Watch: Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer 1986 123movies, Full Movie Online – 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..
Plot: 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.
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A dark and twisted film about a very deranged and demented soul.
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986) is a film that is loosely based upon the exploits of notorious white trash serial killer Henry Lee Lucas. This man claimed to have killed hundreds of people, mostly women. But the director takes us down the path of a man who is in many ways similar to the real deal.Michael Rooker stars as Henry, a demented man living in a twisted world who lives with a scummy roommate Otis (based also on Henry Lee Lucas’ running buddy/lover Ottis Toole). Otis’ kid sister Becky (loosely based upon the very young sister of Ottis) comes to live with her older brother after a falling out back home. She decides to head out to the big city to find a new life.
The film follows the murderous trail of Henry who’s pent of rage and sexual frustrations fuel the madness that’s locked deep within his psyche. Those that are around him soon feel his madness and it’s brutal and fatal consequences. The director follows these three individuals with a pseudo-documentary feel. The rape and murder scenes are graphic and brutal as they should be. This is no mere exploitation film because there is nothing exploitative about it, as it should be.
I have to recommended this film. It’s a sick, twisted but honest look at the life of a serial killer. He’s no movie magic monster because unlike those, he’s for real. Co-starring future B-Movie thug Tom Towles as Otis.
You’ll never see a film like this again.
A realistic portrayal of a serial killer.
Henry Lee Lucas was the son of a prostitute and a railway worker.His mother seems to have detested the child and treated him with sadistic cruelty.In January 1960 he murdered his mother during the course of a quarrel,slashing at her with a knife.He was sentenced in a forty years in prison,but was recommended for parole after ten years.After that he met another drifter Ottis Toole.The two teamed up and left a bloody trail through Michigan,Ohio,Indiana,Illinois and Wisconsin.When Lucas was arrested he confessed to a total of three hundred and sixty murders(many of these admissions proved to be false).Both-Lucas and Toole-were sentenced to death.”Henry:Portrait of a Serial Killer” is a pretty good film.Michael Rooker as a psychopathic killer is really believable.The supporting cast is also great.The scene when Lucas and Toole watch themselves murdering a family,who they tie up and kick to death,is very disturbing.A must see for any fan of the genre.Check it out,you won’t be disappointed.
Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 23 min (83 min), 1 hr 17 min (77 min) (Australia), 1 hr 18 min (78 min) (Norway), 1 hr 18 min (78 min) (Sweden), 1 hr 15 min (75 min) (edited for TV) (Italy)
Budget 111000
Revenue 0
Status Released
Rated Unrated
Genre Biography, Crime, Drama
Director John McNaughton
Writer Richard Fire, John McNaughton
Actors Michael Rooker, Tracy Arnold, Tom Towles
Country United States
Awards 9 wins & 8 nominations
Production Company N/A
Website N/A
Sound Mix Stereo (RCA Sound Recording)
Aspect Ratio 1.33 : 1
Camera N/A
Laboratory Allied Film Labs, Chicago (IL), USA (processing)
Film Length 2,138 m (Sweden, cut version), 2,259 m (Sweden, uncut version)
Negative Format 16 mm
Cinematographic Process Digital Intermediate (4K) (2016 remaster), Spherical
Printed Film Format 35 mm (blow-up)