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Christopher Augustine stars as an alienated porno-movie cameraman turned serial strangler.
"Hollywood 90028, retitled Hollywood Hillside Strangler for tabloid value, was a disturbing look at the life of a mentally warped but guilt-stricken porno cameraman." — Bill Landis & Michelle Clifford, Sleazoid Express: A Mind-Twisting Tour Through the Grindhouse Cinema of Times Square
"An obscure 1973 art film with horrific undertones." — Michael Gingold, Ad Nauseam
"There is, unmistakably, a strong feminist thread within the movie: Hornisher uses the lengthy nude scenes as both titillation and commentary on the way women’s bodies are so regularly reduced to sex objects on the silver screen." — Bill Brea, Dread Central
Hollywood 90028 has drawn comparisons to Peeping Tom and Taxi Driver. The film boasts an early score by legendary composer Basil Poledouris (Conan the Barbarian, Robocop). The film haunted grindhouse theaters and drive-ins of the ‘70s and ‘80s as The Hollywood Hillside Strangler and Twisted Throats, but has never appeared on TV or home video in the United States.
Rescued from obscurity by Grindhouse Releasing. Hollywood 90028 now comes to theaters newly restored from the original camera negatives. The 4K restoration fully reveals the poetic, artful quality of Hornisher’s film and its striking camerawork by Jean-Pierre Geuens (Lemora), who captured a final shot that has stunned critics, filmmakers, and audiences around the world.
Hollywood 90028 screened as a classic at the prestigious Sitges festival, and recently showed as an official selection of the 2024 Night Visions Film Festival in Helsinki. The Future of Film is Female hosted the New York premiere of the restored Hollywood 90028, highlighting Christina Hornisher’s sole feature as the rediscovered work of an independent woman director. Following sold-out screenings at Quentin Tarantino’s New Beverly Cinema and The American Cinematheque in Los Angeles, Hollywood 90028 received raves from contemporary genre directors including Arkasha Stevenson (The First Omen), Joe Lynch (Suitable Flesh), Anna Biller (The Love Witch), and Ti West (House of the Devil, X, MaXXXine).
a.k.a. The Hollywood Hillside Strangler a.k.a. Twisted Throats
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