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Killer's Delight (1978)

Killer's Delight poster
Directed by
Jeremy Hoenack
Genre
horror, thriller
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 25m
Rated
R
Rating
4.3 of 10 from 15 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A serial killer stalks and murders young women in the San Francisco Bay area. Police try to track him down as the body count rises.

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What happens

Killer's Delight is a 1978 American slasher film directed, edited, and produced by Jeremy Hoenack, written by Maralyn Thoma, and starring James Luisi, Susan Sullivan, John Karlen, Martin Speer, Hilarie Thompson, and Anne-Marie Martin. Its plot follows a brutal serial killer committing murders in the San Francisco Bay area. The film was loosely based on the crimes of Ted Bundy. In several European countries, the film was released under the title The Sport Killer, and was also released as The Dark Ride. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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