The murders inspired a movie. The movie ignited a movement.
“Mineshaft: The Cruising Murders" peels back the layers of controversy surrounding the making of the 1980 thriller, "Cruising." Directed by William Friedkin, the film triggered fierce protests from the LGBTQ+ community for its portrayal of a serial killer targeting gay men in New York's leather bars. Friedkin drew inspiration from the brutal murder of Variety reporter Addison Verrill, blurring the boundaries between cinematic fiction and real-life tragedy.
Jeffrey Schwarz
Director
Adam Baran
Self
Andy Humm
Self
Armando D. Muñoz
Self
Bud S. Smith
Self
Charles Kaiser
Self
Charles Lum
Self
Dan Savage
Self
Darkqwolf
Self
David Del Valle
Self
Sherman's March67%
McQueen74%
Public Speaking70%
The Cheshire Murders65%
Room 23761%
Voyeur59%
Maternal Instinct71%
In the Realms of the Unreal71%
The Class of ‘9271%
A Plastic Ocean75%
Directed by John Ford70%
The Crash69%
Evil Influencer: The Jodi Hildebrandt Story62%
My Mom Jayne80%
Seduced and Abandoned62%
John Candy: I Like Me78%
All the Empty Rooms73%
Welcome to Chechnya69%
Above Majestic73%
The Summers of It - Chapter Two: It Ends71%
