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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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Storyline
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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Excellent Psychological Thriller
This film was a pleasant surprise. I bought this on DVD with another film on same DVD because I liked the description, at a very fine price. I was not disappointed. Victor Buono of Batmans King Tut fame and Ellen Corby of Waltons fame were excellent as son and overbearing crippled mother. The scenes where Ellen Corby verbally abuses her son were as important to the film as the actual murders taking place. It truly does give the viewer somewhat of a sense as to why the killer turned out the way he did. I thought the police investigation and interrogation scenes were wonderful as well and truly stood the test of time to modern day film experiments such as Law and Order or CSI . The writers of this movie really did their homework to bring out an exceptional film in all facets, covering all bases. The film is timeless for the most part, except for smoking in the hospital. I thought that was strange lol. I surely recommend this film with an eerie soundtrack though very simple stage set. Victor Buono very underrated actor, probably because of his girth. Enjoy this film ASAP.
- Greatornot
- Nov 21, 2009
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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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