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Director:

Tom Hanson

Writers:

Ray Cantrell (screenplay) &
Manny Cardoza (screenplay)

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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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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 The Zodiac (2005) more


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Barely Holds One's Attention, 14 December 2004
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Author: wilburscott from Hidin' from Mr. Zodiac

Mean-spirited and brutal film is mainly a fictionalization of the events that happened when the Zodiac killer raised hell in California back in the late 60's-early 70's. Our chipper killer (who resembles a young Merle Haggard) goes around raising hell. When he's not braining women with car hoods or spare tires, he's knifing couples or worshiping his altar where he believes the spirits of all the people he killed will be his slaves in the afterlife! Wow, is this guy one nutty dude! Gotta love the Doodles Weaver cameo, too, and how he likes his women "plump and dumb". Everyone knows some filthy old man like that, don't they? Obviously made by people who were not too hip to film-making, the film is shoddy and poorly shot, but the sheer outrageousness of the situations is good for one look at least.

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