Sunset Strip Killers (2026)
Sunset Strip Killers hits theaters July 10, 2026 — a true-crime horror film about one of Los Angeles's most disturbing real cases, and one that's been oddly absent from the screen for decades.
The story: In 1980, nurse Carol Bundy met Doug Clark on the Sunset Strip. He was charming. He was also a serial killer. What starts as attraction pulls her into his world of murder — and unlike most true-crime stories, this one doesn't let her off as a passive victim. She becomes complicit. That's the part that makes this genuinely difficult to sit with.
The Real Case: Why Now?
The Clark-Bundy murders happened in 1980, but they never got the cinematic treatment of more famous killers. You know the Dahmer documentaries, the Bundy specials, the Manson deep-dives. The Sunset Strip killings? Mostly overlooked, despite being every bit as dark.
What strikes me is how specific this case is — two ordinary-seeming people, a city that didn't see it coming, and a woman who made active choices to participate rather than simply being trapped. That's a harder story to tell, and it's the story Chad Ferrin (director) and writers Timothy Croteau and Chuck Parello have chosen to tell. No supernatural angle. No distance. Just 1980 Los Angeles and the people who lived through it.
Cast & Crew
Susan Priver plays Carol Bundy, with Max E. Williams as Doug Clark. The ensemble includes Robert Miano, Brian Foyster, Bella Glanville, and Ezra Buzzington — a solid, unfamiliar cast, which feels intentional for material this grounded. You're not walking in with preconceptions about who these people are.
Chad Ferrin's track record in horror matters here. He's not a name everyone knows, but producers trusted him with this. Crappy World Films and Dance On Productions are backing it, with Epic Pictures handling theatrical distribution and the Dread label managing on-demand — Dread's a signal in itself. They don't fund horror by committee.
Runtime: 88 minutes. Tight. No room for filler.
Where to Watch & When
Theatrical release: July 10, 2026
On-demand/streaming: July 14, 2026
Full platform-by-platform availability hasn't been locked down yet across all regions. Movie OTT is tracking all announcements as they drop — bookmark it and check back before July if you want the exact streaming home for your region. The staggered release (theater first, then digital four days later) suggests Epic Pictures expects some theatrical interest, which is unusual for true-crime horror in 2026.
Is It Worth Your Time?
Hard to say until it's out. But here's what matters: if you've watched Conversations with a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes or Dahmer and found yourself drawn to true-crime that doesn't look away, this is aimed at you. It's also different from those documentaries — this is dramatization, which means Ferrin gets to control pacing, tension, and how much you see.
The 0/10 rating in the database is premature (it hasn't released yet), so ignore that entirely. What you should actually care about: Does the story interest you? Do you trust Ferrin's vision? Are you okay with being uncomfortable for 88 minutes?
If the answers are yes, yes, and yes — it's worth a theater trip on opening weekend. If you're still on the fence by July, Movie OTT's streaming tracker will tell you exactly where it lands four days later.
One more thing: don't watch this expecting a neat resolution. Real cases don't wrap up clean. This one didn't either.
