Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986)

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

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Related Movies: Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer, Part 2 (1998) [sequel]

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An interesting horror film that may be a bit disturbing for some. No gore, but good performances. Rent it if you wanna check something out of the ordinary. 6/10

One of the most realistic movies made on the subject, this is extremely well made and acted, but definitely not for the easily disturbed. 

-- (TheVideoGraveYard.com)

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If it weren't for the trailers before and the marketing plugs after the movie, it would have seemed to be a documentary. 

-- (Bloody-Disgusting.com)

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