The Stocking Strangler

Official Selection 2021 at
Reel Horror Fest / The American Horrors Film Fest / Horror Unleashed Film Fest

Victoria gets ready for a night out with friends in her room, taking time to decide which cute dress will match well with her stockings for tonight. She settles on the yellow dress and changes into it. Victoria zips up the dress then steps in front of her full-length mirror to put some makeup on, sliding the lipstick delicately over her mouth. Little does she know, but Victoria is being watched by a home invader dressed all in black with vinyl gloves that sneak in and snatch one of Victoria's stockings from the bed where she set them. Victoria plops down on the bed and slides one stocking over her left leg, gradually pulling and stretching the new garment until it form fits over her thigh. When Victoria goes to grab the other stocking, she realizes it is no longer there. Thinking she must be going crazy, Victoria checks all over for it. Under the bed, behind the pillow, around the area. She stops in a huff with her hands on her hips, trying to retrace her steps in her mind. However, the Stocking Strangler sneaks up right behind her with malice in his eyes, holding the missing stocking taught between both his hands.

The Stocking Strangler attacks, looping the stocking around Victoria's delicate throat and pulling her close to him. Her face goes wide in surprise as the choking force crushes her neck. Victoria flails her arms and tries to elbow her attacker and pull away, but the Strangler follows close with her movements and then overwhelms her by pinning her arms down and spinning her around. Victoria faces the mirror as she struggles under the control of the Strangler, forced to watch her own agonized expressions as she is ruthlessly murdered. The stocking remains tight around her neck as she slowly crumples on to her knees while the Strangler holds her up and pulls vigorously at the stocking around her neck. Victoria shakes and pulls at the stocking with no luck, she is forced to submit to the will of the Strangler. Growing weaker, the girl begins to dip forward limply. The Strangler uses this moment of weakness to toss Victoria up on to the bed and ravish her from behind while continuing to asphyxiate her. Her feet kick up in the air as the Strangler pins her down with his weight and roughly thrusts against her again and again. The strangling pressure is tight as can be while Victoria's eyes bulge and tongue sticks out and she thrashes around face-down on the bed. She grows gradually weaker as the Strangler enjoys her from this vulnerable position. Then he flips over onto his back while holding Victoria in front of him for the final assault. She gets a brief second wind as she is flipped onto her back, kicking out her legs and flailing her arms wildly. The Strangler holds on to the stocking even as Victoria manages to grab ahold of his mask and pull it down, revealing his face. The Strangler holds on even tighter, redoubling the effort and exerting max pressure onto the stocking tight around Victoria's neck. She spasms and wiggles wildly trying to get free. Spit builds up in her mouth and streams down her cheek as she is unable to swallow from the choking force. Her time is nearly at its end. Victoria's movements grow weaker and erratic as her eyes slowly lose focus and fade away. The Strangler holds on a while even after she has stopped moving with her eyes frozen open. He holds her limp hand tenderly against his face and looks closely at his fresh victim. The Strangler slides the girls corpse off the bed and props it up against the side, examining the deep bruise from the strangulation marks and then brutally snapping her neck. He lets the girl drop face down onto the floor as he pulls back the sheets and then lifts her up onto the bed. He examines her close in this position, then hears something from the hall and quickly covers her with the sheet and scampers off.

The Strangler returns with his camera and a professional outfit to snap some photos of the crime scene before it is discovered by one of Victoria's friends. He takes a variety of photos of the girls dead body, examining the strangle mark closely. With plenty of time to spend together, the Stocking Strangler gets intimate with his victim and leans in close for a kiss. The Killer makes out with the corpse for a time, then lays out a tarp of plastic and wraps up Victoria's dead body for disposal.