SeriesTV-14Psychological Slasher

Wicked City2015

Name: Wicked City
Genre: Psychological, Slasher
Released: 2015-10-27
Rating: 6.5

“In 1982, the Sunset Strip was killer.”

Created by Steven Baigelman

6.5

Crypt Score

Blended from 2 sources

IMDb 6.5TMDB 5.9

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Year

2015

Seasons

Network

ABC

Status

Canceled

The premise

Detectives Jack and Paco investigate a murder spree on the rock ’n’ roll, cocaine-infused revelry of the Sunset Strip.

Horror Vault's take

Set against the neon-lit decadence of LA's Sunset Strip in the early 1980s, Wicked City plunges two detectives into a hunt for a killer preying on the rock-and-roll crowd. The era's cocaine haze and hard-partying culture provide the perfect cover for something far more sinister lurking beneath the glamour. Detectives Jack and Paco must navigate a world where the line between thrill-seeker and predator is dangerously thin.

Content: Violence, Serial Killer Content, Drug Use Depictions

Episode Guide

🏆 Best Episode Overall

S1.E4 · The Very Thought Of You

2.2

⭐ Highest Rated This Season

S1.E4 · The Very Thought Of You

2.2

★ 2.2 avg· 5h 52m total· Oct 2015 → Dec 2015

S1.E1 · PilotPremiere
Oct 27, 2015 · 44 min · Dir: Tom Shankland
Detectives Jock Roth and Paco Contreras track a killer who targets aspiring starlets in Los Angeles; a struggling journalist may be the killer's next target.
S1.E2 · Running with the Devil
Nov 3, 2015 · 44 min · Dir: Jon Cassar
Jack and Paco get a lead on the serial killer’s next possible victim and race against the clock to try and track her down before the killer gets to her; Kent struggles over whether or not to invite Betty to take part in his murderous rampag
S1.E3 · Should I Stay or Should I Go
Nov 10, 2015 · 44 min · Dir: J. Michael Muro
Betty struggles with the revelation that Kent is a serial killer when he gives her a copy of the novel “Phantom of the Opera” and asks her if she can love him the way Christine loved the Phantom. Meanwhile, Jack and Paco trace the ownership
S1.E4 · The Very Thought Of You
2.2
Nov 17, 2015 · 44 min · Dir: J. Miller Tobin
Jack focuses on a woman from the past who may have been the catalyst for the murderer’s current killing spree; Betty decides to go all-in as Kent’s partner, and together they troll a club in search of a victim; Karen is offered a job with R
S1.E5 · Heat Wave
Nov 24, 2015 · 44 min
Jack and Paco ask LA Notorious to run another story about the killer, with the shot of Kent as a child on the front cover. This leads to one of Kent's schoolmates contacting the police, who names him as Cooper Flynn. After the story is publ