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The Black Dahlia

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In 1940s Los Angeles, two former boxers-turned-cops must grapple with corruption, narcissism, stag films and family madness as they pursue the killer of an aspiring young actress. From TMDB

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  • Karina Halle @authorkarinahalle.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 24, 2024

    Whoops I created a preorder for my 1940s LA film noir/true crime inspired serial killer stalker dark romance that revolves around the Black Dahlia murder (but with vampires). 🩸 Since BlueSky doesn’t hate links, here you go: www.amazon.com/dp/B0DNWZN1QF Releases Feb 28, 2025

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  • Andrew Blake Films @andrewblakefilms.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 22, 2025

    Adriana Sage in Bongage at the gate to the Snowden House in Hollywood famous for it's connection to the Black Dahlia Murder. From the film ADRIANA. See the Stream at andrewblakestore.com/shop/online-...

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  • Emily St. James @emilystjams.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 10, 2026

    Just a beautiful morning of recording a podcast episode about the forgotten 2006 Brian De Palma movie The Black Dahlia with @pmiscove.bsky.social and @joereid.bsky.social and not getting mad about Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on the internet.

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  • Elana Levin @levin.bsky.socialBluesky · May 5, 2026

    I didn’t love the Black Dahlia movie but I don’t understand why people hated it. And I’m a huge Ellroy fan.

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  • In Film We Trust podcast @ifwtpod.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 6, 2025

    Anchor.fm/ifwtpod New ep! It's time to finish up our James Ellroy adaptations series. We welcome back Ellroy biographer Steven Powell to the show, to discuss the maligned and divisive De Palma film THE BLACK DAHLIA from 2006. #filmnoir #truecrime

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  • Corey Atad @coreyatad.comBluesky · Jun 17, 2026

    back in 2006 my most anticipated movie was Brian De Palma's The Black Dahlia. i saw it and thought it was great. everyone else said it was the worst movie ever made. it kinda got poisoned for me and i never watched it again. has it been reclaimed yet? are people Dahlia-pilled?

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  • David Hollingsworth 🏳️‍🌈 @daveyh39.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 15, 2026

    Celebrating and remembering the imposing but equally lovable William Bendix, Oscar-nominated classic film, radio, and television actor, on his 120th birthday, beloved for his roles in WOMEN OF THE YEAR, WAKE ISLAND, THE GLASS KEY, LIFEBOAT, THE BLACK DAHLIA, and DETECTIVE STORY, among others.

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  • William Meikle @williammeikle.comBluesky · Apr 16, 2025

    Bought a nice hardcover of Ellroy's L.A. Quartet, mainly to replace a falling apart paperback of L.A. Confidential. Haven't read the other three books in here ( although I have seen the Black Dahlia movie ) so I'm going in. It's a bit of a doorstopper. www.amazon.com/The-L-A-Quar...

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  • Little Nap @not2nitejosefin.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 5, 2025

    #NoirvemberChallenge Day 5: Film noir you'd show someone who's never seen one Hmm. 🤔 Gonna go with two examples of neo noir, based on the L.A. Quartet series of books by author James Ellroy. The Black Dahlia (2006) and L.A. Confidential (1997) #filmsky 🖤🎥

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  • The Film Stage @thefilmstage.comBluesky · Oct 15, 2025

    A new documentary takes a dark journey into the mind of noir master James Ellroy, author of The Black Dahlia and L.A. Confidential. Watch our exclusive trailer debut ahead of the Rome Film Fest premiere: thefilmstage.com/exclusive-tr...

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  • John Bleasdale @www.johnbleasdale.comBluesky · May 9, 2026

    True Confessions (Ulu Grosbard, 1981)Robert Duvall, De Niro, Charles Durning and Burgess Meredith. Screenplay by Dunn and Didion. Gets the Black Dahlia and 50s LA better than Ellroy. Music by Georges Delerue, one of the most underrated composers of film music. This is just a 5star film.

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  • Don Kaye @donkaye.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 14, 2026

    For @inverse.com, I wrote about THE BLACK DAHLIA on its 20th anniversary and how this notorious true-crime story proved difficult to film for two masters of the thriller genre: www.inverse.com/entertainmen...

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  • Jesse Hawken @jessehawken.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 5, 2026

    I did a @junkfilterpod.bsky.social about it! It’s bad but yeah, I feel vaguely protective of it anyhow. The only late style De Palma movie I can’t defend really at all is The Black Dahlia

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  • Something Weird @i-am-estevan.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 21, 2025

    The movie mentions Elizabeth Short aka The Black Dahlia. One of the true crime cases that fascinate me, the other being the case of Bernie Tiede murdering Marjorie Nugent. #frightclub

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  • Mija @mija-again.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 24, 2025

    Name a Film with Black or White in the Title. *The Black Dahlia*

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  • Lauren Thompson @laurenfacall.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 15, 2025

    16 March 1916 – 2004 Mercedes McCambridge, 87, US actress. Film debut: All the King's Men (1949 Oscar) The Scarf * Johnny Guitar * Giant (OscarNom) Suddenly, Last Summer * The Exorcist (1973 Pazuzu voice) Who Is the Black Dahlia * Concorde Airport '79 * The Other Side of the Wind (2018 posthumous)

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  • The Twilight Drive-In @thetwilightdrivein.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 21, 2026

    Who Is The Black Dahlia (1975) is regarded as a solid, atmospheric television movie that succeeds as a period procedural, appealing to viewers who enjoy true-crime dramatizations from the 1970s. #crime #mystery #TheLastDriveIn

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  • TyTheFilmAddict @tythefilmaddict.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 8, 2026

    I’m hereby announcing the reclamation of THE BLACK DAHLIA as a damn good movie so that we’ll one day get a 4K boutique release of the 3 hour director’s cut that Elroy adored. Who’s with me? #filmsky

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  • lizlabz.bsky.social @lizlabz.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 1, 2025

    About 2\3 of the way through The Black Dahlia, someone in our theater said loudly, and with weary exasperation, "I hate this movie!" And the whole audience breathed a relieved sigh because, yes, we also hate this movie! In my memory, there was also applause but I'm afraid I might be embellishing

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  • Esotouric's Secret Los Angeles @esotouric.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 18, 2025

    Private tours for LA lovers just got more affordable with 90 minute options. Let us take you on a time travel trip to Raymond Chandler's noir world, to queer DTLA landmarks, in the footsteps of the Black Dahlia or to Film Noir locations. Learn more at esotouric.com/giftcertific...

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  • I Don’t Want No Scabs @missedith.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 30, 2025

    Realizing that while I’m culturally very aware of Hilary Swank I have only seen her in: 1) late stage 90210 2) the Buffy movie 3) The Black Dahlia (but I don’t remember her in it or that movie really) 4) The Hunt (underseen underrated, basically perfect) 5) and now yellowjackets

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  • JJ Gittes @jjgittes.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 11, 2026

    I saw “The Black Dahlia” In the theater opening night. You could feel the air going out the theater as the movie went on. Huge disappointment as a James Ellroy & Brian DePalma fan.

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  • New Mexico Man @newmexicoman.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 17, 2026

    Lost City of Z was boring (saw it at home), but worst theater experience was The Black Dahlia. How did Brian De Palma make a James Ellroy novel into such an interminable movie?

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  • Murder Made Fiction Podcast @murdermfiction.bsky.socialBluesky · May 18, 2026

    Tomorrow on the Main Feed: @jennferatu.bsky.social and @joelipsett.bsky.social discuss Brian De Palma's 2006 entry, THE BLACK DAHLIA, with its all star cast and a 2 hour runtime

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  • Murder Made Fiction Podcast @murdermfiction.bsky.socialBluesky · May 5, 2026

    Jenn and Joe’s coverage of The Black Dahlia kicks off with the 1975 made-for-TV movie, WHO IS THE BLACK DAHLIA. The movie is well researched and actually gives Short much more screen time than we expected, but it doesn't entirely satisfy. As a kick off, this is solid, but inessential.

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  • Corey Atad @coreyatad.comBluesky · Feb 19, 2026

    and the Black Dahlia herself? played by Canadian Mia Kirshner in the De Palma film! i can do this forever

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  • Derek St. John @derek117.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 26, 2026

    Celebrating her Birthday today, the lovely & supremely talented, Mia Kirshner. 24 The Black Dahlia Exotica The Vampire Diaries The L Word (the show creators fu*ked over her character) Not Another Teen Movie Graceland Star Trek: Strange New Worlds

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  • DW @justarandomface.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 9, 2025

    Name: Derick Nickname: DW Age: old enough 😆 Sign: Scorpio Currently: funeral home associate/attendant/no embalming Fav colour: blue Fav book: The Black Dahlia Fav movie: Star Wars, LOTR Fav show: GOT, Breaking Bad, Mindhunter, currently Bones Fav genre: SciFi, fantasy, documentary Post a gif!

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  • Mario Bava's A Jay of Blood @jaycoyle.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 17, 2025

    Let's see if that has improved in the near 20 years since its release. #nowwatching The Black Dahlia.

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  • Theodore McCombs @theodoremccombs.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 5, 2024

    I don’t know how many people remember the Black Dahlia movie but when she turns up in that, the movie gets 110% weirder/better

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  • binflorida.bsky.social @binflorida.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 29, 2024

    Black Flag, (band), The Black Dahlia (film by Brian DePalma) Back in Black, (album), Paint it Black, (song).

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  • DW @justarandomface.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 16, 2024

    One book 📚 - The Black Dahlia by James Ellroy One movie - that's tough...a toss up between Star Wars Ep 3 and LOTR: The Two Towers and Schindler's List One album: Kill Em All by Metallica One TV show: toss up between Game of Thrones and Breaking Bad

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  • 24 Panels - Dave B. @24panels.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 22, 2023

    The last regular Films(trips) podcast of 2023 is out! This time, @mayor.bsky.social and I are joined by @jhrivnak.bsky.social to take a look at the 2006 Brian De Palma film, The Black Dahlia! www.podomatic.com/podcasts/24p... James Elroy Josh Hartnett Scarlett Johansson Aaron Eckhart Josh Friedman

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  • mmcc @mattmccrac.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 22, 2023

    🎥 My ★★★½ review of The Black Dahlia (2006): https://boxd.it/4JJEzR

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  • Animated Antic @animatedantic.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 11, 2026

    It's funny knowing around the same time he also almost came close to directing The Black Dahlia, which I absolutely could've seen him doing (I love Brian De Palma, but that was a BAD movie). At least we got Zodiac in the end.

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  • Milan Paurich @milanpaurich.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 12, 2026

    "Obsession," "M:!" and "Greetings" are def my top picks from this group. Where are "Mission to Mars," "The Black Dahlia," "Home Movies" and obviously something else I'm blanking on (e.g., that straight-to-DVD movie he did a few years ago with the GOT actor).

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  • Doughnut Thief @grunhund.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 10, 2026

    I'm in! I loved the history and commentary you shared of Britain, post war. And I love true crime; more than film criticism. 😊 Just finished the latest book about the Black Dahlia murder. Pretty darn good. Good luck with your book! It will be a must read for me. ♥️

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  • Neal Pozner @njpozner.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 22, 2026

    The trailer for The Black Dahlia was phenomenal. The movie was… not.

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  • Murder Made Fiction Podcast @murdermfiction.bsky.socialBluesky · May 4, 2026

    Tomorrow on the pod: Jenn and @joelipsett.bsky.social look at their first Elizabeth Short text in 1975's made-for-TV movie, WHO IS THE BLACK DAHLIA It's available to watch for free on YouTube

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  • JarekFA @jarekfa.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 3, 2026

    I read a quick summary of the book and I was like oh, that sounds cool. But I will resist. I did read the Black Dahlia but I won’t see the movie (Mia Kirschner and Hillary Swank do not remotely resemble each other) as it was a critical bomb.

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  • cY @decoyrobot.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 1, 2026

    THE BLACK DAHLIA is a very flawed movie but De Palma and Zsigmond just make so invigorating images together. Love De Palma’s blocking of the Dahlia’s body is shown. Poking out of frame, just a touch of the grisly details. Its lurid voyeurism injected, and you/camera resisting

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  • White Blaster Beetleborg Donald @rangerdonald.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 8, 2026

    Hmm? Thought he was blacklisted after the Black Dahlia movie.

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  • Jack Kost @jackkost.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 15, 2025

    On this day in movie history: The Black Dahlia directed by Brian De Palma released September 15, 2006. Cast: Josh Hartnett, Scarlett Johansson, Aaron Eckhart, Hilary Swank, Mia Kirshner, Mike Starr, Fiona Shaw, Patrick Fischler, James Otis, John Kavanagh, Troy Evans, Anthony Russell. #Noir

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  • Martin C @martincrumley.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 17, 2025

    Wait, there's an 80s film starring Robert De Niro and Robert Duvall that I'd never heard of? Set in 40s L.A. and references the Black Dahlia case? And it's written by Joan Didion! 😱 Also with Charles Durning, Kenneth McMillen and James Hong 😍 #filmsky True Confessions on Letterboxd boxd.it/1hMs

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  • Bruce Von Stiers @brucevonstiers.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 7, 2025

    An indie production crew is tasked with doing a film about the Black Dahlia in the neo noir film, Night Rain. Here is my review of the film which stars Jeanne Marie Spicuzza bvsreviews.com/nightrain25....

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  • Danny (they/them) @dannyfaust.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 15, 2025

    The Black Dahlia. Shoulda been a slam dunk (yay, sports!), but just a poorly made film from start to finish.

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  • 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐦 @expertempathy.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 9, 2025

    || YouTuber I watch has a video called This Movie is the Second Worst Thing to Happen to the Black Dahlia, and my very tired brain went, "Oh, what was the first?" And then I remembered.

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  • GarthArizona @gartharizona.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 6, 2025

    I love James Ellroy and I love The Black Dahlia and I love Brian De Palma. This movie was horrible!

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  • havoksummers.bsky.social @havoksummers.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 18, 2024

    Introduce yourself with: One book 📚 — King of Foxes (Raymond E. Feist) One movie 🎥 — Dogma (Kevin Smith, 1999) One album 💿 — Nocturnal (The Black Dahlia Murder) One TV show 📺 — The Magicians

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  • Murder Made Fiction Podcast @murdermfiction.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 15, 2024

    THE BLACK DAHLIA was released 14 years ago. It’s on our list to cover on the pod some day. What are your thoughts on the film?

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  • Travels With Brindle is still composing a silent movie score @travelswithbrindle.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 25, 2024

    The Black Dahlia movie would have been acceptable if it had been a made-for-TV movie.

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  • Christianham @christianham.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 1, 2023

    Was not expecting a 4-star MZS review of the new John Woo movie, but that's what I love about MZS's reviews (with which I often, if not always, agree). I'll always appreciate his review of THE BLACK DAHLIA, a movie I loved when everyone else stomped on it. www.rogerebert.com/reviews/sile...

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  • Mork @rumpledchords.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 19, 2023

    filling in a blind spot with De Palma, The Black Dahlia is a total pro movie with brutal acting.

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  • Armak for the Resistance ⚜️🇧🇷🍉🌻 @armakproductions.comBluesky · Oct 11, 2023

    Love your bro, James. He was top choice to star in my first film #BurningAnnie back in 2002, did several table reads at the Black Dahlia Theatre w me & Matt Shakman. Casting went sideways at last minute but have been cheering him on ever since. So good in both Guardian roles! Much respect. ✊🏼

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  • Andee Harry @andeeharry1.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 28, 2026

    20th anniversary to (1) European Ryder Cup Win Colorado Platte high school hostage incident Jackass 2 film The Black Dahlia Film School for Scoundrels film Roblox Test Drive unlimited game Evanescence: The Open Door Song ustin Timberlake: Sexy Back song Gnarls Barkley: Crazy son

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  • Curt Johnson - Indie Genius @indiegeniusMastodon · Sep 14, 2026

    Movie TV Tech Geeks #BooksandComics #TheBlackDahlia The 8 Best James Ellroy Books, Ranked http://dlvr.it/TVTLp0

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  • Andee Harry @andeeharry1.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 4, 2026

    Today is 20th anniversary to Steve Irwin funeral Crank Film The Black Dahlia film Open Season film Idiocracy film Last Kiss Jackass II Roblox Lego Star Wars II Xbox 360 Beyonce; B'Day Album Justin Timberlake: Futuresex song Mastodon: Blood Mountain song Twilight New Moon book

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  • Esotouric's Secret Los Angeles @esotouric.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 3, 2026

    8/15 is a rare Saturday when we don't have a public tour, and are booking private walks. The morning slot is taken, but if you'd like a short, deep dive into Downtown LA, let's explore Raymond Chandler, the Black Dahlia case, gay history or Film Noir lore. esotouric.com/giftcertific...

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  • MindyGraz @melkleingraz.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 29, 2026

    "The case in 1947 sparked a media frenzy when news broke and she was dubbed “the Black Dahlia” by press inspired by the popular 1946 film noir The Blue Dahlia and, because the 22-year-old would often wear sheer black clothing and had striking black hair."

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  • Danny (they/them) @dannyfaust.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 17, 2026

    THE BLACK DAHLIA. That movie was a fucking mess for absolutely no reason.

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