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I Noticed The Length Of THE HILLSIDE STRANGLERS (1989)

posted 15 years ago by layton59
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I Noticed The Length Of THE HILLSIDE STRANGLER (1989) in IMDB is 120 minutes. I saw this recently on free tv. It was shown in a 120 minute (2 hour) time slot.

My questions are:

1. How was this 2 hour movie originally show on tv? Was it a 2 1/2 hour, 3 hour or 4 hour time slot. On free tv you have to allow for pesky commercials.

2. What was edited out of the movie now that it is being shoe-horned into a 2 hour time slot. With commercials it is now more likely a 90 minute edited film.

I really enjoyed Richard Crenna as the lead detective in this film.

Good news, Angelo Buono (the killing uncle) died in prison in 2002. I always thought 2002 was a good year. Now I know why.

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Update:

I just found the vhs copy of the movie for sale on the internet. It may never be on DVD.

It states the length at 91 minutes. I wonder if that is the original length?

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Conservatives kill with the DEATH PENALTY.
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[–] serendip83 14 years ago

layton,

since this was made for tv the 91 minutes sounds right. IMDB gets those running times wrong on occasion. That 120 may have been a default setting or somebody simply guessed.

[–] OneOfTheFew 13 years ago

If it was put on tv in a 2 hours slot, but only last 91 minutes, the extra time is including the tv-commercials. I got the film and yeah, it's just 91 minutes (commercial free). I guess IMDb got the information from when it was showed in tv.