Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986)
Based on the true life serial killer, Henry Lee Lucas. (imdb)
Genres: Suspense/Thriller, Crime, Horror, Biography
Country: USA
Directed By: John McNaughton
Written By: John McNaughton, Richard Fire
Starring: Michael Rooker, Tom Towles, Tracy Arnold
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| Oct 12, 2020 | rospo | 43 16% |
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sensei | 75 51% |
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This movie scarred me in the way Kubrick has with Clockwork Orange (ONLY in how disturbing scenes were, not filmmaking). Wish I hadn't seen it. Film is excellent at what it does, it seems accurate in its portrayal of serial killers and violence in extreme poverty and I think this is probably how those people should be portrayed. It's not scary-fun type of stuff, it's not fun at all. If you're one of the reviewers saying this didn't affect you, you scare me.
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HyphenateMe | 72 64% |
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This is the worst Mary Poppins reboot I have ever seen.
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The producers wanted a horror/slasher flick, and got instead something a lot more thoughtful and stylish. Based only superficially on the real-life Henry Lee Lucas, its real strength is visual. Chicago is utilized beautifully as the perfect bleak backdrop for the goings-on, and (having spent quite a bit of time there then) is captured utterly realistically.
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A bleak and miserable 83 minutes.
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| Nov 16, 2019 | UKSubs | 76 76% |
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A hard movie to like, Michael Rooker puts together a fantastic performance which makes the material come alive in a very gritty way.
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clayj41 | 52 21% |
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AgentSnipe | 80 67% |
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JaiGuy | 90 92% |
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I've seen a lot of horror and slasher movies that go for gusto, but this is the one that left me with things I can't unsee.
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| Jun 24, 2019 | tommy_leazaq | 62 68% |
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Trooth | 68 46% |
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It paints a surprisingly realistic picture of people living on the fringes of American society. The main characters' detachment from the world at large around them makes the murders all the more unsettling.
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Sachaz | 76 74% |
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Jasongirl67 | 50 32% |
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Hands down the craziest and most believable slasher film I've seen Most ironic scene when your watching them kill then camera pans out and you realize their watching themselves on VHS STRANGE!
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| May 15, 2019 |  |
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The grim and brutal realism of the movie made my shoulders slowly rise up over my ears like they were trying to swallow my head and neck in an attempt to safely retreat into my body, and away from the ugly non-stylized violence on the screen. Although the low-budget and questionable acting only added to the film's gritty 'charms', with Rooker being great as 'Henry', however overall, while worth a watch, at least once, there isn't much that's going to entice a second viewing out of many fans.
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| Apr 24, 2019 | jdnolla | 6 36% |
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Commendable in its decision to depict material very easily rendered exploitative as otherwise coldly brutal and non-aestheticized; unfortunately, its novelties in theory are rendered moot by poor execution due probably largely in part to what is evidently a horribly low budget.
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Sometimes a movie's reputation can do it a disservice. Pretty sure if I'd watched this in 1993 on VHS, or on TV late at night, I would have been fucked up for months after. As it is, it's hard to get past the fact that half of it looks and sounds like a Hungarian tele-play, or that several murders are one-handed neck-snaps (something I didn't think I'd ever see outside of a Kevin Smith movie).
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It wasn't quite as difficult as its reputation had led me to believe, but still pretty rough. Not a movie that leaves you feeling good. The quiet lack of action while still communicating all of the horror in that opening scene was the most disturbing for me. A few unexpected moments of dark humor that were very effectively unsettling
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More lo-fi and threadbare than I expected, this feels like it belongs in a seedy 1970s fleapit cinema which patrons like Henry might have attended. Not much happens in this movie except a bunch of killings he executes fairly spontaneously and gets away with easily. A couple of those scenes are memorable, and Rooker does give good sociopath. It's the lack of surrounding story and lack of consequence that makes the killing seem even more bleak and disturbing. Wouldn't recommend to happy people.
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Unceasingly bleak and unhappy, but all the better for it. I agree that this is something to be seen once, then never again. Who knew Mary Poppins was such an amazing serial killer?!
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| May 10, 2017 | albajos | 70 69% |
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| May 07, 2017 | Skittish | 83 76% |
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Barthalen | 75 69% |
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Totally forgot to rate this ages ago. Pretty damn gritty and grim, one of those 'pretty good for what it is but I never want to see it again' type-a-things. Rooker just disappears into the role and it's pretty damn frightening to see. Killer ending.
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| May 03, 2017 |  |
RadioFreeLee | 79 62% |
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FutureCritic | 42 14% |
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| Apr 05, 2017 | 92filmgeek | 60 46% |
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tipar822 | 60 72% |
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Not the great movie I was expecting but you can see the whole thing and even has good parts.
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sacmersault | 69 43% |
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