February 25, 2014One of the darkest movies of all time, Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer is loosely based on the real life serial killer Henry Lee Lucas and his accomplice, Ottis Toole. The real Henry Lee Lucas was known as the Confession Killer because he confessed to killing thousands of people even though it was only proven that he killed eleven people and a lot of the other confessions were coerced by crooked law enforcement agencies who gave him special treatment if he took the blame and closed some old cases of theirs. The Henry in the movie, played by Michael Rooker, was a true, cold-blooded serial killer. He mostly killed women, but did not have any issues killing men as well. The scariest thing about this movie, to me, is that the people involved seemed so real (even despite the fact that it was based on a true story). In the film, Henry and Ottis met in jail and became roommates after they were released. Henry essentially taught Ottis how to kill, explaining how you should never use the same weapon or the same method because then the police will think they're after more than one person. They killed several people together, while Henry killed even more on his own. When Ottis' sister came into town and started living with them, Ottis gradually became more sexually attracted to her which really upset Henry. Eventually things spiraled out of control, leading to a fairly shocking finale. I don't recommend this movie lightly. Even though it is almost 30 years old, it still holds up as an intensely dark true-crime thriller that isn't for everyone, but it really is a good movie.
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