Honestly, that's a tough one. A lot of the ones my partner and I watch regularly are for like ID Discovery, so they're all pretty formulaic. There's one called Murderous Women (or maybe its Dangerous Women?) that we've been watching a lot of that I've kinda been really enjoying (even if its just to rage at the commentators they get for their shit takes on systemic issues). That said, I'm hesitant to recommend anything without having a baseline for the kind of shows YOU have enjoyed.
Now that I think of it - maybe as usual - I have an impossible goal. Trashy yet non-generic? Is that even possible? The only true crime things I've liked are staid documentaries like PBS Frontline. And - of course - that's in a different universe from trash.
The closest trashy thing wasn't actually trashy - it it's a tv movie. I recommend it but there's a caveat: The Night Stalker (TV Movie 2016).
Lou Diamond Phillips plays Ramirez. He's great and creepy. For a tv movie the photography and cinematography are great. Example - dance floor scene I really liked how the flashback scenes of LA in the 1980s were spot on down to the tiniest little details. There's a non-memorable scene where characters are having breakfast and everything in the house including the cheap glasses and dishes are period piece perfect.
The caveat is that there's a bait-and-switch and it sort of pissed me off. Ramirez is basically a minor character. The reporter interviewing him is actually the lead in her present day and in flashbacks when she was a girl. That's her on the dance floor.
Honestly, that's a tough one. A lot of the ones my partner and I watch regularly are for like ID Discovery, so they're all pretty formulaic. There's one called Murderous Women (or maybe its Dangerous Women?) that we've been watching a lot of that I've kinda been really enjoying (even if its just to rage at the commentators they get for their shit takes on systemic issues). That said, I'm hesitant to recommend anything without having a baseline for the kind of shows YOU have enjoyed.
Now that I think of it - maybe as usual - I have an impossible goal. Trashy yet non-generic? Is that even possible? The only true crime things I've liked are staid documentaries like PBS Frontline. And - of course - that's in a different universe from trash.
The closest trashy thing wasn't actually trashy - it it's a tv movie. I recommend it but there's a caveat: The Night Stalker (TV Movie 2016).
Lou Diamond Phillips plays Ramirez. He's great and creepy. For a tv movie the photography and cinematography are great. Example - dance floor scene I really liked how the flashback scenes of LA in the 1980s were spot on down to the tiniest little details. There's a non-memorable scene where characters are having breakfast and everything in the house including the cheap glasses and dishes are period piece perfect.
The caveat is that there's a bait-and-switch and it sort of pissed me off. Ramirez is basically a minor character. The reporter interviewing him is actually the lead in her present day and in flashbacks when she was a girl. That's her on the dance floor.
I'll have to come back to this later, about to step out for the night, but thanks for sharing your thoughts comrade!