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Dahmer

Of course I had to start with Jeffrey Dahmer because I LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE this man.
It's ridiculous.
I didn't watch this movie because I don't like the actor who played him. I also think it was a bit low budget and I'd probably be disappointed.
I'm not a fan of re-enactments. I find them... hollow.
His documentaries had so many corny re-enactments that I ended up just downloading the footage of his trial and then searching crime scene photo's and then looking up his interviews. I feel like this gave me a more in depth look and more personal knowledge of him than knowing when he was born and what toys he played with growing up.

And maybe someday I can join this little club of die-hards..







No I'm kidding.
Dreamy though, isn't he?





Night Stalker

Another infamous killer who got his own box office hit was Richard Ramirez aka The Night Stalker (I wrote about him in my last blog).

and now in rapid-fire..



Monster - based on Aileen Wournos


Henry- based on Henry Lee Lucas


Bundy - based on Ted Bundy

All of these are okay I guess, I mean it's nice to see a dramatized version for those of us who are too squeamish to sit through a fact-based documentary.

But what I REALLY love, are those movies you don't expect.
The writers who take a small part of facet of what these serial killers did and warp it into something so amazingly fantastic that you can't even recognize it anymore.

Now, from what I can tell, the serial killer with the most movies to his name is Ed Gein.
I might be wrong though.
This guy was a real piece of work.
In his house he had things like lamp shades and waste-baskets made of human skin and bowls made of human skulls.
Is it surprising that he's been such an inspiration to horror writers?
From where I stand, it doesn't take much tweaking to make his story sound unreal.

His movies include:


Psycho


Silence of the Lambs


American Psycho

And, my personal favourite


The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

Other serial killers who inspired awesome horror films include..

Albert Fish who inspired the story of..


Hannibal Lechter

H. H. Holmes who inspired..


The Saw series
(Now, if you haven't read this guy's story I really suggest that you do. He invented a sort of "hotel of horrors" and every room was rigged with some kind of torture device. What he did bordered on genius. If you love the movies, you'll LOVE his story)