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Synopsis: The story follows a down-on-their-luck couple who discovers a serial killer's film reels. They decide to take the law into their own hands, risking everything for the chance at a $100,000 reward. It isn't long until they find themselves in the killer's lethal cross-hairs.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Director(s): Jonathan Wright
Production: Bunk 11 Pictures
  1 win & 4 nominations.
 
IMDB:
4.8
Rotten Tomatoes:
45%
R
Year:
2017
100 min
37 Views


Here.

Okay, so, home movies.

I really hope this

gets better, harv.

Just keep watching.

Sh*t.

What happened?

Uh, this film,

it's just really

old and degraded.

It's okay, I saw it.

Is it ruined? What was it?

Can you just

hold your panties?

I'll hold my panties.

I'm just gonna put

in the second reel.

Just have some Patience.

Here we go.

This one's hard to watch.

Whoa!

What the hell is this, harv?

It's the zodiac.

Zodiac?

Yeah, that's why i

stayed up all night

researching this sh*t.

This guy claims to

have killed 37 people.

Only, the cops confirmed five.

Holy sh*t.

Here.

He taunted the police

with letters

containing ciphers

that to this day

have gone unsolved.

Not even the FBI

have been able to solve them.

There he is.

That's our guy in the film.

Jesus Christ.

I've seen

that picture before.

The numbers on these cans.

09-27-69.

Punch that in, babe.

"Napa, California.

Cecelia Shepard

attacked on..."

"September 27th, 1969,

on the shore line

of lake berryessa.

"Shepard died of her wounds."

See, what'd I tell ya?

What are the other dates

on those?

06-18-68.

06-18-68.

Nothing.

All right.

Try 08-31-68.

08-31-68.

- Nope.

- Search "murders."

He was never caught.

The search for

the zodiac killer

has been like

the search for

the f***ing holy grail.

Here you go.

Okay.

First of all,

you don't even know

if those are real,

and second,

you should let

the police handle this.

That's what I would do.

How is any of this stuff

in an old lady's locker?

Maybe it wasn't

an old lady's locker.

Mick, think about it,

you'd never store

evidence like this

in your own name, right?

Well...

"San Francisco

police department

re-opens zodiac case."

Which is exactly why

you call the police.

No, no, you're not

looking close enough.

Look where it says,

"reward for evidence

leading to the zodiac killer."

$100,000.

Boo-yah!

Divine intervention.

Come on, baby.

This could be my

ticket to Costa Rica.

You guys are nuts.

Zoe, there are

a million theories

on the Internet

that the zodiac

filmed his kills.

I've seen my fair share of

America's most wanted.

This is not enough evidence

to prove anything.

No, you're absolutely right.

All we have to do

is find out who

they belong to,

and then we have

something worth

100,000 f***ing dollars.

Hey, Mick?

I gotta go, I gotta go do,

um, Ellie's hair.

I'll be in the vehicle.

She'll be fine.

She's been this way

since Freda closed the salon.

Are you sure

we can make some

money off this thing?

I don't know, man,

but I do know that

that's the guy on the film.

Here.

You take it,

you put it in a safe place

because these could

be our meal tickets.

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Jennifer Archer

Jennifer Archer (born 1957) is an author of young adult/teen fiction, women's fiction and romance born in Cleburne, north central Texas. Her novels typically have strong female protagonists, and have been nominated for numerous awards. Archer holds a bachelor's degree in Business Administration from West Texas A&M University, and after graduating she worked in the fields of oil and gas accounting, real estate management, and the pharmacy and medical equipment industries, before becoming a full-time writer. She is a frequent speaker on the topics of creative writing and pursuing dreams, and has presented numerous talks and workshops for educators, students, writers' organizations and bookstores. Her novels for adults have been published with Dorchester Publishing and Harlequin Books, and her novels for teens with Harper Teen. She is also the co-author of Happiness Rehab: 8 Creative Steps to a More Joyful Life Body and Soul, Archer's debut novel, was released in 1999. Once Upon a Dream, her second novel, spent several weeks on Borders Books' bestseller list for Paranormal Romance, and was chosen by Amazon.com as one of the 'Best New Romances' for the month of January 2001, and was a 2001 P.E.A.R.L. Finalist (Paranormal Excellence Award in Romantic Literature). Archer finished in the finals twice in Romance Writers of America's Golden Heart competition, was a 2006 finalist for the prestigious Rita Award with her mainstream women’s fiction novel The Me I Used to Be, and her novel Sandwiched was a 2006 nominee for a Romantic Times Bookclub Magazine Reviewer’s Choice Award. The Texas Library Association selected her novel Through Her Eyes for the TAYSHAS high school reading list, and for the Spirit of Texas Reading Program - Middle School. Archer currently resides in Amarillo, Texas. more…

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