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The Hunt for the Zodiac Killer

2017 · 1 season

A sober, methodical true-crime procedural that trades chills for the slow grind of amateur codebreakers chasing a decades-old puzzle.

Genres
Documentary, Crime, Reality
Starring
Sal LaBarbera, Craig P. Bauer, Michael Butterfield
Overview
A look at the hunt for California's Zodiac Killer, who murdered at least five people in the San Francisco Bay Area in the late 1960s and early '70s.

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Stream in the UK
  • Sky Go
More options Data from JustWatch
Genres
Documentary, Crime, Reality
Starring
Sal LaBarbera, Craig P. Bauer, Michael Butterfield
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How it feels

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Tone
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • obsession
  • mystery
  • crime
  • death
  • memory
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • procedural
  • true story
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror4
Humour1
Realism9
Romance0
Tension6
Darkness7
Complexity6
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
documentary, crime, reality
Starring
Sal LaBarbera, Craig P. Bauer, Michael Butterfield, Ryan Garlick, Kevin Knight, Ken Mains, Mike Morford, David Oranchak
Music
John Arthur Calder
Cinematography
Doug Glover
Length
1 seasons, 5 episodes, 50 min each
Network
History
Country
United States of America
Languages
French, English

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