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• 1 2017-11-05T17:29:54-08:00 Zodiac Killer: Film Portrayal 5 plain 2017-12-13T12:34:39-08:00 Zodiac (2007)
  Genre: Crime, Drama, History, Mystery, Thriller
  Rating: R strong killings, language, drug material and sexual images
  Writer: James Vanderbild and Robert Graysmith
  Director: David Fincher
  Box office: $33,080,084 
  Similarities:
  • Killer writes letters
  • Time period (70s) and locations
  • Number of victims
  • Details of murders
  • Time frame between murders and letters
  • Details of suspects
  • No conclusive evidence against anyone
  • Character names
  • Graysmith writing a book
  Differences:
  • Riverside City College
   
   
  Zodiac: San Franpsycho (2006)
  Genre: Horror, Thriller
  Rating: R violence, language and brief sexuality
  Writer: Eduardo Quiroz and Jose Quiroz 
  Director: Eduardo Quiroz and Jose Quiroz
   
  Similarities:
  • Killer wrote letters to a reporter about his killings
  • Gave details of the murders in his letters
  • Police working with reporter
  • Location set in San Francisco
  • No DNA, prints, no way to trace him
  • Killed in different cities
  • Different methods of killing (knife and gun)
  • Killer follows the news
  • Never caught
  Differences:
  • Not in same time period
  • This killer takes polaroid’s of victims
  • Religious aspect to killings
  • Kills reporter
  • See the actor who plays the killer
   
  Sources 
  San Franpsycho. Directed by Eduardo Quiroz and Jose Quiroz, Pumpkin Patch, 2006.
  Zodiac. Directed by David Fincher, performances by Mark Ruffalo, Jake Gyllenhaal, Robert Downey Jr., Paramount Pictures, 2007.
  International Movie Database Contributers. “Zodiac”. IMDb. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0443706/?ref_=nv_sr_1. Accessed 20 Nov. 2017.
  International Movie Database Contributers. “San Franpsycho”. IMDb. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0809941/?ref_=rvi_tt . Accessed 20 Nov. 2017.