Not true to the events of his life...*spoilers*

That really isn't that much of a change. Whether or not he owned parts of a KFC franchise or he just worked there is totally irrelivant. The film only showing the second part of his marriage is also not a huge deal. I'm not sure how much of his life "was simply missed out" so you may have a point there. It seems that there wasn't really much "changed" as there was just plain LEFT OUT of the film, which seems perfectly reasonable.

I really hate it when film makers decide to change or cut out important bits..

It's not a documentary it's a drama, so it doesn't need to read exactly like his bio. If you do read his bio on crimelibrary.com you'll see that it actually is pretty accurate from a historic perspective. The guy that he picks up by offering to smoke a joint with him is Jeffrey Ringall... the film shows exactly what Jeffrey says happened to him. The kid that threatens to kick his ass because Gacy owes him his pay is Johnny Butkovich, who was never seen again after the day he went to Gacy's house to get his pay.

There definitely were lots of complaints about the smell (though I think the bugs part was added by the film makers for the gross-out value... in the case of a drama they can do that if they want to). Even though the smell was gawd-awful people still came to his block parties because Gacy really knew how to throw a party. One of the largest of which was a western theme party.

As far as him claimimg to own the KFC store... Gacy was a big liar, so it doesn't surprise me that he would say something like that.

So yeah, I think the film makers left out the actual tourture and killing scenes in respect for the families and because it is really not a rape/gore flick... other than that though the film was mostly an accurate depiction of the period after he married his second wife until the time he knew he was going to be caught and confessed to his lawyer. It doesn't show everything, but what it does show is mostly accurate.

I'd just like to add that anyone who wants to research a serial killer should do it at crimelibrary.com instead of the wikipedia. I love the wikipedia but but in some cases there are better sources of information, this being a case in point.

Yea! When I watched it, I wondered why they didn't show his first wife and how they were swingers and the kids he had with her. And I think they should have included the part about him doing time for raping the 15 year old boy. And how after he was arrested other boys said they were sexually abused too.

It's explained in the beginning of this film that the events portrayed are him attempting to rebuild his life, AFTER the first imprisonment.

There was a lot left out, simply to compress for time constraints I guess... but so far as I can work out from reading supplementary material, most of the big events shown really happened.






Born when she kissed me, died when she left me, lived whilst she loved me

Oliver, he did have 2 girls only they were his step-daughters. He also had 2 biological children that he considered "dead to him" after his first wife divorced him when he was found guilty of rape/sodomy in 1968.

If you are interested in (what appears to be) truthful information, there are 2 books that I would suggest reading. One is by the prosecutor, Terry Sullivan (Killer Clown). The other by his Defense Attorney, Sam Amirante (Defending A Monster).

The reason I consider theirs to be truthful is because they coincide (with a differing opinion) with each other as to how the investigation and trial went. They both had personal experience with Gacy and were involved with the personal aspects so I would venture to say that they were pretty accurate as to what actually happened.

Wasn't it true that he raped/killed quite a few young boys and not just young men that were depicted in this film? I didn't see even one of THOSE crimes being committed in this. It seems like a watered down version that Gacy's lawyers had full cinematic ownership over or something... possibly to paint him in a better light, who knows.



Just sayin'...