If you loved The Boston Strangler, try Compulsion

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.

What they share

Both films are directed by Richard Fleischer, and they both carry the paranoid mood tag, and they sit in Crime / Drama / Thriller territory. If that's the register that drew you to The Boston Strangler, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

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What Compulsion is

A blizzard howls over Lake Michigan, rattling the windows of a cheap apartment. Two suburban boys crouch over a half-empty bottle of whiskey, their rough sketches of a night-deposit heist trembling slightly. A pair of thin metal-rimmed glasses slips from a trembling hand, catching the dim porch light.

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