# The Alphabet Killer (2008)

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**Runtime**: 98 min
**Genres**: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
**Directed by**: Rob Schmidt
**Written by**: Tom Malloy
**Starring**: Eliza Dushku, Cary Elwes, Timothy Hutton, Hope Tomaselli, Michael Ironside, Tom Malloy

> *Based on a true story.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Rochester winter, 1989. A child’s shoelace snaps on a frozen sidewalk.

A rookie cop chases a serial killer who signs notes with alphabet letters.

A seasoned thriller taking cues from 70s urban paranoia.

**Mood tags**: paranoid

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