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Zodiac Killer and True Story
The Zodiac Killer

The only kind of scary/suspense films I enjoy are those that are a true story. A

movie that will make me look further into it then just watching the film. Something

that will have my mind going and even doing my own research on. I’ve seen plenty

of scary/suspense films that are a true story but out of all them my favorite is The

Zodiac Killer. This movie met all my expectations on a true story of a serial killer.

The movie went straight to the point, he was never caught, and the case is still

open to this day in certain parts of California.

When Im watching a scary movie I want it to start off with a murder or a scary

scene. I don’t want to be watching it for 30 minutes and then hear the first victim

screaming for help. As soon as the movie started about 5 minutes in it the Zodiac

Killer kills his first victim. Of course there has been other true story serial killer

movies that started off the same way but what’s so different about The Zodiac Killer

is after he kills someone he calls 911 explaining what happen an then says Im the

one that did it. My attention was immediately caught when I saw that he did that.

Who in the world calls the cops after killing someone and says I did it? I couldn’t

help but to continue watching the movie.

The events on the Zodiac Killer case date back to July 4, 1969 in San Francisco. The

first couple he killed happened at night time. A boy and a girl were just minding

their business at a park in their car until a car pulled up behind them. The Zodiac

walks out of his car with his face covered with no word and shoots the boy and girl

to death while in their car. About 15 minutes in the movie after that he tries to kill

another couple this time during the day at another park. The Zodiac killer is wearing

all black and a mask. He ties

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