Johnny Frank Garrett's Last Word

Synopsis: When a young man is executed for committing murder, he leaves behind a curse letter, promising vengeance for all those connected to his unfair trial.
 
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2016
95 min
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Kill the freak!

Remember the nun!

Kill the freak!

Remember the nun!

Kill the freak!

Remember the nun!

Kill the freak!

Remember the nun!

Kill the freak!

Kill the freak!

Kill the freak!

One last look.

Okay?

I want you all to look.

I want you all to remember.

This was a nun.

A few months shy

of her 80th birthday.

A nun.

He did this... to a nun.

We all know the book of Matthew.

We all know what Jesus did.

He called his twelve

disciples to him

and he gave them the authority

to cast out evil spirits.

Well, today,

each and every one of you

has that same authority.

And have no doubts

in your minds.

Johnny frank Garrett

is the essence of evil.

That boy is more animal

than man.

But I'm not asking you

to take that on faith.

You take that on the people

that knew him.

From his teacher.

You take it from the facts.

Johnny frank Garrett's

fingerprints

were found all over

sister Benz's bedroom.

On the headboard, no less.

There's more fingerprints

on the nightstand table,

right next to her stabbed,

mutilated,

and violated body.

You take it from the fact

that he's got a history

of violence.

You take it from the fact

that he's got a history

of drug abuse.

Indeed, the night of the murder,

he'd ingested two tabs of LSD.

Two!

And then he was seen

acting in an agitated

and very suspicious manner

mere feet from

St. Francis convent.

But mostly,

ladies and gentlemen,

you take it from

the boy's words.

You take it from his own words.

He's already confessed

to the crime.

To his arresting officers.

He admitted it

to fellow prisoners.

Hell, he even bragged about it.

I'm sorry.

You know...

They always say

you're not supposed to

take the devil at his word.

And I believe that, I do.

In my heart of hearts,

I believe that.

But we even caught him boasting.

We caught that boy

boasting about it.

Let's take one last look

at sister Benz.

That's who you're looking at,

sister Benz.

You convict that devil.

You convict that devil or I

swear to god he will kill again.

"Avenge not yourself,

but rather give place

unto wrath.

For it is written,

'justice is mine;

I shall repay, '

saith the lord."

District attorney Danny hill

has left no stone unturned

in his zealous pursuit

for justice.

Well, there's dreams,

and then there's visions.

This was a vision

that came to me in a dream.

I urge all the citizens

of Amarillo, Texas,

to follow the lord's teachings.

- He's investigating

- 47 individuals

who settled in Amarillo

under former president

Jimmy Carter's

Cuban special placement program.

I will not rest

until the perpetrator

of this heinous crime

is arrested, incarcerated,

and executed, so help me god.

And in this vision,

you saw the killer's face?

Well, Kathy,

I saw his face,

I saw his address.

I even saw a name.

Mr. Clyde.

Slow down!

He's right there!

Come out with your hands up!

God will have mercy

on your soul.

"Our father, who art in heaven,

hallowed be thy name.

Thy kingdom come,

thy will be done,

on earth as it is in heaven.

Give us this day

our daily bread,

and forgive us our trespasses,

as we forgive those

who trespass against us.

And lead us not into temptation,

but deliver us from evil.

For thine is the kingdom

and the power and the glory,

forever and ever. Amen."

Okay, then. All in favor?

Raise your hand

if you're in favor.

Um, I'm sorry, y'all.

I have some doubts.

You have some doubts?

Would you like us to pray again?

Uh, no, ma'am.

Thank you.

Okay, okay.

First of all, a psychic?

That's how they found him?

Look, I don't believe in this

mumbo jumbo stuff either, but...

But it turned out she was right.

Exactly.

And all the other evidence...

His fingerprints

all around the room?

Yeah, but they didn't even...

The room? All over the bed!

But they didn't even have

those prints till after...

Days after...

They arrested him.

But the prints were there.

They still found them.

Thank god for that.

I-I don't know,

it just seems backwards.

You want to explain

why a 17-year-old boy's

fingerprints would wind up

in a catholic nun's bedroom?

I don't know, but it seems like

the tail's wagging the dog here.

Let's not forget, pal,

he was spotted

in front of the convent

the evening of the murder

and that ain't backwards.

Well, he lived near

the convent, so...

Acting violently,

hitting a bush with a stick

over and over again.

Under the influence of LSD.

That's what Charles Manson

was using.

Come on, we're not comparing

this scared kid

to Charles Manson, are we?

Remember, we have a confession.

Yeah, which he did not sign.

And in my mind,

it sounds like he got bullied,

or was confused.

He was confused?

The guy raped a nun

because he was confused?

Look, his IQ is under 70.

Just because he's stupid,

that doesn't make him innocent.

It doesn't make him

guilty either.

I'd like to say something here.

I don't know about the rest of

the elderly women in Amarillo,

but those weeks

after the murder,

I was terrified to go to sleep.

Every whistling wind,

every bump in the night.

Terrified.

Now, we're good people here.

Good, god-fearing people.

We look after each other

and we look after our community.

And when that is threatened,

we do something about it.

Which is what we have to do.

Right now.

We've heard all your doubts.

Now, how much longer

are you gonna keep us here?

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Ben Ketai

Ben Ketai is an American film director, writer, and producer. He directed and wrote the following Ghost House Pictures productions: 30 Days of Night: Dark Days and the webseries 30 Days of Night: Dust to Dust.In 2010, the SyFy Channel released The Resistance, executive produced by Ketai, Scott Bayless, and Scott Rogers and directed by Adrian Picardi. It started as a low budget web series in the form of 4 short online teasers on YouTube. Before filming the actual web show, the series was picked up by Sam Raimi’s Ghost House Pictures and Starz Media, after executives at Ghost House viewed "The Resistance" teasers online. The web show aired on October 4, 2010, on the SyFy channel as a one-hour television pilot. It was also released in its original 8 episodic form on iTunes, Xbox Live, and the PlayStation Network. "The Resistance" was produced by Aaron Lam, Eric Ro, and Associate Producer Don Le. The pilot made history, as it's the first time a series created originally for the web was premiered on television.In 2012, Ketai created, wrote and directed an original series for Crackle, Chosen, starring Milo Ventimiglia.Ketai wrote the script of the real-life project Johnny Frank Garrett's Last Word, based on the life of Johnny Frank Garrett. In the same year, he wrote the script to the sequel to The Strangers, with Bryan Bertino, entitled The Strangers: Prey at Night and released in 2018.In 2016, the TV series he created, StartUp, starring Adam Brody, Edi Gathegi and Martin Freeman, premiered on Crackle. He also directed and wrote select episodes. Season 2 premiered in September 2017. more…

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