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Black Dahlia (2006)

Black Dahlia poster
Directed by
Ulli Lommel
Genre
horror film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 21m
Rated
NR
Rating
3.4 of 10 from 26 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

The film dramatizes the unsolved 1947 murder of Elizabeth Short in Los Angeles. It focuses on the investigation and the lives of those connected to the case.

low-budgetexploitativegrimdisjointeddatedgorycold

What happens

Ulli Lommel (21 December 1944 – 2 December 2017) was a German actor and director, noted for his many collaborations with Rainer Werner Fassbinder and his association with the New German Cinema movement. Lommel spent time at The Factory and was a creative associate of Andy Warhol, with whom he made several films and works of art. He moved to the United States in 1977, where he wrote, directed and starred in over 50 films. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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