Bret Easton Ellis continues to write and create work that is both thrilling and thought provoking. His newest release, Smiley Face Killers, is the latest in his long line of disturbed fiction, and follows a young boy at an American college – Jake (played by Ronen Rubinstein) – being stalked by a cult of serial killers for somewhat unknown reasons. In an exclusive chat with Express.co.uk, the iconic writer told all on the origin of this horrific story, and how the movie was initially going to start with a much larger bang.

It is important to note, first off, that Smiley Face Killers is based on a real-life serial killer theory, which was first connected by a pair of detectives, Gannon and Duarte, in the late 1990s.

The pair suggested that…