This is a weird one, even for modern film noir. There is no dialogue, and the lead character does not speak at all. He is the Hollywood Strangler, a man who goes around with his camera photographing free-spirited young women whom he then strangles because they are "garbage", as opposed to the fine upstanding citizen he is.
Who is the Skid Row killer? Well, there have been many stranglers, although no Hollywood Strangler as such, but there was indeed a serial murderer known as the Skid Row Slasher; Vaughn Greenwood is known to have claimed twelve victims (including one survivor), all of them men down on their luck. Although the Skid Row Slasher in this film was clearly inspired by Greenwood's methodology, that is where the similarity ends.
So what happens? If you were thinking along the lines of "Frankenstein Meets Dracula", think again. Suffice it to say that although neither of the protagonists receives a visit from LAPD, justice is served in poetic fashion.
Who is the Skid Row killer? Well, there have been many stranglers, although no Hollywood Strangler as such, but there was indeed a serial murderer known as the Skid Row Slasher; Vaughn Greenwood is known to have claimed twelve victims (including one survivor), all of them men down on their luck. Although the Skid Row Slasher in this film was clearly inspired by Greenwood's methodology, that is where the similarity ends.
So what happens? If you were thinking along the lines of "Frankenstein Meets Dracula", think again. Suffice it to say that although neither of the protagonists receives a visit from LAPD, justice is served in poetic fashion.