The Hillside Strangler
They lived to watch you die.
They lived to watch you die.
Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
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2004
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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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Rated:
R
Runtime:
97 min
Release date:
12 Nov 2004
Country:
US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$1,400,000
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
1 nomination
Top Critics Reviews
rotten:
A garishly slick piece of exploitation with surprisingly high production values but nary a moment of suspense.
– Kevin Crust,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Oct 2004
rotten:
This relentlessly unpleasant film documents the true story of cousins whose murder spree in late 1970's Los Angeles was at first attributed to a lone killer known as the Hillside Strangler.
– Dana Stevens,
New York Times,
14 Oct 2004
rotten:
A good horse kick, or a fistful of Valium, may help you get through this relentlessly sadistic exercise with your soul more or less intact.
– Ron Stringer,
L.A. Weekly,
14 Oct 2004
rotten:
Another repulsive, fetishistic trawl through the life and crimes of a serial killer.
– Megan Lehmann,
New York Post,
12 Oct 2004
rotten:
Here's one for the Sick Voyeurs Club.
– Jack Mathews,
New York Daily News,
12 Oct 2004