HENRY PORTRAIT OF A SERIAL KILLER, loosely based on the case of Henry Lee Lucas, a confessed serial killer, is a terrifyingly intimate journey into the twisted life of a murderous psychotic. As the blank-eyed Henry (Michael Rooker) drifts from place to place, he selects victims at random, slaughters them, and captures the .. Read more
| Starring | Michael Rooker, Tom Towles, Tracey Arnold |
|---|---|
| Director | John McNaughton |
| Genres | Drama |
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HENRY PORTRAIT OF A SERIAL KILLER, loosely based on the case of Henry Lee Lucas, a confessed serial killer, is a terrifyingly intimate journey into the twisted life of a murderous psychotic. As the blank-eyed Henry (Michael Rooker) drifts from place to place, he selects victims at random, slaughters them, and captures the brutality on videotape. When he is joined by his deranged roommate, a loudmouthed ex-convict named Otis (Tom Towles), the almost unfathomably malevolent acts multiply.
John McNaughton's film, in the tradition of such classic studies of homicidal personality as PEEPING TOM and TAXI DRIVER, goes further than both of these movies in its flat refusal to tell the killer's story on anything other than the killer's terms. McNaughton is able to present the world Henry aimlessly traverses as Henry sees it--almost unendurably bleak and meaningless--and in doing so he allows his film to go as deep into the nightmarish mind of a killer as anything ever committed to celluloid.
| Starring | Michael Rooker, Tom Towles, Tracey Arnold |
|---|---|
| Director | John McNaughton |
| Studio | ELEVATION |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 25 mins |
| Certificate |  |
| Genres | Drama |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Released | Production year: 1986 To Rent: DVD: 26 May 2003 |
McNaughton, co-writer Richard Fire and Rooker have pulled off an amazing feat -- a portrait of a damaged mind that refuses to explain, judge or glamorize psychopathic violence.
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Grubby exploitation dressed as intellectual arthouse fare...
I absolutely despised this film when it was first released, but a friend recently suggested I watch it again. After all, he argued, the passing of the years ... read more »
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Henry; Portrait of aSerial Killer
Don't Bother,Doesnt really make sense, not much detail in the story and very boring! Watch Bundy instead.
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A DISTURBING 90 MINUTES IN THE LIFE OF A SERIAL KILLER
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Disturbing drama
Loosely based on the confessions of serial killer Henry Lee Lucas this is an unsettling watch; its bleak uncomprising outlook offers no cosy resolution nor ... read more »
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