Black Dahlia

Black Dahlia

2006 · 81 min · EN · NR · 3.5 (22 votes)
Dir. Ulli Lommel · Starring Elissa Dowling, Danielle Petty, Nola Roeper, Patrick Faucette, Johnny Holiday, Bud Watson

Based on One of America's Most Disturbing Unsolved Murders

Horror

A young rookie cop and his team discover dismembered female bodies in L.A. similar to the Black Dahlia cold case from 1947. A serial killer seems to be copying the brutal massacre of 1940s Hollywood starlet Betty Short. Ultimately his investigation leads him to a frightening lair of death and torture, all part of a terrifying fantasy that the killer is trying to bring to life.

VIBE

A grim, procedural descent into a brutal serial killer's twisted fantasy. This film offers a grisly, tense atmosphere with shocking gore, exploring obsession and the dark underbelly of a city.

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schlockbodily dismembermentblack dahliatorturing
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