Before Teaming With Mike Flanagan, Kate Siegel Made Her Acting Debut in This Juicy B-Rated Horror

Though perhaps best known as the launch of Kate Siegel’s career before teaming with Mike Flanagan, The Curse of the Black Dahlia deserves recognition as a fascinating blend of genres that attempts to reimagine one of America’s most infamous unsolved murders through the lens of supernatural paranoia and noir style—albeit a flawed one. Despite the film’s struggles with coherence, it remains a compelling example of how true-crime narratives can be transformed by the horror genre’s emotional and psychological tones.