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1. Elizabeth Short was an aspiring actress who came to Hollywood to jump start her career. However, Miss Short met her demise in one of the grisliest Hollywood murders in history. Who directed "The Black Dahlia", a 2006 film about this affair?
2. "Karla" was a film based on the case of Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka. Misha Collins and Laura Prepon portrayed the characters who kidnapped, sexually violated, and ultimately murdered young women. By what nickname was the couple known?
3. William Brent Bell directed a horror movie called "Stay Alive" that centered on a video game responsible for killing any who'd play and lose. The murderess of the game was inspired by a real-life one. She killed young girls and bathed in their blood, attempting to be eternally youthful. Who was this murderess?
4. In "Method", Elizabeth Hurley played a fictitious actress who landed the part of serial killer Belle Gunness in a movie. As the story unfolded, Hurley's character developed the deadly qualities of Gunness, while and while not filming. By what nom de plume was Belle Gunness known?
5. David Berkowitz was a serial killer with more than one mainstream nickname. One was The .44-Caliber Killer, the other Son of Sam. In 1999, "Summer of Sam" was released. Who directed this film starring John Leguizamo, Adrien Brody, and Mira Sorvino?
6. "10 Rillington Place" pertained to a man and his pregnant significant other who needed a home, only to have one offered by a man named John, a character based on an actual killer. John's string of movie-murders began shortly after. What was his actual and fictitious surname?
7. Arnold Friend was the name of a 1985 film's antagonist inspired by the murders of Charles Schmid, also known as The Pied Piper of Tucson. What was the name of this motion picture directed by Joyce Chopra starring Laura Dern and Treat Williams?
8. One of the most controversial films ever made was entitled "Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer". It was loosely based upon the Henry Lee Lucas and Ottis Toole affair, one of the most notorious murderous duos in American history. Who played the character reminiscent of Lucas?
9. Martin Sheen and Sissy Spacek starred in a film based somewhat on Charles Starkweather and Caril Ann Fugate. In it, a teenage girl developed an intimate relationship with a garbage man before going on a killing spree together through northern America. What was the title of this 1973 movie?
10. "Lonely Hearts" was a 2006 film pertaining to Martha Beck and Raymond Fernandez. They'd attract single women through ads in newspapers prior to killing and robbing them. Who portrayed Beck and Fernandez in this adaptation of their criminal lives?
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