The Park Maniac

The Park Maniac (Maníaco do Parque, 2024) is a Brazilian crime drama with horror edges that you can watch online on iFILM. It draws on the case of Francisco de Assis Pereira, the motorcycle courier whose name terrified São Paulo through the 1990s.

Posing as a photographer scouting models, he lured young women into the Cantareira forest park. Investigators tied dozens of women to him, and many never came back. Cutting through it all is Helena, a rookie reporter who sees the manhunt as her ticket to a real career. The louder the tabloids scream, the bigger the killer's legend grows — and the deeper the city sinks into fear.

Maurício Eça directs, with Silvero Pereira in the title role alongside Giovanna Grigio and Bruno Garcia. The film is less interested in wallowing in violence than in showing how 1990s media fed a predator's fame. If you watch true crime for the mechanics of a case rather than shock value, it's worth your time. Stream The Park Maniac (2024) online on iFILM.