The Hillside Strangler (2004) movie poster

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.

Why it matters
3 horror films in catalog

Horror DNA

Gore
43
Slow Burn
66
Psychological
71
Supernatural
0
Creature
0
Disturbing
83
Fun Factor
0
Cerebral
43
Survival
33
Serial Killer

Content Warnings

Sexual ViolenceTaboo ContentDehumanization

Phobia triggers

TMDB Keywords

1970sbased on true storypimpprostituterapeserial rapiststranglerstrangulationstrip clubstrong language

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