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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.

Release Date : 2004-11-12

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Tartan Films

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles : The Hillside Stranglings

Cast

Character Name : Claire Shelton

Original Name : Allison Lange

Gender : Female

Character Name : Angelo Buono

Original Name : Nicholas Turturro

Gender : Male

Character Name : Kenneth Bianchi

Original Name : C. Thomas Howell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Carrie Ploskonko

Original Name : Zarah Little

Gender : Male

Character Name : Erin

Original Name : Jennifer Tisdale

Gender : Female

Character Name : Gabrielle

Original Name : Kent King

Gender : Female

Character Name : Felicia Waller

Original Name : Aimee Brooks

Gender : Female

Character Name : Karyn

Original Name : Natasha Melnick

Gender : Female

Character Name : Janice Cooley

Original Name : Brandin Rackley

Gender : Female

Character Name : Jenny Buono

Original Name : Lin Shaye

Gender : Female

Character Name : Christina Chavez

Original Name : Marisol Padilla Sánchez

Gender : Female

Character Name : Ronnie

Original Name : Damon Whitaker

Gender : Male

Character Name : Frances Bianchi

Original Name : Roz Witt

Gender : Female

Character Name : Dan Forney

Original Name : Aaron Behr

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lisa Erwin

Original Name : Julia Lee

Gender : Female

Character Name : April

Original Name : Jessica Allegra

Gender : Male

Reviews

John Chard

@John Chard

2024-05-16

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