A nightclub has been forced into a grovelling apology after it faced a backlash for using mugshots of five famous serial killers on a promotion poster.

The establishment, Crisis, runs a student night every Wednesday at Rock City nightclub in Nottingham and used snaps of Jeffrey Dahmer, Ted Bundy, Rose West, John Wayne Gacy and Richard Ramirez to promote a Halloween party.

But, within 16 hours the 'All Frighter – Serial Killers' poster was taken down, after a backlash that saw the idea labelled "tone deaf," as reported by The Mirror.

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The news comes after the families of Dahmer spoke out against a new Netflix series detailing his crimes against their loved ones.

A student employed to promote Crisis nights posted an open letter explaining her issues with the theme.

She said: "Ted Bundy and Jeffrey Dahmer were both known for hunting their victims in night clubs… so it is absurd to me why we would have students dressed up as these people, inside a nightclub.

“These people are not celebrities whom we can make a ‘theme’ out of – they are real people who raped, tortured and murdered people’s sons and daughters – with their families still alive and still feeling the effects today.”

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The student's post garnered around 1,000 likes.

She also said she had been left in "total disbelief that in 2022 a nightclub run for young adults and students would encourage the behaviour to dress up [in] such controversial costumes".

She rang the club manager up immediately to "voice her concern" when she saw the poster.

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Following her post, Crisis released a public statement saying that "after consideration, [they] realised this was an upsetting and triggering concept".

They added: "We would like to unreservedly apologise to anyone we have offended or caused distress to."

The statement also said that neither Rock City or the Student Union was involved in choosing the theme.

Despite the backlash tickets for the event have already sold out.

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