Billy Ze Kick(1985)

Billy Ze Kick is a French thriller about a police inspector whose bedtime story takes a terrifying turn when reality mirrors fiction. The inspector reads his daughter tales of a fictional serial killer named Billy Ze Kick—only to have three girls murdered in his neighbourhood by someone claiming the same name. As bodies pile up and cryptic notes signed "Billy Ze Kick" arrive at crime scenes, the inspector must confront the possibility that his own imagination has somehow inspired a real killer. The film explores the sinister intersection of storytelling and violence, blurring the line between fantasy and brutal reality. Tension mounts as the investigation deepens and the inspector's personal life becomes entangled with the case, forcing him to question whether he bears responsibility for the murders that bear his fictional creation's name.