Genre: | Biography Crime Drama Horror Thriller |
Teleplay: | Tom Towler Donald Martin |
Director: | Stephen Kay |
Starring: | Robert Forster Gregg Henry |
Music: | Tree Adams |
Country: | United States |
Language: | English |
Producer: | Richard Fishoff Randy Sutter |
Cinematography: | Bobby Bukowski |
Editor: | Mark Stevens |
Runtime: | 88 minutes |
Company: | Diana Kerew Productions Von Zerneck-Sertner Films Sony Pictures Television |
Network: | CBS |
The Hunt for the BTK Killer is a 2005 American biographical horror television film directed by Stephen T. Kay. First shown on CBS on October 9, 2005, it is based on the true story of Dennis Rader, the notorious "BTK Killer" who murdered 10 people from 1974 to 1991. Though the events take place in Wichita, Kansas, the film was made in Nova Scotia.
After 31 years at-large, detectives in Wichita, Kansas home in on the serial killer known as BTK.