Copycat

Copycat (1995) is an American psychological thriller, starring Sigourney Weaver and Holly Hunter. After giving a guest lecture on criminal psychology at a local university, Dr. Helen Hudson (Sigourney Weaver), a respected field expert on serial killers, is cornered in a lavatory by one of her previous subjects, the incurable psychopath Daryll Lee Cullum (Harry Connick, Jr.), who kills a police officer in front of and brutally attacks her. She bec... more

Copycat (1995) is an American psychological thriller, starring Sigourney Weaver and Holly Hunter. After giving a guest lecture on criminal psychology at a local university, Dr. Helen Hudson (Sigourney Weaver), a respected field expert on serial killers, is cornered in a lavatory by one of her previous subjects, the incurable psychopath Daryll Lee Cullum (Harry Connick, Jr.), who kills a police officer in front of and brutally attacks her. She becomes severely agoraphobic as a result, sealing herself inside an expensive hi-tech apartment, conducting her entire life from behind a computer screen and assisted by a gay male friend, Andy (John Rothman). However, when a new series of murders spread fear and panic across her home city of San Francisco, each crime scene an imitation of a preceding serial killer's modus operandi, tough tomboy detective M.J. Monahan (Holly Hunter) and her partner Reuben Goetz (Dermot Mulroney) solicit Helen's expertise. Initially reluctant, the doctor soon... less