Zodiac Killer Project

Synopsis

When his original plan to make a true crime film about the infamous Zodiac Killer falls apart, filmmaker Charlie Shackleton invites the audience into the film that never was. Through his self-deprecating humour, stylised re-enactments, and B-roll of empty Bay Area landscapes, Shackleton reconstructs the unrealised project beat by beat, delivering a compelling, razor-sharp critique of a genre teetering on the edge of oversaturation. Equal parts offbeat parody and astute cultural commentary, this experimental documentary wryly explores our enduring fascination with sensationalised murder as a form of morbid entertainment.