expose the cultural contradictions that often enable compulsive murderers...It's a missed opportunity." In a 2019 list of the 50 best serial killer movies of all time, Paste magazine ranked The Clovehitch Killer #48, writing "This is a devilish movie that does beautifully what horror films are meant to—vex us with fear—through the most deceptively simple of means." Lauded horror author Stephen King wrote about the film, calling it "an excellent small movie", "unbearably suspenseful", and "(n)ot for the faint of heart". References External links 2018 thriller films 2018 horror films American thriller films American serial killer films Films set in Kentucky Films shot in Kentucky Films with screenplays by Christopher Ford (screenwriter) American coming-of-age films 2010s coming-of-age films 2010s English-language films 2010s American films