Although Hollywood 90028 is ostensibly about a serial killer who works as a cameraman for a porn producer, it’s far from the average exploitation movie of that era or any era, really.

Hornisher works with her locations to generate some atmosphere, while her tale hits a few beats of salaciousness before it returns to mildly engaging relationship woes and assorted professional and personal points of pressure.

Exploitation fodder that isn’t easily forgotten.

Hollywood 90028 is a cynical, tough-minded film about sexism, misogyny, and the ways Hollywood grinds up strivers, like Mark and Michele, and spits them out.