We need to talk about this for a moment. Let's start with the horrific reality of how Elizabeth Short died. This woman was tortured for days and died from hemorrhage and shock resulting from concussion of the brain and lacerations to her face. She had also been mutilated after death. The postmortem mutilation consisted of her nether region being shaved, a criss cross pattern cut into that specific area, she had lacerations to her breast and thighs, she had sections of her flesh removed with the most disturbing section being a rose tattoo that she had on her thigh being placed inside her vagina, she was bisected, drained of her blood amd her body was scrubbed clean. There was no presence of seman but since her body had been washed but she was believed to have been sexually violated. She had been missing for six days and it was believed that she had been dead for between 8-12 hours when her body was discovered. This was truly a horrific murder. It is the stuff of nightmares and she, unfortunatly, lived it and no one has ever been held accountable for her brutal death.

With that said, it is understandable that there have been many movies made about this crime because it is truly terrifying to know that there is this type of evil among us. I really liked the idea of this film. How would the ghost of Elizabeth short haunt this earth? She could want revenge. She could feel confused not understanding that she had died at the age of 22 or she could possibly be a sort of guardian angel for women who she believes to be in danger. There are a lot of things you could do with this concept.

So with this film, um, I'm not satisfied. I know it is a B movie but I believe that I know how to give credit where credit is due and the only thing that this film has going for it is the fact that it revolves around Elizabeth Short's death. That's it. Not much more to say.

The acting lacked realism. The sound wasn't good. The scenes were choppy. Maybe I missed it but the story about how she came into Tyler's life wasn't explained. I thought the cave scenes were stupid and unnecessary. The lady they picked to play Elizabeth Short looked nothing like her. I found it strange that they chose the name of Norma Jean for Elizabeth Short's friend when there has been no evidence that they knew each other as such. That scene was supposed to be set in 1947 but Norma Jean started going by Marilyn Monroe in 1946. It just wasn't good for me.

Check it out if you're curious but you've been warned.

This is a low budget indie film which combines the 1947 Hollywood Black Dahlia slaying with modern times through a haunting if you couldn't tell by the title. Holly(B-movie goddess Devanny Pinn) goes to Hollywood to see her institutionalized blind half brother Tyler (Noah Dahl) who just shot his parents, one of which was her father too, of which Holly seems unemotional. Dr. Brian Owen (Britt Griffith)cares for Tyler. Britt is perhaps best known for his uncredited role as "the tattoo zombie".

Holly stays in a room that has the TV from "Poltergeist." The boring present is eventually interrupted by boring flashbacks to 1947. The acting is as bad as the direction, dialogue and writing. It is on the low end of the indie films, barely keeping its head above the cheese. The concept for the film isn't bad, although it has been done a gazillion times before, normally with "Jack the Ripper" but not the Black Dahlia.

Not worth a Redbox rental even with Devanny Pinn.

Parental Guide: Deals with rape and abortion. Shows a woman with a coat hanger. Near nude shower scene with strategic arm placement. IMDB claims it has the F-bomb in one scene, although I didn't recall any in my Redbox version.

This movie was awful. To start this was a low budget movie and in such the acting was equally the same. The big name was Britt from TAPS his role in the movie was OK at best. That aside this movie stated incorrect facts. One of those would be when the line was said you remember my grandfather Steven Hordell? NO NO NO In real life the Father was George Hordell the son is Steven who is a former detective trying to solve the case of the Black Dahlia and has implicated his Grandfather as the Prime suspect. There were other facts that were erroneous that I wont get into and a ton of other facts that I think should have been in the movie. This movie even as a low budget movie could have been written better. A lot better.