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Director:
Tom Hanson
Writers:
Ray Cantrell (screenplay) &
Manny Cardoza (screenplay)
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Genre:
Crime | History | Horror | Mystery | Thriller more
Tagline:
He may be a stranger... a friend... or the quiet guy who lives next door. more
Plot:
The San Francisco area is beset by a series of seemingly random murders without motive or pattern. The police are taunted by phone calls and letters... more | add synopsis
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User Comments:
Cheesy and cheap more (12 total)

Cast

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Hal Reed ... Jerry
Bob Jones ... Grover
Ray Lynch ... Sgt. Pittman
Tom Pittman ... Officer Heller
Mary Darrington ... First Murder
Frank Sanabek ... Joe
Ed Quigley ... Tony
Bertha Dahl ... Mrs. Crocker
Dion Marinkovich ... Helen
Doodles Weaver ... Doc (as Doddles Weaver)
Gloria Gunn ... Marilyn
Richard Styles ... Judd
Manny Cardoza ... Hippy (as Manny Cordoza)
Norma Takaki ... Lakey
Donna Register ... Donna
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The Zodiak Killer (USA) (video box title)
Zodiac (USA) (promotional title)
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Runtime:
87 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Certification:
Australia:R

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Producer/Actor Anthony Begonia's parents were classmates of one of the victims. more
Quotes:
Doc: I like 'em plump and juicy and dumb! more
Movie Connections:
Version of Zodiac (2007/I) more

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2 out of 4 people found the following comment useful.
Cheesy and cheap, 15 April 2001
Author: ehoshaw from Trenton, MI

This 1971 horror/crime film is really low-budget. The acting is bad and the direction is flat. It doesn't really shed any new insight into the Zodiac case. It basically is just 86 minutes of people getting shot, stabbed, sliced, beaten, and killed in a a variety of bloody ways. Pretty much all the names of the victims have been changed and we know who the killer is early on, and it basically just follows him as he claims his victims. It is pretty boring, has bad music, and lots of cheesy 70s fashions (I just love the part with that guy's wig at the beginning, haha!). The scene with the sunbathers getting stabbed to death in the woods is creepy and bloody, but everything else is laughable. "The Zodiak Killer" is a cheap, low-budget effort that some may like and others may despise.

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