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Zodiac2007

Name: Zodiac
Genre: Psychological, Survival
Released: 2007-03-02
Rating: 7.8

“There's more than one way to lose your life to a killer.”

Directed by David Fincher

7.8

Crypt Score

Blended from 4 sources

IMDb 7.7Rotten Tomatoes 90%Metacritic 79TMDB 7.5

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On the charts

#1·Top Horror Movies of 2007 #3·Top Horror Movies of the 2000s #13·Top Survival Films #23·Top Psychological Films

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Year

2007

Runtime

157 min

Box Office

Budget

$65,000,000

Revenue (worldwide)

$84,785,914

Domestic

$33,080,084

🏆 3 wins & 71 nominations total

The premise

Over the course of a decade, editors of the San Francisco Chronicle entice themselves in the murders of the Zodiac Killer. However, as time runs its course, interest in the case dwindles in the eyes of the professionals. The Killer stops interacting with the public. However, believing he has the answers, an amateur cartoonist from the initial sightings races against time to prevent what he believes is another murder.

Horror Vault's take

Based on the real and still-unsolved Zodiac Killer case, David Fincher's gripping procedural follows a constellation of investigators — cops, reporters, and one determined cartoonist — as they spend years chasing a cipher-sending murderer who terrorized Northern California. As the official investigation cools and careers unravel, one man's fixation on finding the truth only deepens, threatening to consume everything around him. Meticulous in detail and relentless in atmosphere, the film weaponizes ambiguity itself as its greatest source of dread.

Content: Depictions Of Real-Life Murders, Scenes Of Violence, Themes Of Obsession And Psychological Deterioration, Alcohol Abuse