Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer

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Empty D. @EmptyDaily Jun 5 I really don’t know what to make of this movie. One thing I’ll say is it is crazy dark. It’s like removing any of the “charm” from American Psycho dark. I literally double checked that my doors and windows were locked. See more Steven F. @SteveGotScored Feb 28 Extremely brutal and thought provoking! See more pepsita T @pepsita Jan 24 Brutal. Sometimes. Really well-written. See more Gi S @Gistevenn Jan 8 Creepy as hell but well made. I was all ready to give it 3 1\2* right up until the end scene, i hate a movie that lets the bad guy get away with murder. See more Dustin S. @DustyTheCryptKeeper357 Nov 5 A truly magnificent performance by the ever amazing, Michael Rooker. For a first film performance, Rooker is beyond any describable te that exceeds the phrase: Tour de force, in this gritty character study of a truly disturbed mind. This movie is one of the two inspirations besides taxi driver that was used to create one of my own screenplays about a psychopathic serial, but with a conscience. A must see if you haven’t already. See more Marco W @RT04413461 06/21/2025 Some point out at its artful description of murder and sadism as a fault. Some (not too bright) even say it's not gory enough for a serial killer movie. See? There you have two conflicting ideas that both reflect the films impact and the state of society's tolerance towards violence. The ones that feel offended by the films stance to making a meaningful, actually good movie about this hard subject condemn it for being too good at that. While some (not too bright x2) say: hey! I haven't seen as much blood and gore as I wanted to! Who's the sickest? The filmmakers? That part of the audience that felt unsatisfied with the violence depicted? No. This movie acts as both a mirror and a close-up at the losers, outcasts and putrid souls that commit these horrific acts. The media glamourized it, other movies based entire million-dollar making franchises over this. Henry just says... Hey, this is what you're selling as entertainment? This awful display of deadend lives that serve no other purpose than to kill, rampage and establish no further connection towards other beings? Because in Henry we don't see great relationships. Even when some sort of sick love forms between them...these characters exists in real life and just as Henry portraits...cannot communicate, bond or express love in any form. I watch it every now and then since i'm a horror movie fan and it is undoubtebly top 5 srial killer films out there. Yes. That good. Silence of the lambs, Seven. It sits on the same couch altough scratching other surfaces than those better produced masterpieces. Henry tears apart the media romance about these people and shows you how far the rabbit hole goes. 8.5/10 See more Read all reviews

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