From the opening moments of “Boston Strangler,” writer and director Matt Ruskin makes it clear he’s thought through exactly how he wants to depict the true crime at the heart of the film.
The camera refracts a killing off the surface of a television, sparing the gruesome sight of strangulation as the titular troublemaker strikes once again.
It’s staged to avoid sensationalism or additional salaciousness at the expense of the victims — or the benefit of would-be copycats.
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