A small-town newspaperman begins to suspect that a wave of murders committed in the area may not be the work of a serial killer but a monster.

"The Legend of Blood Mountain" is a 1965 movie that tells the tale of a small-town newspaperman begins to suspect that a wave of murders committed in the area may not be the work of a serial killer but a monster. The main character is "Bestoink Dooley" played by George Ellis.—The Professor