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''Aileen Wuornos: American Boogeywoman'' is a 2021 American
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written and directed by
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. It shows a fictionalized version of the early life of
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Aileen Wuornos Aileen Carol Wuornos (; born Pittman; February 29, 1956 – October 9, 2002) was an American serial killer. Between 1989 and 1990, while engaging in street prostitution along highways in Florida, Wuornos shot dead and robbed seven of her male c ...
, with some real facts from her biography. It stars Peyton List as Wuornos, supporting cast includes
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,
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, Nick Vallelonga,
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, and Andrew Biernat. The film was released as
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on October 8, 2021, and on DVD on October 15, 2021.


Premise

The film is based on the early life of
Aileen Wuornos Aileen Carol Wuornos (; born Pittman; February 29, 1956 – October 9, 2002) was an American serial killer. Between 1989 and 1990, while engaging in street prostitution along highways in Florida, Wuornos shot dead and robbed seven of her male c ...
in 1976 when she married wealthy yacht club commodore Lewis Fell, only to inflict mayhem within her new family and Florida's high society.


Cast

* Peyton List as
Aileen Wuornos Aileen Carol Wuornos (; born Pittman; February 29, 1956 – October 9, 2002) was an American serial killer. Between 1989 and 1990, while engaging in street prostitution along highways in Florida, Wuornos shot dead and robbed seven of her male c ...
*
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as Lewis Fell, Wuornos' husband *
Lydia Hearst Lydia Marie Hearst-Shaw (born September 19, 1984) is an American fashion model, actress, socialite, and lifestyle blogger. She is a great-granddaughter of newspaper publisher and politician William Randolph Hearst and a daughter of the author an ...
as Jennifer Fell * Nick Vallelonga as Victor Miller *
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as Grady Miller * Andrew Biernat as Mitch Miller *
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as Diane Pittman * Joseph Schwartz as Keith * Ashley Atwood as older Aileen * Hamish Sturgeon as Peter


Production

In March 2021, it was announced that
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acquired distribution rights to the film.
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, who directed the films '' Ted Bundy: American Boogeyman'' and '' The Haunting of Sharon Tate'', became the project's director; Peyton List was cast in the lead role of a young Wuornos.


Release and reception


Release

The film was scheduled for a theatrical release in the United States on September 20, 2021, by
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, but the release was canceled. The film was released as
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on October 8, 2021, and on
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on October 15, 2021, via Dark Star Pictures. It was shown at the
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on October 13, 2021.


Critical reception

Brian Orndorf of Blu-ray.com gave the film 2 stars out of 10: "It’s crude exploitation from a one-note helmer who keeps trying to make his mark as some type of master of true crime fiction ..This is really just horrible
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making."


References


External links

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