. Naturally at first she is very reluctant to involve herself in the ...  Read the complete review