Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer scared the living shit out of me and millions of other people after it was released after a lengthy delay back in 1989.
Now Henry is finally being given the respect it deserves in a special 20th anniversary edition DVD. The DVD includes brand new documentaries that have interviews with all the key players such as star Michel Rooker, Tom Towles and co-writer/director John McNaughton.
I got a chance to talk with McNaughton from the set of his episode of the...
Ghouls and Boils...
To make a second film of the first (WHICH was not THAT close to the real story, But a Helluva FINE Fright Flick, If you are voyeuristic, love gore, and admire serial killers...I know I have my Ottis Toole Drawing, Do you?) I know I still prize my edition tho...seen ALOT of use...An all time favorite for the family!
I can only wonder what type of depraved freaks would be into this?
He's a great, far too underrated director. All his stuff has been interesting and well crafted. "Mad Dog and Glory" is fantastic, with a great switch of roles between DeNiro and Bill Murray. (Come to think of it, McNaughton used Murray in a perfectly quirky turn in "Wild Things" as well.) Also worth seeing is "Normal Life" a little seen gem with Luke Perry and Ashley Judd as a couple who devolve into the usual McNaughton themes of crime, sex and violence.
courtneyriot
STAFF
Los Angeles, CA
OCT 18, 2005 06:00 AM