Reddit reviews Zodiac: The Shocking True Story of the Hunt for the Nation's Most Elusive Serial Killer

Zodiac

One of my top three favorite David Fincher movies.

Random thoughts: The scene in the basement is one of the creepiest scenes I've ever seen. Pure mood and anxiety.

The short time-elapse of the building of the Trans-America tower might be one of my favorite uses of CGI ever.

This pre-dates Iron Man by one year, I wonder if RDJ conciously used any of the mannerisms for Paul Avery and held them over for Tony Stark? Obviously they were filmed close together. Or, is it just RDJ is a pure old school movie star, in the vein of Humphrey Bogart, and he just is the role, whatever that role is?

Speaking of Marvel casting, how great is Mark Ruffalo? He was the flat out star of this movie, no question. You know those threads /r/movies has, "So And So Deserves More Credit!", we need one of those threads for Mark Ruffalo.

This is one of the very few instances where the movie is better than the book.

Welcome to /r/ZodiacKiller! Many have come looking for answers and a bit more information on the case and I helped another new investigator with some information that will give you a lot of facts to help you make a decision. Check these out to get a good understanding of the case:

The Zodiac episode of Buzzfeed Unsolved is pretty thorough and explains things quite well:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzIxYdWVbm0

I'd say the best book on the subject (is disputed, but still the most complete) would be Zodiac by Graysmith. Beware, many say he makes up facts, but I think it's really left up to reader interpretation. Just my opinion. There has been no shortage of Zodiac books, all with somewhat made-up facts, but I'd check this one out first.

https://www.amazon.com/Zodiac-Shocking-Nations-Elusive-Serial/dp/0425212181/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1501565171&sr=8-1&keywords=zodiac

I've listened to A TON of Zodiac podcasts, but there are three that are head and shoulders above the rest. The Serial Killers Podcast, E15 and E16 (Zodiac Killer Pt 1 and 2), Unsolved Murders: True Crime Stories, E26 and E27 (Zodiac Killer Pt 1 and 2), and True Murder, "HUNTED: THE ZODIAC MURDERS" with a well deserved honorable mention to Cold Case Murder Mysteries E2 (The Zodiac). A few people don't like the Hunted podcast due to their dislike for Mark Hewitt and his sort of copy/paste investigating, but the podcast gives a good overview of the case nonetheless.

In terms of a full documentary, my favorites are "His Name Was Arthur Leigh Allen" and "This Is The Zodiac Speaking," but if you're looking for a more complete documentary I'd go with the ABC Primetime Investigation. There really isn't a complete documentary that stands above the rest in terms of full suspect theories.
Hope this helps!

By Reason of Insanity by Shane Stevens. Very gory, very scary novel about a killer on the rampage.

Zodiac by Robert Graysmith. In retrospect, not as scary, with the coverage the Zodiac Killer has received since this came out, but I read this at 19, in a dark room, terrified, and finished in one night.

Red Dragon and, to a lesser extent, The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris. Red Dragon is terrifying.

For me, the books that are scariest are always the ones based on true stories about serial killers and stuff. I read [this] (http://www.amazon.com/Zodiac-Robert-Graysmith/dp/0425212181) book when I was in 6th grade and I still get creeped out thinking about it.

Read The Night Stalker
http://www.amazon.com/The-Night-Stalker-Richard-Ramirez/dp/0786013621
Then, http://www.amazon.com/Zodiac-Robert-Graysmith/dp/0425212181/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1343464730&sr=1-1&keywords=zodiac
The Zodiac shit still creeps me the fuck out, read it the first time at the age of 12, in one night.

My mom and I read it in the late 80's (I was in high school - she did NOT read it to me as a child :) )

The book Zodiac scared the crap out of me because it really happened and he wasn't caught.

https://www.amazon.com/Zodiac-Shocking-Nations-Elusive-Serial/dp/0425212181/