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Murders in the Zoo (1933)

Murders in the Zoo poster
Directed by
A. Edward Sutherland
Genre
horror film, crime film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 02m
Rating
5.8 of 10 from 49 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A zookeeper uses the animals in his charge to murder his wife's lovers and other enemies. The film follows the police investigation as the killing spree escalates.

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What happens

Murders in the Zoo is a 1933 pre-Code horror film directed by A. Edward Sutherland, written by Philip Wylie and Seton I. Miller. Particularly dark, even for its time, film critic Leonard Maltin called the film "astonishingly grisly." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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