The Killer That Stalked New York

The Killer That Stalked New York

One Woman Brings Terror to 8,000,000 People!

Directed by Earl McEvoy

Produced by Robert Cohn Productions, Columbia Pictures

195079 min6.2 / 10

A noir-inflected thriller about a jewel smuggler unknowingly spreading smallpox through New York, blending crime and epidemic paranoia in classic B-movie style.

In New York, Sheila Bennet and her spouse, Matt Krane, are trying to unload a trove of rare jewels they smuggled into America from Cuba, but the police are hot on the couple's trail. Meanwhile, government officials begin a desperate search for an unknown individual who is infecting the city with smallpox.

Questions people ask

  • Is The Killer That Stalked New York easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of films.

  • Does The Killer That Stalked New York end with hope? Not especially. Less hopeful than 70% of films.

  • Is The Killer That Stalked New York violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Is The Killer That Stalked New York sad? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Is The Killer That Stalked New York scary? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

48/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Familiar shape, done well.

Rarity61

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise55

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love30

How much audiences actually like it

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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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