Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer

John McNaughton, inspired by the true case of Henry Lee Lucas, who claimed to have murdered over 300 women, offers a masterly evocation of smalltown low-life and psychopathic sadism.

...there are still some shocks, and an intimation of pure evil as Henry (...) teaches his buddy Otis (...) how to get away with murder.

...a very good film, a low-budget tour de force that provides an unforgettable portrait of the pathology of a man for whom killing is not a crime but simply a way of passing time and relieving boredom.

Rather than the vicarious thrills of a hack n' slash thriller, Henry rubs our noses in the lack of empathy required to do harm to others.

Preceding the high-profile likes of The Silence Of The Lambs and Se7en, this goes for sick over slick...