In today’s episode, Dmitry and Mallory discuss Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer.
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer is about a serial killer named Henry who is released from prison following his mother's murder. He supplements his job as an exterminator with a series of indiscriminate and violent murders. Fellow jailbird and drug dealer Otis becomes a willing accomplice in Henry's bloody killings. But as the depravity escalates and Henry forms a bond with Otis' sister, Becky, things start to get out of hand. The film is based on the true-life story of serial killer Henry Lee Lucas.
It stars Michael Rooker and was directed by John McNaughton.
The score from the movie was composed by Robert McNaughton (no relation to John): https://open.spotify.com/album/4EegoXBetCgpAz8z1szQWQ?si=c2XzAQacR-647PQVDIYWKQ
Dmitry wrote an article for Chicago Reader about John McNaughton a few years ago: https://chicagoreader.com/arts-culture/roselands-transformation-captured-in-1970-student-film/
