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The booklet included with this new edition of Henry states as follows: Informative new extras (as well as porting over most of the extras from the earlier Blu-ray).įor an in-depth discussion of Henry, please refer to the earlier Blu-ray review by Casey The film from its original camera negative and magnetic soundtrack, but it has also created For this new edition, it has not only restored MPI previously released Henry on Blu-ray in 2009. In video rentals and sales, as well as theatrical re-releases. In theaters (which was nearly six times its production budget), Henry went on to make a fortune McNaughton's unique combination of exploitation and art film. Who would eventually join with his on-air colleague, Gene Siskel, in giving two thumbs up to But those who remained included the late Roger Ebert, Limited to festival showings, culminating in its inclusion in the 1989 Telluride Film Festival, Henry premiered at the Chicago International Film Festival in 1986, butįor various reasons explored in the extras, the film was shelved for several years. Years old, and MPI Media, which funded the production, is celebrating this grim anniversary withĪ new Blu-ray featuring restored audio and video supervised and approved by McNaughton and

#HENRY PORTRAIT OF A SERIAL KILLER SERIAL#

Reviewed by Michael Reuben, December 5, 2016ĭirector John McNaughton's supremely disturbing Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer is thirty Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer Blu-ray Review

Starring: Mary Demas, Michael Rooker, Anne Bartoletti, Elizabeth Kaden, Ted Kaden, Denise Sullivan Meanwhile, Otis' unsuspecting sister, Becky, is smitten with Henry, whose broken childhood mirrors her own.įor more about Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer and the Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer Blu-ray release, see Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer Blu-ray Review published by Michael Reuben on Decemwhere this Blu-ray release scored 4.0 out of 5. When fellow ex-con Otis invites Henry to move into his Chicago apartment, he becomes a willing participant in Henry's senseless, random killing sprees. Henry is a soft-spoken loner with a cool exterior masking an inner rage that boils at blast furnace intensity. Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer Blu-ray delivers great video and solid audio in this excellent Blu-ray release Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986) You didn't give me a chance, Otis.Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer Blu-ray How do you know? You a camera repairman? You should've said something. Who the hell told you to stick your head out the window anyway? Oh! Look what you did! Aw, God! Aw, Jesus! Look at it, it's ruined! Damn, Henry, you oughta look where you're driving! I was just having a little fun with you, that's all. At least there's one gentleman at this table. Them's pretty earrings you got on, Becky. I better have something on me to defend me from a pig like you. Besides, I used to do it some back home after I met Leroy.ĭo you like it better than dancing naked? A woman gets her hair shampooed before she gets it cut, and I do it. Did I stutter? Give me the fifty dollars and GET OUT! Come on, Otis.ĭon't give me sorry you dumbass. What's the matter, you got shit in your ears? The black-and-white is fifty dollars! Take it or leave it! Well, we were really counting on a color set. Take the fifty dollar set and get the hell out, I'm a busy man. You guys come in here, I show you this, I show you that and you creeps got a lousy fifty dollars to spend? You should've stopped me a long time ago. That's a little more than we were planning to spend. What else would you do with this? How much you want for it? You just pop in a cassette and you're ready to go. It's a video-tape recorder and camera rolled into one. For an extra seventy-five, you can take this six-hundred dollar set. We'll let you have this set for a hundred-and-fifty. You want Sony? You want Zenith? Do you want a GoldStar? What have I got? You want cable-ready? You want remote control? You want UHF? You want thirteen-inch? You want nineteen-inch? I bet you'd love to have a nineteen-inch. I feel like I've known you forever and ever. I feel like I know you, like I've known you for a long time.

And sometimes she'd beat me, and make me wear a dress, and watch her doin' it. My daddy was there too, but it didn't matter none to her. Long as I can remember, she'd bring men up to the house.

It ain't what she done, but how she done it. Otis said you hit her with a baseball bat.

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