Watch options. Storyline Edit. Loosely based on serial killer Henry Lee Lucas , the film follows Henry and his roommate Otis who Henry introduces to murdering randomly selected people. The killing spree depicted in the film starts after Otis' sister Becky comes to stay with them. The people they kill are strangers and in one particularly gruesome attack, kill all three members of a family during a home invasion. Henry lacks compassion in everything he does and isn't the kind to leave behind witnesses - of any kind.
The shocking true story of Henry Lee Lucas. Biography Crime Drama Horror Thriller. Did you know Edit. Goofs In the opening shot of the movie of a woman's body, the "dead" woman Mary Demas takes a few breaths towards the end of the shot, as seen by the movement of her stomach. The filmmakers point this out in the commentary, and show additional footage in the outtakes. Quotes Store clerk : How about those Bears? Crazy credits Before the film begins the following can be read: "This film is a fictional dramatization of certain events.
The film is based partly on confessions of a person named Henry, many of which he later recanted. As to Otis and Betty, the film is fictional. In , distributor Electric Pictures submitted it for classification with 38 seconds already removed the pan across the hotel room and into the bathroom, revealing the semi-naked woman on the toilet with a broken bottle stuck in her mouth. Electric Pictures had performed this edit themselves without the approval of director John McNaughton because they feared it was such an extreme image so early in the film, it would turn the board against them.
The film was classified 18 for theatrical release in April , but only if 24 seconds were cut from the family massacre scene primarily involving the shots where Otis gropes the mother's breasts both prior to killing her and after she is dead.
Total time cut from the film: 62 seconds. Connections Featured in Gorgon Video Magazine User reviews Review. Top review. Wholesome entertainment for all the family. A flat disturbing film, almost documentary in scope which trawls the depths of the human condition. Make no mistake though, this is a highly commendable piece of movie-making, which tackles the subject of serial killers with the same no-holds-barred approach which 'M' did way back in By referencing the early Fritz Lang classic, I am intentionally comparing 'Henry' favourably with it.
I would also say that Henry Rooker's performance is on a par with Peter Lorre's. The film develops like a three-handed play, revolving around Henry's flat which he shares with former prison-mate, Otis. When LeBron and his young son Dom are trapped in a digital space by a rogue After saving the life of their heir apparent, tenacious loner Snake Eyes is welcomed In the s, five men struggling with being gay in their Evangelical church started An aging hairdresser escapes his nursing home to embark on an odyssey across his After Bobby and his best friend Kevin are kidnapped and taken to a strange house TMDb Score.
Elliot, a successful gynecologist, works at the same practice as his i Two teenage girls try to buy marijuana in the city - where they get ki The life and times of Dawn Davenport, showing her progression from bra After a nuclear war society breaks down into two groups, the evil Eura Henry likes to kill people, in different ways each time. Henry shares an apartment with Otis. When Otis' sister comes to stay, we see both sides of Henry: "the guy next door" and the serial killer.
Director John McNaughton. Tracy Arnold. Tom Towles. David Katz. Original Language: English. Production Companies: Maljack Productions. Movie Tags: sister psychopath murder prostitute. Featured News. Rex and Saskia are enjoying a biking holiday in France when, stopping
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