Based on the true life serial killer, Henry Lee Lucas.
This is a difficult film to try and recommend someone. The name, Henry: Portrait Of A Serial Killer, clearly suggests an intense biopic about the grim life of a murderer, bleak and realistic. From the outset, as the first scene of a butchered woman is displayed under warped 80s music, it's hard to see beyond watching just another two hours of crime scenes stills. However, to me this movie is a clever use of disturbing drama mixed with very, very black comedy.
Originally funded as a low brow horror film, the producers were appalled with what they received and it was left on the shelves with problems from the censors until 1990. Although it definitely has that budget feel about it, there is a tidiness and compact structure which holds it together skillfully and Michael Rooker is all encompassed as the chilling lead.
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