murder of prostitute

19 movies and shows

Maniac

Sat, 10 May 1980

A psychotic man, troubled by his childhood abuse, loose in NYC, kills young women and local girl American models and takes their scalps as trophies.

Unrest

Sat, 11 Nov 2006

A young pathology med student suspects that the spirit of a dead cadaver in the hospital morgue where she works is killing off all those who handle or desecrate the body.

Out of the Dark

Thu, 02 Jun 1988

A deranged killer wearing a clown mask begins preying on a group of young women working at a phone-sex company.

My Heart Can't Beat Unless You Tell It To

Tue, 13 Oct 2020

Dwight and his sister Jessie reach a crossroads over what to do about their little brother Thomas, a sickly child with a mysterious affliction.

When his experiments into a powerful new anesthetic go hideously awry, respected physician Dr. Jekyll transforms into the hideous Jack Hyde. As his wife Elisabeth passes her time in charitable work, rehabilitating the district's fallen women, Hyde is drawn into an escalating cycle of lust and murder that seems to know no bounds.

Double Exposure

Fri, 03 Sep 1982

A photographer for a men's magazine is haunted by disturbing dreams, in which he slaughters his models. When he learns that these models are dying in real life as they did in his dreams, he begins to go insane.

A Girl Called Rosemarie

Fri, 25 Oct 1996

Katja Flint, Hannelore Elsner and Heiner Lauterbach star in this German film about a woman who climbs the social ladder by sleeping with those she encounters on her way to the top. When she's discovered dead in her apartment in 1957, the police try to piece together the clues to find out who murdered her … but to no avail.

Accomplices

Sun, 06 Dec 2009

Two police detectives investigate the murder of a high-end male prostitute, and his relationship with his girlfriend.

A Demon in My View

Mon, 23 Sep 1991

A strangler known as the Kenbourne Killer has been murdering streetwalkers for 25 years. The police set out to track him down.

La Commare Secca

Mon, 27 Aug 1962

Roman police detectives interrogate a series of potential perpetrators in their struggle to determine whom to arrest for the brutal murder of a beautiful prostitute whose body is discovered in a park on the day of a torrential rainstorm. One by one, the prime suspects -- girl-crazy teenager Nino, pickpocket Canticchia, a soldier on leave, a tourist and a pimp -- recount the events of the day to the police, each insisting he is innocent.

The Night Stalker

Mon, 01 Sep 1986

A tough homicide cop is assigned to track down a serial killer who is murdering prostitutes.

The Angels of the Street

Thu, 23 Oct 1969

Angels of the Street or The Angel of St. Pauli is a 1969 West German crime film directed by Jürgen Roland and starring Horst Frank, Herbert Fux and Werner Pochath. It is set in the St. Pauli red light district of the port of Hamburg.

Maniac Killer

Wed, 02 Sep 1987

A murderous cult kidnaps French prostitutes and tortures them to death to "purify" them of their evil ways. The local pimps, understandably upset, set out after them, as does a man whose girlfriend was kidnapped by the cult and may still be held by them.

The Saviour

Tue, 08 Jan 1980

Inspectors Tong (Shaw Brothers regular Pai Ying) and Cheng (Kent Cheng) are investing a psychopathic serial killer who has been raping and murdering prostitutes. With the help of a young prostitute, they follow the bloody trail to...

Zipperface

Wed, 15 Jul 1992

Lisa Ryder is a young policewoman recently promoted to detective when she has her first case in tracking down and identifying a serial killer in her small California town.

Seal of Confessions

Tue, 08 Sep 1998

Following a man's confession of the murder of a prostitute and the arrest of an innocent man, a Catholic priest finds himself in a profound moral dilemma because he is bound by the seal of confession. In order to help the wrongfully arrested man, the priest takes up the investigation and puts himself in great danger.

Shadow of the Ripper

Wed, 07 Sep 1988

Jack the Ripper was a prince, a pauper, a mason, a madman... A host of more and more bizarre theories have surrounded the unexplained killings in Whitechapel since they hit the headlines in 1888. This film dispels the grisly fiction, revealing for the first time the true contents of the police and Home Office files on the case, drawing on the expertise of historians and of those who have encountered today's killers - on the street or behind bars.

Jungfrau aus zweiter Hand

Wed, 29 Mar 1967

Two young Italian guest workers in Germany find a beautiful dead woman one morning on the way to their job. The Kripo quickly determines that the dark-haired, young woman is the well-known sexworker Elena Rossano. The short, brutal and intense life of the girl is rolled presented in flashbacks.

Schrei nach Lust - Liebe als Köder

Fri, 29 Nov 1968

After the death of a prostitute, the police uncovers a web of espionage, betrayal, murder and sex.