Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer Reviews

It relies not upon visceral depictions of graphic violence but the sporadic, lifeless motivations of the killer - an established, sympathetic, and ultimately humanistic character.

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Henry is a glimpse into the void that will chill, terrify and haunt you with the infinite evil in the hearts of ordinary people.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5

Part of the time it's art house cinema, the rest of the time its horror schlock.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4

Unflinching, rough, and ugly. Also a damn good movie.

| Original Score: 5/5

This film gives off a dark chill that follows you all the way home.

The emptiness in Henry seems like an artistic convenience or, worse, an evasion. What we suspect, finally, is that the deficiencies belong more to the artist than to his subject.

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I have some admiration for this film. But I also have no desire ever to see it again.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4

Powerful, raw, terrifying, and shocking filmmaking.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5

MacNaughton's direction is extremely bland, although I don't mean that negatively: he portrays Henry in a very realistic manner, not adding any wild directing techniques to what he does, and because of this digs deeper into the character.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4

A low-budget tour de force that provides an unforgettable portrait of the pathology of a man for whom killing is not a crime but simply a way of passing time and relieving boredom.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4

The fact that Henry is affectless on the surface but commits exploitation-movie mayhem on the side is, by now, less an unsettling revelation than a rote banality.

Full Review | Original Score: B

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| Original Score: 4/5