Let us know what you think in the comments below. Can you nurture oneself, train your mind to suppress these murderous desires, find means of coping? © 2020 Film Inquiry. The Clovehitch Killer is a 2018 American thriller film directed by Duncan Skiles and written by Christopher Ford. “He was a community leader and a Boy Scout guide,” was all that Skiles would say of the inspiration for Dylan McDermott’s Don in “The Clovehitch Killer.”, He then quickly added. It isn't interested in scaring you or grossing you out. Sloppy gets the work (partly) done. Tyler is the typical middle American teenager. When it comes down to it, The Clovehitch Killer did not completely deliver what I had expected to see. And mine. So hopefully it isn’t a negative on the world.”, /* >