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Low budget thriller based on the serial killings that took place in Boston in the early 1960s. David Faustino stars as Albert De Salvo, a small-time criminal who falsely confesses to being the notorious strangler as part of a misguided plan by his manipulative cell mate to get hold of the reward money. Meanwhile, Detective John Marsden (Andrew Divoff) must fight the bureaucracy of the day to prove that the killings were not committed by just one man.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
By Mr. R. Domar
Format:DVD
This was directed by Michael Feifer who seemed to have some bizarre fixation with serial killers as he has done at least 6 films with them as subject matter. That's not to say it's a bad thing because none of them are in any way uninteresting. Before these he did some pretty good horror films and i suppose you could say i've been a fan of his horror long before i knew about the serial killer films of his.
This stars David Faustino as the main man and he did an excellent job playing the role. The story is very clever too as it looks at DeSalvo in a different way. Not as the actual killer but somebody who wanted the notoriety of being thought of as being the Boston Strangler.
DeSalvo was killed in prison and it has never been proved one way or another who the Strangler really was.
I liked this film which i thought was well acted as it kept us guessing and even thinking. Whether any of it was true didn't matter. It was a well written plot and kept me enterained all the way in this drama of the serial killer genre.
Extras include a commentary. UK Release.
This stars David Faustino as the main man and he did an excellent job playing the role. The story is very clever too as it looks at DeSalvo in a different way. Not as the actual killer but somebody who wanted the notoriety of being thought of as being the Boston Strangler.
DeSalvo was killed in prison and it has never been proved one way or another who the Strangler really was.
I liked this film which i thought was well acted as it kept us guessing and even thinking. Whether any of it was true didn't matter. It was a well written plot and kept me enterained all the way in this drama of the serial killer genre.
Extras include a commentary. UK Release.
Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase
did not enjoy this. waste of time and money.Ibought this by mistake.meant to get the orinal version with tony curtis. roll on the real thing. nothing can beat the real thing.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
NOT A SLASHER FILM
15 Jan 2012
By Michael
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Format:DVD
I was expecting a slasher type of film from the DVD cover. Instead what I got was more akin to a historical drama. This is what we believe is the story of Albert De Salvo (David Faustino), the man who confessed to being the Boston Strangler. The film shows several women being strangled, but not really grindhouse style, more of a Hitchcock style. The accents were good. The acting and plot was decent, although the story just never grabbed me. There is no nudity and no graphic rape scenes, just disturbing strangling scenes. It is interesting from an historical sense, but not overly entertaining, yet not a bad film. Hence the so-so rating.
F-bombs.
F-bombs.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Far cry from Bud Bundy
19 Jan 2009
By Ronald L. Ferrell Jr.
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Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase
I checked this out on Amazon's Marketplace page at a really low price.I'm surprised that I didn't see any reviews from any of the Horror site's.Although not a gore film It is a really good dramatic film.David Faustino as Albert DeSalvo is a far cry from the Bud Bundy Character that he played on t.v.And the fact that this is from the same guy who directed Chicago Massacre and has some of the same cast(Andrew Divoff,Corin Nemic)helps.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Closer to the truth
27 Nov 2011
By Mason C
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Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase
Now that is is commonly accepted that Albert DeSalvo was most likely not the Boston Strangler, but instead was just a sneaky little conman & pervert, who just happened to be locked up in a mental asylum with several known psychopaths & serial killers, most of whom were out at the time of the stranglings, including the sociopath George Nassar who is protrayed in the film as the real killer. So, as opposed to the Tony Curtis classic, which is basically a fictionalized version of these crimes (like how Texas Chainsaw Massacre was a fictionalized version of Ed Gein), this film is very low budget, but director Mike Feifer is vetren in the serial killer movies field & ol' Bud Bundy himself David Faustino does, in my opinon, the greatest, most accurate depiction of Albert De Salvo that was ever on film. Overall, a good little film.
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