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The Hillside Strangler
They lived to watch you die.
Kenneth Bianchi is a security guard whose attempts to become a police officer are repeatedly thwarted. He moves to California to live with his cousin Angelo and dates a string of women, becoming increasingly preoccupied with sex. Eventually the cousins decide to start an escort agency. After violently killing a prostitute they thought had betrayed them, Kenneth and Angelo begin committing a series of crimes that become a media sensation.
- Original title
- The Hillside Strangler
- Language
- EN
- Country
- US
- Budget
- $1,400,000
- Revenue
- —
John Chard
Dec 1, 2014 · via TMDB
Hardly Kissing Cousins. Kenneth Bianchi and Angelo Buono were two cousins who were convicted of the rape, torture and murder of 10 females of various ages in LA 1977/78. This film is an interpretation of their reign of terror. Unpleasant. If you are going to do a serial killer movie, one based on real life perpetrators, then you surely have to make the characterisations of fascination value away from their despicable crimes. Unfortunately director Chuck Parello and co-writer Stephen Johnston fail to do this, leaving the film with a paucity of worthwhile human story moments. It’s not helped by the fact Nicholas Torturro as Buono is badly miscast, he’s just impossible to take serious in a role that calls for the ultimate seriousness. On the plus side, C. Thomas Howell as Bianchi hits the right notes. Howell is something of an undervalued actor in dark roles, as far back as 1990 where he played a vengeful killer in a film called Kid, he’s been doing good moody work in thrillers. Elsewhere John Pirozzi’s cinematography is on the money, keeping the murky tones of the film in harness, while Gregg Gibbs’ production design has all the late 1970s requisites. 5/10
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Allison Lange
Claire Shelton
Nicholas Turturro
Angelo Buono
C. Thomas Howell
Kenneth Bianchi
Jennifer Tisdale
Erin
Kent King
Gabrielle
Aimee Brooks
Felicia Waller
Natasha Melnick
Karyn
Brandin Rackley
Janice Cooley
Lin Shaye
Jenny Buono
Marisol Padilla Sánchez
Christina Chavez
Damon Whitaker
Ronnie
Roz Witt
Frances Bianchi
Aaron Behr
Dan Forney
Julia Lee
Lisa Erwin
Sonia Izzolena
Stunts
Johanna Ray
Casting
Alexa Jago
Executive Producer
Hamish McAlpine
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