- Actors: Jeremy Renner, Bruce Davison, Artel Great, Matt Newton, Dion Basco
- Directors: David Jacobson
- Writers: David Jacobson, David Birke
- Producers: Larry Rattner, Leonard Shapiro, Matt R. Brady, Susan R. Rodgers, Tim Swain
- Format: PAL
- Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
- Number of discs: 1
- Classification: 15
- Studio: Cinema Club
- DVD Release Date: 1 Sep 2003
- Run Time: 101 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B00009PC04
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 23,262 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)
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Jeffrey Lionel Dahmer was vilified when authorities discovered he murdered, dismembered and tried to consume the bodies of 17 young men in Milwaukee. Taking you into the demented world of this lonely factory worker and examining the ways his personal pains led to the most destructive extremes of human cruelty.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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I have read just about everything on the Dahmer case, I have no idea why, put it down to general weirdness, and I can say that this film is 100% better than 'The Secret Life of Jeffrey Dahmer', but then, a dead snail sqaushed on the pavement is 100% better than 'The Secret Life of Jeffrey Dahmer'. I loved this film, it gave an honest portrayal into the life and mind of psycho Jeffrey Dahmer, and portrays him and his tragic story in a way that the viewer can at least understand the man(as much as you can understand someone like him, which addmittedly isn't much) and feel SOMETHING for him other than hate. Most people come away from this movie feeling pity, which is really what someone as sick as him deserves. The acting in this film is awesome, not one bad performance, and I thought it was really brave of Bruce Davidson, a relatively high-profile actor, to appear in a movie like this, not playing some saviour cop, but Jeffreys distraught father. If you want to see a moody, psychological film with a hot guy in it, then rent or buy this, even if you don't give a hoot about the hot guy, this fim is well worth watching or buying.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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Very underrated movie portraying the twisted mind of one of the most sickest human beings known to the modern world, Jeffrey Lionel Dahmer.
The story is told through a series of flashbacks during Jeffrey's last day's on the loose as he attempts to drug and snare what would have been his last victim and which would lead to Damher's eventual arrest. Jeremy Renner, who plays the part of "Jeffrey Dahmer", is really quite brilliant in his look and portrayal of Dahmer and brings out his evil, frustrated and depraved feelings very convincingly making him believable and loathsome, yet it give's you a sense of sorrow seeing him tourtured by his troubled mind. Supporting cast are general unknown's but also act extremely well throughout.
The movie is made on a very low budget, but has been very well put together and edited making it always interesting. It can come across as being quite slow paced if you come into this expecting to see a gross-out bloodbath. The gore and murders, though some are shown, are on the whole neglected in favour of giving the audience more character analysis of Dahmer's inner thoughts.It is still uneasy and shocking viewing at times, just not as full on as the "Ted Bundy" movie that was released the same year.
Overall it's an exellent and fascinating little film that punches well above it's weight. Just don't expect it to be as shocking as you think it might. Well worth a look.
The story is told through a series of flashbacks during Jeffrey's last day's on the loose as he attempts to drug and snare what would have been his last victim and which would lead to Damher's eventual arrest. Jeremy Renner, who plays the part of "Jeffrey Dahmer", is really quite brilliant in his look and portrayal of Dahmer and brings out his evil, frustrated and depraved feelings very convincingly making him believable and loathsome, yet it give's you a sense of sorrow seeing him tourtured by his troubled mind. Supporting cast are general unknown's but also act extremely well throughout.
The movie is made on a very low budget, but has been very well put together and edited making it always interesting. It can come across as being quite slow paced if you come into this expecting to see a gross-out bloodbath. The gore and murders, though some are shown, are on the whole neglected in favour of giving the audience more character analysis of Dahmer's inner thoughts.It is still uneasy and shocking viewing at times, just not as full on as the "Ted Bundy" movie that was released the same year.
Overall it's an exellent and fascinating little film that punches well above it's weight. Just don't expect it to be as shocking as you think it might. Well worth a look.
Format:DVD
I watched this film found it confusing badly made and boring, the guy who played dahmer looked nothing like him, cannibalism was totally missed out of the film the only good bit was when Dahmers dad found the head. I highly reccommend the movie the secret life of jeffrey Dahmer its very low budget but an absolute classic and accurate to the real events.
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brilliant and slightly disturbing
I thought this film was really good. Being European I hadn't heard about Jeffrey Dahmer, so I didn't really know what to expect. Read more
Published 23 months ago by B. Verdonk
Style over substance makes this "character study" a psychological...
I've seen several recent films based upon the lives of prolific serial killers (Bundy [DVD] [2008] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC], B.T.K. [DVD] [2008], etc. Read more
Published on 25 Nov 2009 by Daniel Jolley
A romantacised film
Loosely based on Dahmer as the film concentrates on a relationship he had with one of his victims that is fictious. Read more
Published on 9 Mar 2007 by prana Dblake
An interesting view of Dahmer's life
The first time I watched this movie, I didn't know much at all about Jeffrey Dahmer. After reading some books about Jeff, and watching a few TV specials on Jeff, I watched the... Read more
Published on 4 Jan 2007 by A Reader
Rent not buy
Worth a watch one but I recommend renting it rather than buying it. Seems to get too bogged down in the middle section of the film with Dahmer' relationship with a gay 'friend'. Read more
Published on 22 May 2005 by Chainsaw Charlie
dahmer the cannibal
If this film was a true account of dahmers life, it was very poor
I have a great interest in true stories and this was nothing but rubbish. Read more
I have a great interest in true stories and this was nothing but rubbish. Read more
Published on 5 Feb 2004 by Mrs A Sinclair
Dahmer
this film is a brilliant insight into the mind of the infamous serial killer jeffrey Dahmer, jeremy renner is brilliant with his portrail of jeffrey.
I recomend this item 100%
Published on 28 Jan 2004 by louise
Sick and disturbing!
This is a movie based on the real American serial killer Dahmer. The story line is brillient, it really makes Dahmer a £ dimentional character that many films about real life... Read more
Published on 31 Dec 2003 by N. Fisher
Very Disappointing
Being interested by the whole subject of serial killers, and a fan of serial killer movies and good movies as a whole I was looking forward to settling down to a gripping film... Read more
Published on 30 Dec 2003 by "dansigny"
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