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The Strangler (1964)

The Strangler poster
Directed by
Burt Topper
Genre
horror film, thriller film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 29m
Rating
6.4 of 10 from 27 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A lab technician with psychological problems starts murdering young women one by one. The police try to catch him before he kills again.

tensedarksuspensefuldisturbingpsychologicalgloomymethodicaluneasy

What happens

The Strangler is a 1964 American psychological thriller film directed by Burt Topper and starring Victor Buono, David McLean, Davey Davison, and Ellen Corby, with a screenplay by Bill S. Ballinger. It follows a disturbed lab technician who embarks on a serial killing spree of young female victims. The film was inspired by the Boston Strangler, a serial killer who murdered several women in the 1960s, and went into production while police were still attempting to solve the crimes. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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