Zodiac Killer (2005)

User Rating:

1.7/10   

Director:

Ulli Lommel

Writer:

Ulli Lommel (story)

Release Date:

2005 (USA)

Genre:

Crime

Tagline:

The 12 Signs of Evil

Plot:

A young man who works at a nursing home uses the legendary Zodiac killer's M.O. to kill people who neglect their elderly relatives.

Plot Keywords:

Zodiac Killer | Serial Killer | Copycat | Murder | Secret Society

Cast

Vladimir Maksic	...	Michael Cosnick
Ulli Lommel	...	Simon Vale
Peter Beckman	...	J. Donald Fisk
Todd Jensen	...	Harry Prince
JayTon Tucker	...	Detective Rochelle
Günther Ziegler	...	Willie Harman (as Gunter Ziegler)
David Hess	...	Mel Navokov
Nola Roeper	...	Candy Kraus
Ricky Love	...	Bellam Books Executive
Kari French	...	Mrs. Fink
Jonathan Dewdney	...	Hacker
Patrick Flanagan	...	Vermont Ave. Victim
Stacey Nikolova	...	Karen
Regina Overton	...	Yvette
Kathy Anguiano	...	Pizza Delivery Girl

Also Known As:

Curse of the Zodiac (UK) (DVD title)
Ulli Lommel's Zodiac Killer (USA) (DVD box title)

MPAA:

Rated R for violence including strong graphic images, language and sexual content.

Runtime:

83 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Certification:

Australia:R | UK:18

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Lommel Entertainment

Trivia:

Some of the flashback footage is taken from director Ulli Lommel's earlier film Die Zärtlichkeit der Wölfe (1973).

Movie Connections:

Edited from The Devonsville Terror (1983)

A 10 year old could have shot this in his back yard with a VHS camcorder (and it looks like they did)

1 is being pretty generous here. I really enjoyed BOOGEYMAN, even though it is not really the BOOGEYMAN promoted on the DVD cover and we all know it! It creeped me out. But this film, it is something else. For being directed by a guy who has been around a long time and directed a lot of movies, it looks like it was shot on a VHS camcorder by a 10 year old! The story and acting are atrocious! David Hess, you have let me down too. After playing one of the most menacing villains in film history, you have resorted to this? The story and acting may have been able to be forgiven however, if anyone had taken the time to make the video look somewhat professional. There are a LOT of shot on video films out there that don't look like it, or at least aren't so obvious that it detracts your attention from the film. I can't say it is the worst movie ever, because I couldn't make it through the entire film, but it is certainly close.