AGFA August: The Zodiac Killer

Directed by Tom Hanson, who had previously owned a chain of Pizza Man restaurants, The Zodiac Killer was made to capture the real-life Zodiac Killer. That plan didn’t work. Instead, we got the most outrageous and compelling "tabloid horror" vortex in the history of planet Earth. And beyond.

During theatrical screenings, Hanson constructed in-theater "traps" to lure the killer from hiding. These included the use of an ice cream freezer filled with rent-a-cops and a raffle with a motorcycle as a prize. You won’t get insight like this by watching a David Fincher movie. But you will get it while watching The Zodiac Killer.

Introduced by Something Weird Video's Lisa Petrucci and AGFA's Jackson Cooper.

This film is being presented in partnership with American Genre Film Archive.

Dive into the weird, wild world of the American Genre Film Archive (AGFA)’s 15th Anniversary. AGFA is the world’s only nonprofit archive and film distributor dedicated to preserving and protecting the greatest genre films of all time. Celebrating this milestone and its Seattle connection through Something Weird Video, AGFA and SIFF are proud to partner to bring you the greatest genre films from the AGFA Archive.