I'm gonna start reviewing movies that I have seen or will see. I always enjoy a good flick. My taste ranges from a good old comedy to cold blooded thrillers and whatever falls in between.
My first review is on a little know movie that was released in 1990 and till day still holds it emotional value.
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
Loosely based on real life events of Henry Lee Lucas, a serial killer that was out on the loose with anywhere between 1 and 360 kills under his belt. The numbers are in question, but their are deaths non the less.
As a little side note:
Lucas' sentence was commuted to life in prison in 1998 by then-Governor George W. Bush. His was the only death penalty case among the 153 that came across Bush's desk in his tenure as Texas Governor in which he intervened and commuted the death sentence. Lucas died in prison of natural causes. Though Lucas' death seemed to have removed the possibility of resolution in many instances, there are still a number of unresolved or open questions. Some authorities — while admitting that Lucas tended to exaggerate his accounts and told some outright lies, and also recognizing that the Lucas Task Force engaged in some very questionable tactics — insist that Lucas was a viable suspect in a number of unsolved murders.
I guess birds of a feather...
The director John McNaughton, was at the time (1986) a young music video, that a Chicago based film producer invested in him to create a "B" level horror film.
McNaughton gave him Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer.
Portraying Henry was a young Micheal Rooker, till this day, I have to wonder were are his awards.
The film is like a tutorial on how to go about murder everyday in every way. Little tidbits like "kill a different way, and there is no signature left behind" With no motive and no signature, you'd have to be an idiot to get caught. It is a cold and a nerve racking experience, to see through the eyes of a killer, to feel his emotion and to feel his lack of. Rooker, was casted perfectly for this part, and brings to the table a truth about a character you rarely see on screen.
Yet, you do not get a slasher movie here, nope you get a semi documentary, about the rules of the kill and the twisted mind of a killer.
See The Movie Trailer Here
Get The DVD Here
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