The Strangler
He can sense your despair...
CrimeHorrorThrillerdepressiondetectivesuffocationhysteriamurderlonelinessserial killerstrangulationfrench giallo
A dark, psychologically probing giallo thriller that uses a serial killer's twisted mercy killings to explore depression, despair, and the fragility of the human psyche.
Émile targets women he believes are too depressed to go on living. As multiple victims fall to his suffocating white scarf, an inspector resorts to unorthodox methods to get him with the assistance of a potential victim.
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