I can't for the life of me figure out why Hollywood can't seem to make a GOOD movie about such incredibly fascinating stories. True life has given us amazing material in characters like Ted Bundy, The Manson Family and in this case Charles Starkweather & Caril Ann Fugate.... And yet the screenwriters deliver tripe like this. WHY?? You had sooo much to work with!Looking at other reviews, I need not go into many of the film's details here, except to add a few comments....Yes.... The movie was shot on location in Acton & Lancaster, CA - NOT Nebraska. I could tell instantly, as I grew up in Lancaster and lived near the Nebraska/Wyoming border for over 10 years! The two barely even resemble one another. That seems to me to be a stupid mistake that could have and SHOULD have been avoided.Others here have recommended the movie "Badlands" instead. I would caution any reader that BADLANDS WAS BASED ON THE "IDEA" OF THIS CASE - NOT THE FACTS!! .... Whatever merits Badlands has as a film (and it has FAR more than this movie), it is not about this case. The characters aren't even named Charlie & Caril Ann. Badlands is a work of fiction "inspired by" this case. I just felt that someone here needed to point that out.And on a film-related note.... Those like myself who love the true crime genre should go out of their way to avoid the obnoxious garbage that has flooded this otherwise fascinating arena in recent years. Namely those "one-name" films such as this one that you find on video shelves like "BUNDY" or "GACY" or "DAHMER". All of them complete garbage not worth the disc they're burned on. To call them factually inaccurate would be kind. It is painfully clear that the director and writers never even so much as cracked a book on ANY of those cases. They knew nothing whatsoever about the people they were portraying!! Stay clear of them all!!Recommended viewing in the true crime genre....On Ted Bundy: The Deliberate StrangerOn The Manson Family: MANSON by Robert Hendrickson (AWESOME!!)On The Zodiac Killer: ZODIAC by David Fincher (A few inaccuracies, but a top notch cast & cinematography make up for it)As far as Charles Starkweather & Caril Ann Fugate go, I'll recommend the same thing I would for any of these cases.... See a documentary!! You're always going to get as close to facts as possible and a much better production every time - guaranteed.--

I have seen some bad movies before, but this takes the cake. 90 minutes of my life wasted - gone forever- down the drain. What I thought might be an interesting story about a serial killer was so bad that it was painful to watch.Shannon Lucio (from the OC) and Brent Taylor gave totally uninspiring performances that appeared devoid of feeling. What little dialog they had was useless. This film could have been made as a silent and it would't have mattered.I should have know something was going to be wrong when the two met in December and he is getting yelled at in January for getting her pregnant. "She's as big as a house," yes her father. I kid you not.Finally, the chase scene at the end was absolutely the worst I have ever seen. I could have beat them on a bicycle. He was going so slow that even though he had the window down, he was able to light one of his Strikes. Starkweather kept trying to pass on the right when there was no oncoming traffic! I want my 90 minutes back!

First of all, Starkweather and Fugate were from Nebraska. So what's with the Southern hick accents and the country music?Starkweather fancied himself another James Dean. I don't think he listened to country music.What's with the "devil" character?? Added nothing to the plot. Im fact, the movie could have done very well without it.Charlie loved animals - much better than he liked people; he wouldn't have killed the toad.Charlie Starkweather was a very short, red-headed kid with bow-legs and thick glasses and a bad stutter. He also wasn't very bright.Caril Ann Fugate was NOT the stunner she was portrayed as in the movies. By all accounts, she was a very snippy, arrogant child.Both roles were miscast...badly.If they're going to do a story on a mass murderer like Charles Starkweather, at least get it right."Badlands" was a much better account of the Starweather-Fugate crime spree than this mess.

I have studied Charles Raymond Starkweather for the past six months. I was excited when I saw that it would be on Showtime. Not being able to order Showtime, I picked up a copy at Blockbuster. The review is as follows: In the winter of 1958-1959, Charles Starkweather murdered 11 people with his girlfriend Caril-Ann Fugate as his accomplice. Their symphony of murder is told through this movie inaccurately. The hour-and-a-half runtime it has is too short to tell a story of this magnitude. They could've done so much more with the material they had. They could've explored Charlie's personality. What they produced is a film lacking depth and any reason. The psychological effects that Starkweather's crimes had on the public was not displayed at all. And Starkweather's murders are not portrayed accurately.This movie could've been great given a longer running time and an accurate portrayal. But what the viewing public is left with is a Lifetime Movie on a different channel.4/10