Miniseries · MGM+
The Hillside Strangler
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How The Hillside Strangler actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
The Hillside Strangler reads strongest on Bingeability, Character Depth and Serialized.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The story
What it's about
For the first time in over 40 years, Frank Salerno tells his story of the Hillside Strangler manhunt, revisiting the case that changed him forever. Kenneth Bianchi shares his story on camera for the first time of his role as one of the two people behind the Hillside Strangler.
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Aaron SaidmanExecutive Producer
- Peter LoGrecoExecutive Producer
- Eli HolzmanExecutive Producer
- Tim WalshExecutive Producer
Direction
- Peter LoGrecoDirector
Where to watch
Streaming
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