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An overweight lab technician with low self esteem, brought on by his dominant mother, becomes a serial killer of female nurses.An overweight lab technician with low self esteem, brought on by his dominant mother, becomes a serial killer of female nurses.An overweight lab technician with low self esteem, brought on by his dominant mother, becomes a serial killer of female nurses.
Michael Ryan
- Detective Mel Posner
- (as Michael M. Ryan)
Fred Aldrich
- Apartment House Manager
- (uncredited)
Benjie Bancroft
- Police Officer
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writer
- All cast & crew
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Did you know
- TriviaAccording to director Burt Topper, Victor Buono puffed smoke into his eyes to create tears for a particular scene.
- GoofsWhen the police are on the way to the first murder, they are driving in a 1950s boxy sedan. However, when the police arrive, they are in an early-1960s sedan.
- Crazy creditsDavey Davison's "Introducing" billing is correct as far as feature films go, but she had appeared on several TV series prior to this.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Late Movie 18: The Strangler (1979)
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Reasonably entertaining
While "The Strangler" may have been very hard-hitting when it first came out, especially with The Boston Strangler case still fresh in moviegoers' minds, it has lost some of its power over the years. The unfolding of the story and many story elements will seem very familiar to viewers nowadays, who have seen the same basic story many times on television shows. Also, the tone and pace of the movie will seem a little dry and slow to many modern day viewers. Though personally I did find the low key feeling somewhat refreshing after seeing many times before watching this film this basic story extremely hyped up. Another aspect of the movie I liked, one that makes the movie worth a look, is Victor Buono's performance. He makes for an interesting villain, coming across as believably creepy, though at other times almost sympathetic. If you are prepared for watching a very familiar story, the movie does end up being a fairly compelling example of the serial killer genre.
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- Wizard-8
- May 15, 2015
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- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- The Boston Strangler
- Filming locations
- West 3rd Street and South Fairfax Avenue, Los Angeles, California, USA(police car turns the corner at night by the Town and Country shopping center)
- Production company
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- Runtime1 hour 29 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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