Slow Death (film)

Slow Death is an American horror-thriller film directed by David Fincher. The screenplay by Dick Wolf is based on the 2003 book of the same name by Jim Fielder. The film stars Bill Farmer (in his first major live-action film role), Zendaya Coleman, and Jennifer Lawrence, with Jessica Chastain, Mark Harmon, Kristen Bell, and Ginnifer Goodwin in supporting roles.

Slow Death tells the story of a notorious serial killer in New Mexico named David Parker Ray - also known as the "toy box killer", who is notorious for kidnapping numerous women, and then raping and torturing them in every possible way; three of whom being Kelli Garret, Angelica Mantano, and Cynthia Vigil. Despite Ray being sentenced to 224 years in prison for the rape and torture of Vigil and Garret (but dying without serving one year of his sentence), police still have not figured out how many victims are out there. The case remains one of New Mexico's most infamous unsolved crimes.

Fincher, Wolf, and producer Steven Spielberg spent 18 months conducting their own research investigation and research into the David Parker Ray case.