HENRY: PORTRAIT OF A FREAK SHOW by: Zombie Zane

WHAT IT DO! WHAT IT DO! Zombie Zane here as usual coming at ya live and direct from deep in the heart of the seven six one oh seven. It’s that time once again for me to share with you another movie review. This week Sasha and I were all about ‘true story’ horror. Ya know, films and shit that are inspired by true events. And there are a ton! So after reading this movie review, be sure and check out our other stuff.
For this week’s film, Sasha and I decided on ‘HENRY: PORTRAIT OF A SERIAL KILLER.’ Have you seen that one? No? Well shit. Kick on back for a sec and let me tell ya what I thought about it. Or you can read Sasha’s review. Either way, take a sec and educate yourself.

‘HENRY: PORTRAIT OF A SERIAL KILLER’ is a 1986 horror film directed and co-written by John McNaughton. It stars Michael Rooker as Henry, Tom Towles as Otis, and Tracy Arnold as Becky. It runs just over 80mins and can be found on Netflix instant watch. So if after you read this and wanna check it out, it’s readily available.

So this film is based loosely on serial killer Henry Lee Lucas. I say loosely because this film is more based on his accounts of what happened rather than the stone-cold facts of the case. He confessed to like 600 killings but I think he was only found guilty of 11.

Overall I liked this movie okay. It’s not the best Lucas film I’ve seen, but it’s the most unique. There is another film about Henry Lee Lucas that stars Antonio Sabato Jr. I think the name of it is ‘DRIFTER’ and that can be found on Netflix as well. On second thought, we should’ve reviewed that one. I caught the last hour of it on Chiller a few months back and was really impressed with it. But alas, we didn’t so whattaya gonna do.

SO this film focuses on Lucas as he leaves a trail of dead bodies in and around the Chicago area. Sometimes his perverted sister-fucking roommate helps him out and sometimes Lucas rides solo and does the murders himself. Really there ain’t much to the plot, it’s just about a dude going around and killing people. It is dark and there is some pretty harsh content, and it isn’t your typical slasher/serial killer film. No half nekkid chick running and falling down in the woods so it gets some cool points for that. In fact, considering the year it came out, it is a total different beast than what was out there at the time. The mid 80's was saturated with your typical slasher films. Believe me, I own a lot of them. Ok, let Zombie Zane break this movie down a lil further for ya:

ZOMBIE ZANE’S BREAKDOWN:

BODY COUNT: 14 (Now, not all the murders were shown, but the bodies were.)

SEVERINGS: 1 (One noggin gettin lopped off!)

NUDITY NUMBER 2 out of 5 (Boobs and butt. No bush, no panty hamster, and no tool shed.)

SEX SCENES : 0 (I don’t count rape as sex scenes. It’s gotta be consensual to count.)

GORE SCORE: 2 out of 5 (Not overly bloody, but there is some violent content)

MY SCORE: 2.5 out of 5. (Middle of the road for me. Like I said, ‘Drifter’ may be a bit better)
Well, there it is. Make sure you read Sasha’s review as well. It’s always cool to check out her stuff. Ok, then. That’s all there is and there ain’t no more. Until next time, take care, stay a-scared and I am out.