The Zodiac Killer – USA, 1971 – reviews
‘Who is he… What is he… When is he going to strike again??’ The Zodiac Killer aka Zodiac is a 1971 American horror-thriller feature film based on still-unsolved murders, a …
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The Golden Glove – Germany | France, 2019 – reviews
The Golden Glove is a 2019 German-French crime drama about a serial killer who strikes fear in the hearts of residents of Hamburg during the early 1970s. Written and directed …
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The Utah Cabin Murders – UK, 2019 – preview
‘Don’t look. Don’t breather. Don’t move.‘ The Utah Cabin Murders is a 2019 British horror feature film about two sisters fight for survival when masked intruders invade their vacation cabin. …
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Bundy and the Green River Killer – UK, 2019 – overview and reviews
‘Based on the true story which inspired Silence of the Lambs‘ Bundy and the Green River Killer is a 2019 British true crime feature film written, produced and directed by …
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Ed Gein – grave robber and serial killer
Edward Theodore “Ed” Gein (August 8, 1906 – July 26, 1984) was an American murderer and body snatcher. His crimes, committed around his hometown of Plainfield, Wisconsin, gathered widespread notoriety after authorities discovered Gein had exhumed corpses from local graveyards and …
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Lizzie (2018) reviews and overview
‘The legend of Lizzie Borden’ Lizzie is a 2018 American biographical thriller feature film directed by Craig William Macneill (Channel Zero: Candle Cove; The Boy) from a screenplay written by Bryce Kass. The plot is based on …
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Joel – USA, 2018 – reviews
‘New York’s most notorious serial killer’ Joel is a 2018 American true crime drama horror thriller feature film written, edited and directed by John R. Hand (Forest of the Vampire; The …
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Bodom aka Lake Bodom – Finland, Estonia, 2016 – reviews
‘No happy campers here…’ Bodom aka Lake Bodom is a 2016 Finnish-Estonian horror film directed by Taneli Mustonen from a screenplay co-written with Aleksi Hyvärinen. The film was inspired by but is not …
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Rillington Place – TV mini-series (2016)
Rillington Place is a 2016 British three-part BBC television mini-series about John Christie, the necrophile serial killer who murdered eight women and stowed their bodies behind the walls, under the floor, …
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Blood Brothers (2015) reviews and overview
Blood Brothers is a 2015 American horror thriller feature film written and directed by Jose Prendes (Unspeakable Horrors: The Plan 9 Conspiracy; The Haunting of Whaley House; Corpses Are Forever; screenwriter …
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Dear Mr. Gacy – Canada, 2010 – reviews
Dear Mr. Gacy is a 2010 Canadian drama thriller film directed by Svetozar Ristovski from a screenplay by Kellie Madison. The film is based on Jason Moss’s 1999 memoir, The Last Victim: A …
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The Manson Family – USA, 2003 – overview and reviews
The Manson Family is a 2003 American true crime horror film written and directed by Jim Van Bebber. The film covers the lives of Charles Manson and his “family” of followers. The …
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Boone Helm – cannibal and serial killer
Boone Helm (1828 – January 14, 1864) was a mountain man and gunfighter of the American West known as the Kentucky Cannibal. Helm was a serial killer who …
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Capote – USA, 2005 – reviews
Capote is a 2005 biographical film about Truman Capote, following the events during the writing of Capote’s non-fiction book In Cold Blood about the inexplicable murders of a Kansas family in 1959. The film was based on Gerald Clarke’s biography Capote and …
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“From Hell…” Jack the Ripper on Screen – article
Jack the Ripper. The very name conjures up clichéd images of fog-shrouded streets, grisly murder and chirpy, voluptuous Cockney street girls spilling out of East End dens of inequity to …
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10 Rillington Place – UK, 1971 – reviews
‘The story of the Christie sex-murders!’ 10 Rillington Place is a 1971 British crime drama film with a horrific theme directed by Richard Fleischer (Amityville 3-D; See No Evil; The Boston Strangler), …
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The Boston Strangler – USA, 1968 – overview and reviews
The Boston Strangler is a 1968 film based on the true story of the Boston Strangler and the book by Gerold Frank. It was directed by Richard Fleischer (Amityville 3-D; See …
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The Town That Dreaded Sundown – USA, 1976 – reviews
The Town that Dreaded Sundown is a 1976 horror feature film directed by (and co-starring) Charles B. Pierce (The Legend of Boggy Creek). The film is based on a series of actual murders attributed …
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Cropsey (2009) reviews and free to watch online in HD
‘The truth is terrifying’ Cropsey is a 2009 American crime horror documentary film, written and directed by Joshua Zeman and Barbara Brancaccio. The film and its title uses the urban …
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