HENRY: PORTRAIT OF
A SERIAL KILLER

Year: 1986
UK: Optimum Releasing
Cast: Michael Rooker, Tracy Arnold, Tom Towles, Mary Demas, Anne Bartoletti, Elizabeth Kaden, Ted Kaden, Denise Sullivan, Anita Ores, Megan Ores, Monica Anne O'Malley, Cheri Jones, Bruce Quist, Erzsebet Sziky, David Katz, John Scafidi, Benjamen Passman, Flo Spink, Kurt Naebig, Kristin Finger, Lily Monkus, Ray Atherton, Eric Young, Rick Paul, Peter Van Wagner, Tom McKearn, Frank Coranado, Lisa Temple, Brian Graham, Sean Ores, Pamela Fox, Waleed B Ali, Donna Dunlap
Director: John McNaughton
Country: USA
UK: 82 mins
UK Certificate: 18 contains strong violence and horror
UK Release Date: 2 May 2003

UK Distributor

Synopsis

Based on the harrowing true story of one of America's most notorious mass-murderers, Henry Lee Lucas (portrayed with a dead-eye passivity by a scarily resonant Michael Rooker), John McNaughton's HENRY: PORTRAIT OF A SERIAL KILLER builds to a disquieting and horrific climax and provides a sobering, nightmarish glimpse into a deranged and damaged mind. On its initial release, America's MPAA gave the film the notorious X-rating, claiming that they "wouldn't know where to begin cutting". While in Britain, Chief Censor James Ferman took a whole year to give the film a certificate. "One of our psychologists said the film was remarkably accurate," he argued, effectively giving it its best review.