Strangler vs. Strangler (1984)

Original title

Давитељ против давитеља

Directed by

Slobodan Šijan

Genre

comedy thriller

Country

Yugoslavia

Runtime

1h 36m

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 47 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In 1980s Belgrade, a flower seller turns into a serial killer after his mother punishes him for bad sales. A bumbling police inspector tries to catch him, while a rock singer becomes a copycat killer.

darkly comicquirkyoffbeatunevenmacabresatiricalquirky-horror

What happens

Strangler vs. Strangler (Serbo-Croatian: Davitelj protiv davitelja) is a 1984 Yugoslav film featuring elements of horror comedy, thriller and horror. The film is set in Belgrade during the 1980s. A middle-aged flower seller becomes a serial killer, targeting girls who refuse to buy his products. His motivation is the sadistic punishment inflicted on him by his domineering mother for the failed sales. An inept police inspector is increasingly obsessed with capturing the killer. A rock singer turns into a copycat killer, killing his wife during their honeymoon and putting the blame on the original killer, leading to a confrontation between the two killers. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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