Documentary series · Prime Video
Chasing a Killer: Gary Allen
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TV DNA
How Chasing a Killer: Gary Allen actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Chasing a Killer: Gary Allen reads strongest on Cliffhanger Intensity, Tension and Bingeability.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The story
What it's about
When Gary Allen is acquitted of murdering Samantha Class in 2000, detectives know it's only a matter of time before he strikes again. In 2019, the murder of another woman, Alena Grlakova, leads detectives once again to Gary Allen, unearthing chilling evidence which changes the course of the investigation and entwines Alena and Samantha's cases forever. Can he finally be brought to Justice?
The run
Seasons
1 season · 2 episodes.
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Season 1 · Complete
Season 1
20262 episodes
When Gary Allen is acquitted of murdering Samantha Class in 2000, detectives know it's only a matter of time before he strikes again. In 2019, the murder of another woman, Alena Grlakova, leads detectives once again to Gary Allen, unearthing chilling evidence which changes the course of the investigation and entwines Alena and Samantha's cases forever. Can he finally be brought to justice?
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Direction
- Ben SheldonDirector
Cinematography
- Ben SheldonDirector of Photography
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