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Along Came a Spider
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Kiss the Girls
Directed by Gary Fleder
Forensic psychologist and detective Alex Cross travels to North Carolina and teams with escaped kidnap victim Kate McTiernan to hunt down "Casanova," a serial killer who abducts strong-willed women and forces them to submit to his demands. The trail leads to Los Angeles, where the duo discovers that the psychopath may not be working alone. From TMDB
77 reactions from 4 sources (Bluesky, TMDB reviews, Mastodon, Lemmy) · newest Oct 27, 2026 · last updated Oct 28, 2026 · How this works
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| Lemmy * | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Kiss the Girls is a 1997 thriller crime mystery film, directed by Gary Fleder, starring Morgan Freeman, Ashley Judd and Cary Elwes.
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60 of 77 · most liked firstMovie Of The Day... Kiss the Girls (1997)
neutral · AI labelView post →Some of my favorite Film Discoveries of 2024, a 🧵: 1. GO FOR SISTERS (2013) 2. BLACK TUESDAY (1954) 3. GONE TO EARTH (1950) 4. KISS THE GIRLS AND MAKE THEM DIE (1966)
neutral · AI labelView post →Without saying Kiss the Girls, fav Morgan Freeman Film?
neutral · AI labelView post →Pride and Prejudice 95 (I'll call whatever I want a film) Working Girl Kiss the Girls Murder at 1600
neutral · AI labelView post →Change a movie by adding a word: Kiss the Girls Butthole
neutral · AI labelView post →Paramount+ autoplayed me into Kiss the Girls, inferring I needed more Ashley Judd serial killer thrills and gd if it didn't have the 'twist ruined by casting' trope going full force. This one is very silly and not even some late movie split-diopter action can get me on side
negative · AI labelView post →Considering what a powerhouse she is in the film, it’s hard not to wish KISS THE GIRLS featured *more* Ashley Judd
positive · AI labelView post →I'm in an ad so I wasn't thinking of the film and I read "Kiss the Girls" the serial killer film based on the James Patterson book and was like, wait -what??? #HATM
neutral · AI labelView post →Tonight’s Film Selection🍿🎥🎬: In a Morgan Freeman kinda mood, so I’m starting with “Kiss the Girls” and I might roll right into “Lucky Number Slevin” if I’m awake. #TonightsFilmSelection
neutral · AI labelView post →Ohh, they were movies? Didn't know haha. And Kiss the Girls is next on my list.
neutral · AI labelView post →Damn, Along Came a Spider and Kiss the Girls are two movies I remember watching when I was younger and really like them. Did not realize they were Patterson books.
positive · AI labelView post →Watched Along Came a Spider last night. No classic but twice the movie Kiss the Girls is. Real back in the day ITV at 9pm on a Thursday movie
negative · AI labelView post →Watching the Morgan Freeman movie Kiss the Girls. These 90s thrillers really hold up. Love seeing all the cars and computers from then.
positive · AI labelView post →#nw Kiss The Girls (1997) 🎬 #NowWatching 📽️ #filmsky 🎥 letterboxd: 🟠🟢🔵 boxd.it/1YGs
neutral · AI labelView post →For some reason I wanted to watch the ending of ‘Kiss the Girls’ which is so B movie good and has a Cary Elwes that is… m.youtube.com/watch?v=BpeL...
positive · AI labelView post →19 April 1968 – Ashley Judd, 57, US actress. Ruby in Paradise (1993) Norma Jean & Marilyn * Kiss the Girls * Double Jeopardy * De-Lovely * Bug * Missing * Divergent * Twin Peaks * Berlin Station * She Said (2022) Ashley Judd/Mira Sorvino blacklisted by Weinstein www.theguardian.com/film/2017/de...
neutral · AI labelView post →It's some Kiss The Girls, movie level sh*t.
neutral · AI labelView post →boxd.it/2hhuv Posted 5-6 new brief reviews on my Letterboxd account: Mickey 17 Den of Thieves 2 Substance Black Bag Presence And rematches of: Kiss the Girls Silence of the Lambs Edge of Tomorrow Check it out? K thanks, bye!
neutral · AI labelView post →Improve a movie title by adding "With Big Naturals" Kiss The Girls With Big Naturals
neutral · AI labelView post →📽️Watching and ranking 90s/00s thrillers. Starting with an Alex Cross double-header. 1. Kiss the Girls 2. Along Came a Spider Next up: The Bone Collector #filmsky #movies #cinema
neutral · AI labelView post →Lean on Me Robin Hood Prince of Thieves Glory Shawshank Redemption An Unfinished Life/Evan Almighty Honorable Mentions: Bruce Almighty The Bucket List Kiss the Girls Sorry Se7en fans, your movie sucks. Freeman was still good in it tho. I love Morgan so much.
positive · AI labelView post →Great film, I also enjoyed Kiss the Girls.
positive · AI labelView post →Nicoletta Machiavelli (1944-2015) Italian film actress known for Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die (1966), A Minute to Pray, a Second to Die (1968), Necropolis (1970), Icy Breasts (1974), and Free Hand for a Tough Cop (1976). en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolet...
neutral · AI labelView post →My ★★★ review of Kiss the Girls on Letterboxd boxd.it/9E0Rx5
neutral · AI labelView post →Morgan Freeman - I think - played Alex Cross in the movie Kiss the Girls w/ Ashely Jude, brilliant film.Tyler Perry also played Cross in another film-another smashing film. I've only ever watched Alex Cross as a black man. Well done to the author for having the courage to stand his ground &principle
positive · AI labelView post →I double checked because I didn't want to commit the sin of confusing Sam Jackson and Morgan Freeman. I sometimes confuse Kiss the Girls with The Bone Collector and it's weird you could conceivably have a "white girl+black detective"-themed thriller movie night.
neutral · AI labelView post →It’s such a good one. I love a good movie night. I’m on a 90’s movie vibe atm! Just lately I’ve done an Ashley Judd double header - Double Jeopardy & Kiss the Girls!! 🔥 Tonight I’ve got Basic Instinct on! Maybe I need to follow that with Sliver!! 😂🤗
positive · AI labelView post →Kiss the Girls. I liked the movie and was interested in the book. Younger Me was not prepared.
positive · AI labelView post →Film-wise: at 6.55pm, The Day The Earth Stood Still on Film4. At 9pm, Starship Troopers on Legend, Ted on Sky One or The Creator on Film4. At 10pm, Live & Let Die on ITV4. At 11.40pm, A Hidden Life on Film4 or Upgrade on Legend. At 12.10am, Kiss The Girls on BBC1 #telly
neutral · AI labelView post →📽️Watching and ranking 90s/00s thrillers. 1. Kiss the Girls 2. THE BONE COLLECTOR 3. Along Came a Spider The Bone Collector is well made but for a movie about racing the clock to save people from a serial killer, it's not as tense as it should be. Next up: Taking Lives #filmsky #movies #cinema
neutral · AI labelView post →1. Can't work out why Kiss the Girls this isn't more highly regarded. Fantastic looking film. 2. Along Came a Spider is a huge drop-off from Kiss the Girls in every regard. Why does it have the lighting and sound design of a school cafeteria?
positive · AI labelView post →Kiss the Girls is apparently my relaxation movie.
positive · AI labelView post →Possession: The Exorcist 3 Sci-Fi, Non Aliens: Event Horizon Body Horror: The Fly Serial Killer Non-Slasher: Kiss the Girls Man Vs Nature: The Ruins Horror Icon: Michael Myers Found Footage: As Above, So Below ADMITTEDLY TERRIBLE HORROR MOVIE YOU LOVE ANYWAY: Maximum Overdrive
neutral · AI labelView post →It's like some "Kiss The Girls" movie stuff. Wild! 🤢
neutral · AI labelView post →Without saying Kiss the Girls, fav Morgan Freeman Film? Seven
neutral · AI labelView post →Top movie deaths I enjoy include Morgan Freeman shooting Cary Elwes through the milk in Kiss the Girls Dalton ripping out buddies throat in Roadhouse Kathy Bates blowing a hole in Matthew (AoGG) in Misery
neutral · AI labelView post →I've read and seen it and couldn't have told you where it was set! But obvs. Wilimington is more on your radar than mine. I'd forgotten the serial killer film KISS THE GIRLS is set in Durham and Chapel Hill; I now remember thinking, "That hospital looks nothing like NCMH" when I saw it.
neutral · AI labelView post →AND Kiss the Girls is the superior movie adaptation
positive · AI labelView post →My ★★★½ review of Kiss the Girls on Letterboxd boxd.it/76Am7v 🎥 filmsky 🎬
positive · AI labelView post →I would also like to submit Cary Elwes’ American accent. Choose any film, though I’d say KISS THE GIRLS is the frontrunner.
neutral · AI labelView post →Movie TV Tech Geeks #Movie #PsychologicalThriller #KisstheGirls 8 Forgotten Psychological Thrillers Based on Books That Are Perfect From Start to Finish http://dlvr.it/TW4zHn
neutral · AI labelView post →Just watched Kiss the Girls (1997) and the dialogue is … it’s just … why is it so mathematical?
negative · AI labelView post →That’s the year the movie adaptation of Kiss The Girls came out!! Everyone had JP fever
neutral · AI labelView post →I saw Kiss the Girls when it came out in the movies and I read the book this summer I just rewatched it… 😵 I thought one of the murders was in the movie but it wasn’t. Now it’s only in my mind for the rest of my life 😱 The one with the snake 🐍 
neutral · AI labelView post →Freeman, Judd, and Elwes were great in the Kiss the Girls movie which basically launched the whole thing but the rest of it was just Patterson cashing in
neutral · AI labelView post →"Ashley Judd Condemns Her Breakout Film ‘Kiss the Girls’ for ‘Making Entertainment Out of Sexual Terror’" (The Wrap) on SmartNews: l.smartnews.com/p-7jjyvydG/7... #SmartNews
neutral · AI labelView post →Ashley Judd Condemns Her Breakout Film ‘Kiss the Girls’ for ‘Making Entertainment Out of Sexual Terror’ https://www.byteseu.com/1860256/ Ashley Judd reflected on the complicated feelings she has for her breakout film, 1997’s “Kiss the Girls,” criticizing the thriller for “making entertainment …
neutral · AI labelView post →Ashley Judd Calls Out Her 1997 Movie ‘Kiss the Girls’ for ‘Making Entertainment Out of Sexual Torture’ Against Women: ‘It’s Traumatizing’ and ‘Why Is It Profitable?’ https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://variety.com/2026/film/news/ashley-judd-kiss-the-girls-sexual-torture-entertainment-1236682831/
neutral · AI labelView post →Movie TV Tech Geeks #MovieNews #AlongCameaSpider #KisstheGirls #Cross 25 Years Later, Fans of Prime Video's Hit Thriller Series Are Discovering the Forgotten Original Movie With Morgan Freeman http://dlvr.it/TRFtgQ
neutral · AI labelView post →Seriously underrated film. 6.6 on IMDB is shocking low. The cinematography is top notch. Not sure why it isn't more highly regarded. The sort-of sequel Along Came a Spider wasn't nearly as good. Maybe that damaged Kiss the Girls' reputation?
positive · AI labelView post →The (movie) Kiss the Girls 4K (iTunes)(UK) £2.99 (Crime) (iMDB) 6.5 Cast: Morgan Freeman, Ashley Judd, Cary Elwes, Tony Goldwyn, Billy Blanks, Tatyana Ali
neutral · AI labelView post →The (movie) Kiss the Girls (4K) is available today on (iTunes)(UK) for £2.99 Cast: Morgan Freeman, Ashley Judd, Cary Elwes, Tony Goldwyn, Billy Blanks, Tatyana Ali Genre: (Crime) Trailer & Reviews : www.rottentomatoes.com/m/kiss_the_g...
neutral · AI labelView post →Hi, my name is Kiss the Girls and I’m the movie Nick is using to get through everything going on today. Morgan Freeman is an absolutely flawless Alex Cross.
positive · AI labelView post →Also psycho killers & serial killers was a real heavy genre at the time, outside of typical horror movie Virtuosity Desperate Measures Turbulence Talented Mr Ripley Primal Fear The Bone Collector Kiss the Girls 8MM Insomnia Seven Malice Misery Also big decade for Gary Sinise & Ashley Judd
neutral · AI labelView post →Meanwhile, James Patterson keeps on chasing the high of Kiss The Girls being the #1 movie in the US box office for two weeks back in October 1997
neutral · AI labelView post →series, Childs Play (omg Chucky lol) The Stand, The Shining, Children of the Corn, any old Stephen King movie, Jaws, Kiss The Girls in my opinion is horror though they want to label those kind of things as "Thrillers", Fire In The Sky was terrifying. House of 1000 Corpses is favorite thing ever
positive · AI labelView post →My review of the 1997 movie Kiss The Girls. #KissTheGirls danterants.blogspot.com/2025/01/the-...
neutral · AI labelView post →Interesting. I will say they did do a 90's movie or a couple actually with the same character. Kiss The Girls and another one, both played by Morgan Freeman.
neutral · AI labelView post →The Morgan Freeman: 3-Movie Collection is available today on (iTunes) for $9.99 Films include: Kiss the Girls, Along Came a Spider, The Sum of All Fears, Cast: Morgan Freeman, Jay O. Sanders, Anna Maria Horsford, Ben Affleck, Ashley Judd, Michael Wincott
neutral · AI labelView post →Ashley Judd stood out with her strong performance, balancing vulnerability and determination really well. Morgan Freeman was great too, his calm, confident presence fits perfectly in roles like this, and he definitely carried a lot of the movie’s weight. On the other hand, William Converse-Roberts, who played Dr. Wick Sachs wasn’t very convincing. For a character tied to such a disturbing element of the story, his performance lacked the intensity or depth needed to make it truly impactful. It…
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