So…was I the only person who wasn’t aware that Lisa Loeb had an acting career?  Because yeah…that was the best thing Serial Killing 101 had going for it.  Not even Thomas Haden Church could save this atrocity (although he had the one funny line in the whole thing).  Okay, Corey Feldman’s cameo was kickawesome too.  Just overall…it always makes me sad when a movie has a decent cast, has a decent idea and just can’t follow through.

Casey (Justin Urich) is a teen who is having some issues lately – he’s moody and cranky and well, ya know, a teenager.  Plus his dad died a year ago, so there’s that.  And there’s of course a girl, Sasha (Lisa Loeb), whom he desperately wants to impress. And a gym teacher (Thomas Haden Church) who seems to have a personal vendetta against him.   What’s the solution to all these issues?  Becoming a serial killer – DUH!  Although that works mostly to impress Sasha because she’s like TOTALLY GOTH and shiz.  TOTES.

“I can be your first victim? That’s hot.”

And one more thing – while Casey is studying up on how to be a serial killer (because basically this film is just that, a tutorial), there’s a real serial killer running around serial killing teenage girls.  We only see one murder but it’s a doozy.  Our serial killer kills the Annoying Ditzy Popular Blond by…wait for it…stuffing a doll in her mouth!  OMG. The insanity.

Basically this flick is suffering from a severe lack of plot.  All we see are Casey and Sasha reading books on serial killing and going to the library (apparently this was before internet?); Casey’s lame attempts to kill (he can’t even dissect a frog in biology, y’all!) and his murderous daydreams which are just downright stupid.  I read on Wiki that someone said this movie is better than it has any right to be – um…I’m guessing someone has never seen another movie before?  This is much worse than it has a right to be.  The story is inane and there’s no mystery as to who the real serial killer is.  There’s also not much in the way of funny happening.  The only thing I liked were the PE coach’s insistence on always referring to PE as “gymnasium class” (with a Southern accent) and Corey Feldman’s “blink and you’ll miss it” cameo.

Don’t waste your time on this one.  There’s way better dark comedies out there.