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Release year: 2003

Storyline

The true story of legendary porn star John Holmes' involvement in the 1981 Wonderland Avenue murders in Los Angeles.

Top credits

Directors

James Cox

Writers

Cast

Val Kilmer — John Holmes
Lisa Kudrow — Sharon Holmes
Kate Bosworth — Dawn Schiller
Christina Applegate — Susan Launius

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Did you know

• In the movie, Val Kilmer (as John Holmes) wears a chain around his neck that holds a ring. The ring was the actual wedding band that John Holmes gave his wife, Sharon, when they got married in 1965. Sharon loaned it to Val to give him good luck on the movie. When the movie was over, Sharon then gave the ring to Dawn Schiller.

• Christina Applegate grew up near the site of the Wonderland murders and remembers seeing the bloody mattresses on the street, which led to her agreeing to take a relatively small role in the film.

• In the climactic murder scene from the John Holmes perspective, there are several single-frame shots of the actual corpses from the 1981 LAPD crime scene photographs.