The treatment of the two victims seen in " Sacrament " the immurement of Helen Black and the burial in the garden of the unidentified second victim appear to have been based on the methods used by real life serial killers John Wayne Gacy, Dennis Nilsen and Dorothea Puente to dispose of their victims.
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None of this is alluded to in the film, although Washington and Unger have a certain snazzy chemistry . ) Lest all of this confuse and worry you, rest assured : " The Hurricane " is a film about Rubin Carter, not about the three yuppie do-gooders who rescue him from immurement.