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The Hillside Strangler

2004 ·1h 37m · ★ 5.0 (35)

Kenneth Bianchi is a security guard whose attempts to become a police officer are repeatedly thwarted. He moves to California to live with his cousin Angelo and dates a string of women, becoming increasingly preoccupied with sex. Eventually the cousins decide to start an escort agency. After violently killing a prostitute they thought had betrayed them, Kenneth and Angelo begin committing a series of crimes that become a media sensation.

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3 horror films in catalog

Horror DNA

Gore
Bloodless Splatterfest
43
Slow Burn
Shock-driven Slow burn
66
Psychological
Straightforward Mind-bending
71
Supernatural
Grounded Otherworldly
0
Creature
Human threats Monster-driven
0
Disturbing
Tame Deeply unsettling
83
Fun Factor
Deadly serious Blast to watch
0
Cerebral
Popcorn horror Thinking horror
43
Survival
No survival element Fight for your life
33
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Content Warnings

Sexual ViolenceTaboo ContentDehumanization
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TMDB Keywords

1970sbased on true storypimpprostituterapeserial rapiststranglerstrangulationstrip clubstrong language

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