The Strangler

The Strangler

★ 6.4IMDb Score
Released:1964-04-01
Genre:Horror
Duration:89 min
Director:Burt Topper
Actors:Victor Buono, David McLean, Diane Sayer, Davey Davison, Baynes Barron
Production:Bischoff-Diamond Corporation

Overview:

An overweight lab technician with low self esteem, brought on by his dominant mother, becomes a serial killer of female nurses.

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