Boston Strangler is a 2023 American true-crime thriller based on the infamous serial killer who killed thirteen women in the early 1960s. The crimes were attributed to Albert DeSalvo based on his confession, details revealed in court during a separate case, and DNA evidence.
Sometimes referred to as the “silk stocking murders”, the new film by writer-director Matt Ruskin (Crown Heights, City of Dead Men) focuses on investigative journalists Loretta McLaughlin and Jean Cole and Loretta McLaughlin, who wrote a four-part series about the killer for the Record American in 1963, dubbing him “The Boston Strangler”, played by David Dastmalchian (Dune; The Suicide Squad).
Dastmalchian appears alongside the aforementioned Keira Knightley (Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl), plus Carrie Coon (The Leftovers), Alessandro Nivola (The Many Saints of Newark), and Chris Cooper (American Beauty).
Release:
Boston Strangler will be released on March 17, 2023, on the Hulu platform.
Reviews:
“Ruskin builds the film beautifully as Loretta makes more and more connections, finding the perfect time to circle back to Ann Arbor […] Boston Strangler may be a modest production, but it is a mystery why Disney/20th Century made the decision to bypass a theatrical release. Grade: B+ Reeling Reviews
Notes:
The spate of murders was previously the subject of the movie The Boston Strangler (1968) with Tony Curtis as the titular murderer. And despite not being specifically linked to the case, The Strangler (1964), which stars Victor Buono, is also clearly inspired by the spate of Boston murders.
