Highest-Rated Movies about 'Unknown Killer'

Zodiac (2007), Black Christmas (1974), Terror by Night (1946), Cornered (1945), Alice, Sweet Alice (1976), Sleepaway Camp (1983), The Poughkeepsie Tapes (2007), London by Night (1937) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Unknown Killer movies.

#1. Zodiac (2007)

Storyline: A serial killer in the San Francisco Bay Area taunts police with his letters and cryptic messages. We follow the investigators and reporters in this lightly fictionalized account of the true 1970's case as they search for the murderer, becoming obsessed with the case. Based on Robert Graysmith's book, the movie's focus is the lives and careers of the detectives and newspaper people.

Plot Keywords: serial killer, year 1970, year 1969, investigation, reporter, female stockinged feet, female stockinged legs ...

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#2. Black Christmas (1974)

Storyline: It's time for Christmas break, and the sorority sisters make plans for the holiday, but the strange anonymous phone calls are beginning to put them on edge. When Clare disappears, they contact the police, who don't express much concern. Meanwhile Jess is planning to get an abortion, but boyfriend Peter is very much against it. The police finally begin to get concerned when a 13-year-old girl is found dead in the park. They set up a wiretap to the sorority house, but will they be in time to prevent a sorority girl attrition problem?

Plot Keywords: sorority house, mysterious killer, slasher, voyeur, voyeurism, sadism, low budget film ...

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#3. Terror by Night (1946)

Storyline: Holmes is hired by Roland Carstairs to prevent the theft of the Star of Rhodesia, a 423 carat diamond owned by Carstairs' mother, Lady Margaret. Suspecting the diamond will be stolen on a train trip from London to Edinburgh in Scotland, Holmes deftly switches diamonds with Lady Margaret while in her compartment admiring the jewel. Soon after, Roland is murdered and the fake diamond is stolen. Red herrings abound as Holmes, aided by Dr. Watson and Inspector Lestrade, discover the murderer's hiding place and deduce that long-time nemesis Professor Moriarty's henchman, Colonel Sebastian Moran, is somehow involved in the crime.—Doug Sederberg <vornoff@sonic.net>

Plot Keywords: poisoned, menu, impersonating a police officer, dart, teapot, corpse with eyes open, train journey ...

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#4. Cornered (1945)

Storyline: On being demobbed at the end of the war, Canadian flyer Laurence Gerard returns to France to discover who ordered the killing of a group of Resistence fighters including his new bride. He identifies Vichy collaborator Marcel Jarnac, who is reported as dead himself. Not believing this, Gerard follows the trail to Argentina where it is apparent that Nazism is also far from dead.—Jeremy Perkins {J-26}

Plot Keywords: father in law son in law relationship, airplane, maid, postman, ruins, investigation, destruction ...

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#5. Alice, Sweet Alice (1976)

Storyline: Alice Spages is a withdrawn 12-year-old girl who lives with her younger sister Karen and their mother Catherine. Karen gets most of their mother's attention, and Alice is often left out of the spotlight. When Karen is found brutally murdered in a church before her First Holy Communion, Alice is in the spotlight of suspicion, but is a 12-year-old girl really capable of such savagery? As more people die at the hands of a merciless killer, Alice's family and the police don't know what to believe.—Anonymous

Plot Keywords: masked killer, 1960s, murder of a child, holy communion, dead child, sister sister relationship, female villain ...

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#6. Sleepaway Camp (1983)

Storyline: After a horrible boating accident kills her family, Angela, a shy and sullen young girl, moves in with her eccentric aunt Martha, alongside her protective cousin Ricky. One summer, Martha sends the kids to Camp Arawak. Soon after their arrival, a series of bizarre and increasingly violent accidents begins to claim the lives of various campers. Who is the twisted individual behind these murders? The disclosure of the murderer's identity is one of the most shocking climaxes in the history of American cinema.

Plot Keywords: surprise ending, male full frontal nudity, pervert, pedophile, female serial killer, sexual perversion, murder of a nude woman ...

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#7. The Poughkeepsie Tapes (2007)

Storyline: When hundreds of videotapes showing torture, murder and dismemberment are found in an abandoned house, they reveal a serial killer's decade-long reign of terror and become the most disturbing collection of evidence homicide detectives have ever seen.

Plot Keywords: murder, found footage, psycho, psycho killer, psychopathic killer, maniac, serial murderer ...

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#9. Hell Fest (2018)

Storyline: Hell Fest is introduced as a horror theme park which travels across the country during the Halloween season. A young girl from Cincinnati is shown to be separated from her group during one of the mazes. There she is confronted by a masked figure known as "The Other" (Stephen Conroy). She recognizes The Other as a man who had been following her and her group of friends the entire night. The Other attacks the girl, stabbing her in the gut before hanging her. The young girl's corpse appears to blend in with the other prop bodies as The Other leaves the scene. Natalie (Amy Forsyth) is shown to be arriving at her former apartment where her best friend, Brooke (Reign Edwards), still resides. She greets her old friend but is disappointed to learn that a former classmate, Taylor (Bex Taylor-Klaus), whom Natalie does not get along with is living with her. Though Natalie's visit was planned, Brooke is shown to have been uncertain that Natalie would actually arrive as she had been distant of late due to school and work. As such Brooke and Taylor arranged a visit to Hell Fest with Quinn (Christian James), Brooke's boyfriend, Taylor's boyfriend Asher (Matt Mercurio), and their respective friend Gavin (Roby Attal) who is attracted to Natalie..

Plot Keywords: amusement park, masked killer, maze, group of friends, slasher, guillotine, panic ...

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#10. The Strangers: Prey at Night (2018)

Storyline: A family's road trip takes a dangerous turn when they arrive at a secluded mobile home park to stay with some relatives and find it mysteriously deserted. Under the cover of darkness, three masked psychopaths pay them a visit to test the family's every limit as they struggle to survive.

Plot Keywords: sequel, stabbed in the back, stabbed to death, suspense, raised middle finger, teenage boy, teenage girl ...

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