Thursday, October 28, 2010

The Sports Killer (1978)


Directed by Jeremy Hoenack
My rating: 2 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, Shriek Show/Code Red)

A serial killer is on the loose in San Francisco. He picks up teens hitchhiking home from the local public swimming pool. It's not hard to spot him: he wears a wig with wild curly hair, a huge fake moustache and sunglasses at night while talking to young teenage girls. Nonetheless, the police are mostly inept but very lucky. The investigating detective hangs around at the pool as well, has his suspicions and follows our man home. They set up an undercover sting using his girlfriend, but leave her alone at a crucial moment. It plays mostly like a TV movie, with too much time spent on the romantic life of the policemen, but has a memorable downbeat ending.



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