Murder 101 (2014 film)

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Murder 101
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Directed byMichael Phillip Edwards
Written bySheldon F. Robins
Produced bySheldon F. Robins
Starring Tom Sizemore
Dante Basco
Sheldon F. Robins
Paige La Pierre
Randy Irwin
Malaak Hattab
Percy Daggs
Greg Winter
Jamison Haase
Rai Moore
Jasmine Waltz
CinematographyPaolo Cascio
Music by Alec Puro
Production
company
Upper Laventille Productions Inc.
Release date
  • June 13, 2014 (2014-06-13)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$1.5 Million

Murder 101 (also stylized as Murder101 and known under the working title of C.L.A.S.S.) is an American horror film that was directed by Michael Phillip Edwards. The film was released to DVD on June 10, 2014 and had a limited theatrical release on June 13, 2014. It stars Tom Sizemore and Paige LaPierre, and follows a female law student that gets caught up in a twisted game of cat and mouse. [1] Filming took place in Los Angeles, California during 2010. [2]

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Fiona (Paige LaPierre) is a beautiful and highly intelligent young law student that is eager to take on her latest class, a course in criminology by Professor Mark Sloan (Randy Irwin). She's horror-struck when a series of brutal and seemingly random slayings begin around the campus community, leading Detective Caterson (Sheldon F. Robins) to suspect that it's the work of a mass murderer. Unwilling to watch the deaths keep piling up without doing anything, Fiona decides to investigate the murders- a decision made partially due to fact that her father died at the hands of a mass murderer that was never caught or identified. However, as the murders increase Fiona finds that the victims are closely connected to her life and her past, leading her to suspect that someone close to her is the killer.

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References

  1. Serafini, Matt (16 July 2012). "First Look at Tom Sizemore in C.L.A.S.S." Dread Central. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
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