I would give this film a perfect 10, save for the fact that the film ends rather abruptly and that no conclusive third installment of the film was ever made.
The film continues from the earlier Henry: Portrait Of A Serial Killer, directed and co-written by John McNaughton, which starred Michael Rooker as the title character.
Trivia: For those of you that don't know, and are seeing this film for the first time, the character of Henry is based on the real-life serial killer Henry Lee Lucas(August 23, 1936 - March 13, 2001).
Lucas was arrested in Texas and on the basis of his confessions hundreds of unsolved murders attributed to him were officially classified as cleared up. Lucas was convicted of murdering 11 people and condemned to death for a single case with an unidentified victim. He recanted all his statements and a study by the Attorney General of Texas concluded he had falsely confessed; the death sentence was commuted to life in prison in 1998. On March 13, 2001, Lucas died in prison from heart failure at age 64. He is buried at Captain Joe Byrd Cemetery in Huntsville, Texas. Lucas' grave is currently unmarked due to incidents of vandalism or theft.
The sequel is directed by Chuck Parello and shows Henry as a drifter who is looking for work. He finds employment with a port-o-john company where he meets two employees, Kai and his wife Cricket. They take pity on Henry when they learn that he is a homeless drifter and offer him a room in their home. While there he meets Cricket's emotionally fragile teenage niece, Louisa. Louisa eventually becomes close and falls in love with Henry.
Similar to the first film, Henry reveals his dark-side to Kai. He involves Kai in his random murders and threatens to expose him to his wife Cricket if he ever leaves him or reveals his secret to anyone.
Watch the film to find out what happens next.
More Serial Killer films: Copycat, Bone Daddy, The Bone Collector, The Watcher(2000), To Catch A Killer, Confessions Of A Serial Killer, Deranged, The Deliberate Stranger, Dahmer, The Secret Life: Jeffrey Dahmer (1993), Ted Bundy, Citizen X, Evilenko, The Boston Strangler (1968), Albert Fish: In Sin He Found Salvation, The Gray Man.
The film continues from the earlier Henry: Portrait Of A Serial Killer, directed and co-written by John McNaughton, which starred Michael Rooker as the title character.
Trivia: For those of you that don't know, and are seeing this film for the first time, the character of Henry is based on the real-life serial killer Henry Lee Lucas(August 23, 1936 - March 13, 2001).
Lucas was arrested in Texas and on the basis of his confessions hundreds of unsolved murders attributed to him were officially classified as cleared up. Lucas was convicted of murdering 11 people and condemned to death for a single case with an unidentified victim. He recanted all his statements and a study by the Attorney General of Texas concluded he had falsely confessed; the death sentence was commuted to life in prison in 1998. On March 13, 2001, Lucas died in prison from heart failure at age 64. He is buried at Captain Joe Byrd Cemetery in Huntsville, Texas. Lucas' grave is currently unmarked due to incidents of vandalism or theft.
The sequel is directed by Chuck Parello and shows Henry as a drifter who is looking for work. He finds employment with a port-o-john company where he meets two employees, Kai and his wife Cricket. They take pity on Henry when they learn that he is a homeless drifter and offer him a room in their home. While there he meets Cricket's emotionally fragile teenage niece, Louisa. Louisa eventually becomes close and falls in love with Henry.
Similar to the first film, Henry reveals his dark-side to Kai. He involves Kai in his random murders and threatens to expose him to his wife Cricket if he ever leaves him or reveals his secret to anyone.
Watch the film to find out what happens next.
More Serial Killer films: Copycat, Bone Daddy, The Bone Collector, The Watcher(2000), To Catch A Killer, Confessions Of A Serial Killer, Deranged, The Deliberate Stranger, Dahmer, The Secret Life: Jeffrey Dahmer (1993), Ted Bundy, Citizen X, Evilenko, The Boston Strangler (1968), Albert Fish: In Sin He Found Salvation, The Gray Man.