Storyline
On February 15, 1992 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Jeffrey Lionel Dahmer, one of the world's most infamous serial killers, was convicted of 15 counts of murder and sentenced to 937 years in federal prison. This movie is based on events from his life. Certain characters and events are fictional.
Directors
Cast
Lily Knight, Jeremy Renner, Bruce Davison, Artel Great, Sean Blakemore, Matt Newton, Dion Basco, Kate Williamson, Christina Payano, Tom'ya Bowden, Mickey Swenson, Julius Branca, Pierson Blaetz, Vincent Zangari, Xavier Lawrence, David Manis, Steve Keyes, Daniel McInerney, Archie Howard, Damian Forester, Christopher Louis, Beau Clark
Trailer
Reviews
100
Portland Oregonian
It's a triumph of the film that it manages to make Jeffrey Dahmer a human being -- at least a member of the species -- without ever bending toward empathy with or excuses for him.
70
The purest of horror films.
70
Chicago Reader
A low-key but hypnotic portrait of the infamous sex murderer.
67
The whole of it plays like a dark and dreary tone poem, only marginally interested in explaining the ticking, bloody clockwork of the inner beast and only occasionally touching on his fractured humanity.
60
New Times (L.A.)
Star Jeremy Renner seems shorter than Dahmer, but is otherwise a look-alike and gives a convincingly intense and weird performance. Bruce Davison (as Papa Dahmer) and the rest of the cast also do nice work.
