美联社、《生活》杂志等著名媒体都曾报道过1964年的“月光凶杀案”，当时小镇坠入一片恐慌，一到黄昏就全镇戒严，全副武装的警察上街巡逻。直到三个月再无袭击发生，警察才逐渐撤出。1976年，曾有一部根据该案件改编的同名影片上映。两名幸存者描述凶手有六英尺高，头戴面具，只露出眼睛和嘴巴。
2014年版《杀出魔鬼镇》中，连环凶杀再度开始，面具杀手时隔六十多年重现特克萨卡纳，究竟是有人故意模仿，还是有更恐怖的事情暗中酝酿？一个孤独的高中女生，似乎知晓解开这一切的秘密。

Living the high life in 1980s Manhattan, Patrick Bateman has it all – looks, money, style and status. He and his entourage buy the most expensive designer clothes, eat at the most exclusive restaurants and party at the hottest clubs. But privately, Patrick indulges in another kind of transgression. And people - including those closest to him - keep disappearing.

Living the high life in 1980s Manhattan, Patrick Bateman has it all – looks, money, style and status. He and his entourage buy the most expensive designer clothes, eat at the most exclusive restaurants and party at the hottest clubs. But privately, Patrick indulges in another kind of transgression. And people - including those closest to him - keep disappearing.

American Psycho is a musical with music and lyrics by Duncan Sheik and a book by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa. It is based on the controversial 1991 novel American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis,[1] which also inspired a 2000 film of the same name, that starred Christian Bale. Set in Manhattan during the Wall Street boom of the late 1980s, American Psycho is about the daily life of Patrick Bateman, a young and wealthy investment banker who is also secretly a serial killer.

The musical received its world premiere at London's Almeida Theatre in 2013, directed by Rupert Goold and starring Doctor Who actor Matt Smith. A Broadway production began preview performances on 24 March 2016, at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre, directed by Goold and starring Benjamin Walker as Patrick Bateman.

There is an idea of a Patrick Bateman, some kind of abstraction, but there is no real me, only an entity, something illusory.



Patrick Bateman has it all – looks, money, style and status. Engaged to the beautiful Evelyn Williams, he is about to win the prestigious Fischer account for his investment bank and celebrate by dining at Dorsia. But there’s another side to his life that Patrick keeps secret. And people – including those closest to him – keep disappearing…