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The Zodiac Killer (1971)

The Zodiac Killer poster
Directed by
Tom Hanson
Genre
docudrama
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 27m
Rated
R
Rating
4.8 of 10 from 31 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This 1971 film invents a name and back story for the real-life Zodiac Killer who terrorized San Francisco. It follows a fictionalized version of the unsolved murder spree and the pursuit of the culprit.

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What happens

The Zodiac Killer is a 1971 slasher film directed by Tom Hanson and starring Hal Reed, Bob Jones, Ray Lynch and Tom Pittman. The plot is based on the murders committed by the Zodiac Killer in the San Francisco area, though it takes many liberties with the actual investigation with the film providing a name and back story for the killer. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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