Genres: Crime | Drama | Thriller Countries: Canada | USA Actors: Val Kilmer John Holmes Kate Bosworth Dawn Schiller Lisa Kudrow Sharon Holmes Josh Lucas Ron Launius Tim Blake Nelson Billy Deverell Dylan McDermott David Lind Christina Applegate Susan Launius Eric Bogosian Eddie Nash Carrie Fisher Sally Hansen Franky G Louis M.C. Gainey Billy Ward Janeane Garofalo Joy Miller Ted Levine Sam Nico Faizon Love Greg Diles Natasha Gregson Wagner Barbara Richardson Directors: James Cox IMDB Rating: 6.6 out of 10 (8088 votes)

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John Holmes (Val Kilmer) was a legend of the porn industry and revered in circles as a stud. But in 1981, years after his successful career and star fading, Holmes was a desperate man with his own internal demons to live up to. He’s estranged from his wife (Lisa Kudrow), holding onto a relationship with his teenage mistress (Kate Bosworth), and living as a junkie in search of his next fix. But one fateful night left four people dead and John as a key suspect in one of the most grisly murders in Los Angeles. Was he partly responsible for what happened at Wonderland Avenue? Written by monkeykingma

On the afternoon of July 1, 1981, Los Angeles police responded to a distress call at 8763 Wonderland Avenue in Laurel Canyon and discovered a grisly quadruple homicide. Drug dealers Ron Launius (Josh Lucas), Billy Deverell (Tim Blake Nelson), Barbara Richardson (Natasha Gregson Wagner), and the homeowner Joy Miller (Janeane Garofalo) were found brutally murdered, bludgeoned to death with lead or steel pipes, and Launius’s wife, Susan (Christina Applegate), was left in critical condition. The police investigation that followed — led by detectives Sam Nico (Ted Levine), Louis Cruz (Frankey G) and Mike Peters — would unearth a seedy world of drugs and violence, ultimately revealing a motley crew from L. A.’s underbelly including ex-con David Lind (Dylan McDermott), nightclub impresario Eddie Nash (Eric Bogosian), and porn legend John Holmes (Val Kilmer) as well as Holmes’s estranged wife Sharon (Lisa Kudrow) and his teenage lover Dawn Schiller (Kate Bosworth). Written by Lions Gate

The movie looks at the events that led up to the infamous Wonderland Murders in Los Angeles on July 1, 1981, as well as the investigation. What is known for sure is that four people were murdered in their Wonderland Avenue apartment, apparently as retaliation for their robbery of a notorious L.A. nightclub magnate named Eddie Nash. What is not known is what part porn star John Holmes played in the murders. The police investigation relies on the testimony of two men: Holmes himself, and a biker named David Lind who took part in a robbery of Eddie Nash’s house two days earlier, and whose girlfriend, Barbara, was one of the victims. Lind claims that Holmes had to have taken part directly in the murders (and, in fact, his hand print was found at the crime scene). However, Holmes claims that he only set up the robbery and the hit, but wasn’t in the apartment at the time of the murders. Now the police are caught in a dilemma: who are they supposed to believe? A biker with a heroin habit who has a personal ax to grind against Holmes, or a porn star with a notorious cocaine habit who is also known in many circles as a pathological liar? Written by jgp3553@yahoo.com

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