Michael C. Hall’s performance was arguably what madeDextera success, as the task ofmaking a character who enjoys killing people into a lovable antihero is not easy, and it’s interesting how a time travel movie from five years ago had him playing a very different character from Dexter.Dexterspanned eight seasons, a short spin-off, and an upcoming prequel and sequel toDexter.Dexter’s ending was controversial, so the desire to give the character a deserving send-off is understandable.
After seven years playingDexter’s title character, Dexter Morgan, Hall’s next roles ensured he would not be typecast as a sociopath, playing against hisDexterpersona as a small-town father who accidentally shoots a burglar dead inCold In July, President Kennedy in an episode of British monarchy dramaThe Crown, and voicing Batman inJustice League: Gods and Monsters. ThoughHall returned to the serial killer genre in 2019with the cyber-thriller movieIn The Shadow Of The Moon, his role here is almost the opposite of Dexter’s.
Michael C. Hall Plays A Police Detective Investigating A Serial Killer In The Shadow Of The Moon
In The Shadow Of The Moon Premiered In 2019
Netlfix’sIn The Shadow Of The Moonscored mixed reviews, with 58% on Rotten Tomatoes, and though it has been criticized for being a mix of genres, the movie had an interesting concept.Hall plays Detective Holt- a character firmly on the side of the lawwhile investigating what appears to be a serial killer who strikes every nine years. Dexter works with the police as a blood spatter analyst but uses his job to cover his crimes, while Holt appears disturbed by the bloody crime scenes in a way that Dexter would not be.
In The Shadow Of The Moonis streaming on Netflix.
Serial killer movies and TV showsappeared to be popular in 2019, with bothMindhunterseason 2 andConversations With A Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapesarriving on Netflix in addition toIn The Shadow Of The Moonand Quentin Tarantino’sOnce Upon A Time In Hollywoodbeing released. There was more Ted Bundy in the biopic movieExtremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile, which was Zac Efron’s most dramatic role change after being known as a Disney Channel star. Still,In The Shadow Of The Moonadded a twist that is rarely combined with the serial killer genre: time travel.
In The Shadow Of The Moon Added A Time Travel Twist To The Serial Killer Movie Trope
The Killer In Shadow Of The Moon Was On A Specific Mission
In The Shadow Of The Moon’s endingconfirms that the killer is connected to the lead police officer, Lockhart, andshe is trying to stop a catastrophic civil war by traveling back in timeand killing the people responsible. Discovering he was right all along about his time travel theory, and, believing that her cause is just, Lockhart allows Rya to complete her mission, changing the future for humanity. The police character growing to sympathize with the lawbreaking character is another serial killer trope that appears inDexter, which could affect its upcoming sequel.
Dexter’s Upcoming Sequel Show Means A Massive Unsolved Mystery From New Blood Can Finally Be Addressed
Dexter: Resurrection needs to address a big part of the saga’s story that New Blood ignores, and it would arguably make sense for it to do so.
Dexter: New Bloodattempted to give Dexter Morgan a better ending. However,bothDexterendingswere equally polarizing, with Dexter leaving to become an isolated lumberjack inDexter, and dying inDexter: New Blood. The upcoming series,Dexter: Resurrectionappears to imply that Dexter faked his death, and the only likely way that he can pull this off is if he has help.Dexterhad several police characters who knew about Dexter’s secret serial killing, and he probably won’t be able to completely avoid the police inDexter: Resurrection, though whether they let him go is another matter.
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Dexter is a television series following Dexter Morgan, a blood spatter analyst for Miami Metro Police who secretly leads a dual life as a vigilante serial killer. Released in 2006, the show focuses on Dexter’s internal conflict as he hunts down criminals who elude justice within the legal system.
