The Zodiac Killer is a speculative fiction about the real life murders undertaken by the serial killer known as Zodiac, in and around the San Francisco area during the 1960s and 70s.
It was conceived and released in 1971 by journalist Paul Avery- after he had received the infamous "peek-a-boo" halloween card from the Zodiac.
It's shot sort of like PSA-oriented docudrama, warning people that the killer is still out there...and could be anybody...even someone you know.
And it's laden with misogyny.
They develop a number of characters- all with gripes concerning women- seemingly to suggest that anyone exhibiting such aggressive traits could potentially be the responsible for the spate of murders that had been occurring over the past number of years there.
However, they then make the killer a subdued feminist minded vegetarian; whose frustrated, mainly, because he seeks acceptance from his criminally insane father, who all but ignores him.
There's a comic interlude woven in about two thirds the way through, when- in an act of desperation- the investigators visit a psychic charlatan, who gives them all the wrong information.
It all ends with the question, "Now that you know that I exist, what are you gonna do about it?".
(Keep in mind that Zodiac was still out there and active at the time this film was released)
A cheesey, low budget, yet highly entertaining film.
5.5 out of 10.
It was conceived and released in 1971 by journalist Paul Avery- after he had received the infamous "peek-a-boo" halloween card from the Zodiac.
It's shot sort of like PSA-oriented docudrama, warning people that the killer is still out there...and could be anybody...even someone you know.
And it's laden with misogyny.
They develop a number of characters- all with gripes concerning women- seemingly to suggest that anyone exhibiting such aggressive traits could potentially be the responsible for the spate of murders that had been occurring over the past number of years there.
However, they then make the killer a subdued feminist minded vegetarian; whose frustrated, mainly, because he seeks acceptance from his criminally insane father, who all but ignores him.
There's a comic interlude woven in about two thirds the way through, when- in an act of desperation- the investigators visit a psychic charlatan, who gives them all the wrong information.
It all ends with the question, "Now that you know that I exist, what are you gonna do about it?".
(Keep in mind that Zodiac was still out there and active at the time this film was released)
A cheesey, low budget, yet highly entertaining film.
5.5 out of 10.