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 – 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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Lizzie – USA, 2018 – reviews
‘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, UK, 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 – USA, 2015 – reviews
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 – 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 – USA, 2009 – reviews
‘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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