The Boston Strangler (1968)

IMDb plot summary: A series of brutal murders in Boston sparks a seemingly endless and increasingly complex manhunt.
Directed by Richard Fleischer. Starring Tony Curtis, Henry Fonda, George Kennedy, and Mike Kellin.

This is... a messy movie. It's very sensationalist and has a very over-the-top view of this character's psychology, but it paints itself (especially in the final on-screen text) as being a very serious docudrama with an important message for humanity. The split-screen used throughout is really only effective for the early scene in which it shows all the different people looking for or calling in people they think might be the Strangler -- it helps enhance the sense of paranoia -- but the technique is used many other times in much less effective ways. Overall, kind of a cheesy pulpy flick that wants to be more.

How it entered my Flickchart:
The Boston Strangler < Run Fatboy Run
The Boston Strangler > A Farewell to Fools
The Boston Strangler > Ulysses
The Boston Strangler > Cinderella (2015)
The Boston Strangler < Wedding Crashers
The Boston Strangler < Into the Dark: Pooka!
The Boston Strangler < Scrooge
The Boston Strangler < Dear Frankie
The Boston Strangler < Shane
The Boston Strangler > House of Games
The Boston Strangler < Father of the Bride (1950)
Final spot: #1695 out of 3019.