Knight Moves is a 1982 movie about a string of serial killings. Carl Schenkel, also know for his directing of The Mighty Quinn directed this thriller. It stars Christopher Lambert (Highlander, Fortress), as Peter Sanderson, a grand chess player thrown in the middle of a murder investigation involving a serial killer. Tom Skerritt (Top Gun, Steel Magnolias), plays the lead cop (Capt. Frank Sedman) trying to catch the serial killer. His partner is Daniel Baldwin (Detective Andy Wagner) and Diane Lane (Lady Beware, Unfaithful, The Perfect Storm), is Kathy Sheppard, a forensic psychologist, assisting the investigation. I will soon review Lady Beware, one of my favorite stalking films starring Diane Lane and set in my home town of Pittsburgh.
1972: A high strung and tormented young boy, loses a chess match and attacks his opponent. He is hospitalized and upon returning home, his father abandons him and his mother. He awakens that evening to find blood dripping from the ceiling and discovers mother has attempted suicide. Despite her plea, "help me," he merely retrieves his hidden locked up chessboard and pieces as she lay dying.
Switch to Present Day: Peter Sanderson (Christopher Lambert) wins a chess match in a grand master's tournament and is in line to play for the world title if he wins the Round Robin Competition. But women start turning up dead and he becomes a main suspect in the murder investigation.
When the killer strikes, he leaves his victim drained of blood and a message written with that blood. Peter has slept with one of the victims and his initial denial of the fact especially makes him a suspect in the killing. It appears that the killer begins contacting Peter and sending him letters regarding the killings as Peter tries to cooperate with the the police; all the while remaining a chief suspect. Is Peter the tormented young boy now become a vengeful serial killer or is someone trying to frame him. Knight Moves is suspenseful and keep your guessing until the very end.
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