MOVIE ADS: ZODIAC

The ZODIAC was the first real serial killer that scared the shit out of me ( fictional movie killers have never scared me ).

When I was a kid he was still a legend in California, and there would occasionally be news about him resurfacing.

Some of my friends at school, would spread absurd rumors and almost everyone would believe them. Keep in mind, that when you're a kid, most crazy rumors actually sound plausible.


Newspaper clipping from 1969

Even if Arthur Leigh Allen was not the ZODIAC, he was still guilty of...

NUMBER 1 - Being a CHILD MOLESTER! QUOTES BELOW FROM ZODIAC DISC 2 - "HIS NAME WAS ARTHUR LEIGH ALLEN".....

QUOTE BY "SANDY" PANZARELLA - "He told me that he got fired from a teaching job because he carried a magnum under the car seat, under the front seat of his AUSTIN-HEALEY. Then later, I found out he was really arrested for... he was really fired for child molestation"


QUOTES BELOW FROM ZODIAC DISC 2 - INTERVIEW WITH GEORGE BAWART.....

INTERVIEWER - "He admitted to using the screams of a child as a sex toy?"

GEORGE BAWART - "Yes, he did. He said he enjoyed listening to the screams of a child being beaten"


NUMBER 2 - He made BOMBS! QUOTES BELOW FROM ZODIAC DISC 2 - BY GEORGE BAWART.....

"We searched the house and we found, hidden in the basement, bombs, completed pipe bombs, formulas for making fuel oil bombs as the ZODIAC had described in one of his letters where he was gonna blow up school buses with little children in them"



I know there are other things, but I can't remember.

No SANE person can justify defending an individual like this. He was a degenerate, and certifiably nuts! Only shameless, and morally bankrupt individuals would help and befriend a disgusting piece of shit like him.



Before I forget, I truly believe one or more folks knew about his "hobbies", and helped him.


Newspaper clipping from 1969

There have been countless newspaper articles, magazine articles, books, movies, and documentaries made about the ZODIAC killer.

If I could only pick ONE movie about the ZODIAC killer, it would be ZODIAC ( 2007 ), written by James Vanderbilt ( based on Robert Graysmith's book ), and directed by David Fincher.

This film drills a hole into your mind and stays there.

I love this movie. It's truly a work of art in my opinion.


Newspaper clipping from 1969

This is one of those movies, where I like everything about it. The script, the camera work, the editing, the sound, and the acting.

The cast is outstanding! Some of those folks are... Jake Gyllenhaal, Mark Ruffalo, Anthony Edwards, Robert Downey Jr., Brian Cox, Candy Clark, Elias Koteas, Dermot Mulroney, Philip Baker Hall, and Ione Skye.

John Carroll Lynch is fucking amazing in this movie.

The scenes between Charles Fleischer and Jake Gyllenhaal are fucking fantastic.



A two disc region one DVD was released by PARAMOUNT ( also released in single disc form, and BLU-RAY ). The two disc version has a bunch of extra features.