Spoilers. From the research that anyone can do on the internet I think that this movie is probably correct regarding the number of people he killed. I would only dispute the guy in the movie theatre and the hitchhiker he hits because neither of those are true to his MO which was to get someone alone and isolated. The movie theatre could have meant witnesses and the hitchhiker could have left autopaint as clues. Witnesses or clues would have shut down Henry right away.
You said it, friend — this warm squishy hunk of turd is about as historically accurate as Passion Of The Christ. OP is either home-schooled or the producer's buttboy or maybe even both.
ACCURATE??? He wasn't a rugged, good looking model type that couldn't act - he was rough, badly shaven, bad teeth etc The film claimed he confessed to thousands of murders, "one a day" I think the quote was, when it was just over six hundred and could have been three hundred. "Becky" wasn't buried all over an area as claimed in the film, "never to be put back together again" she was dismembered but stuffed in pillow cases and strewn across a field. Toole is shown as being straight but he was homosexual. He is also portrayed as good looking and hunky. HA look him up. He was far from that.
Accurate? Why make such a claim when it is easy to check on the net?
A dreadful film, badly acted, directed and the music is awful. What a waste of an evening.
Agreed. Complete crap. However, isn't every serial killer movie? Why make them at all if someone doesn't have the stones to show an honest portrayal? They often alter the killer's MO in order to add a few overly elaborate, bloody kills. Use about 25 gallons of fake blood per victim, or often decide not to show the kills, or rapes, or tone them down to a point where making such a movie seems utterly pointless. A fine example is the Hollywood 10-15 second strangulation death. Apparently that's all it takes to kill someone via choking/hanging/strangulation. After around 10 seconds all the victims gently drift away into a peaceful death. Yea right. It often takes minutes and is violent murder. Plain and simple.
Serial killers are self indulgent maniacs that get off on hunting their victims for their own sexual gratification. The victims often suffer long, slow, painful, horrible deaths and generally far worse before, during or after the kill sexually. Why is this subject even broached by filmmakers? And if it is broached to educate, then it should honestly show the hell a victim goes though. Otherwise, they are doing it to entertain and this is not a subject meant for entertainment purposes.
Not sure why this thread received so many overly hostile responses. As of yet, the OP still has a point in saying that this is the most accurate movie portrayal of Henry Lee Lucas' life. Despite its many glaring inaccuracies, and just overall bad execution, there are no other movies that tell this story more accurately. That's not to say the movie is any good, but the OP never made that claim anyway.
are you people so focused on how good looking the lead actor is seriously, is it so ridiculous that good looking people would play such real life ugly serial killers, OH HEARS A LOAD MORE THAT DID IT:
bonnie & clyde: warren beatty & faye dunaway jesse james: brad pitt Ted Bundy: played by Mark Harmon, Cary Elwes, michael reilly burke, corin nemec Aileen Wuornos: Charlize Theron Scott Peterson: Dean Cain Karla Homolka: Laura Prepon Jeffrey Dahmer: Jeremy Renner Paul Bernardo: misha collins
all attractive people playing notorious serial killers, OH MY GOD!! it cant be
is it so ridiculous that good looking people would play such real life ugly serial killers, OH HEARS A LOAD MORE THAT DID IT:
Well, no. Aileen Wuornos is the only one on that list who could be considered "ugly", and they certainly did make sure that Charlize Theron looked the part in "Monster".
Not that I necessarily agree with people's criticism of Antonio Sabato Jr. playing Lucas anyway.
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well having looked at many pictures of them all i think there all ugly, just because aileen wuornos was fat doesnt mean she was the only one was ugly, not one of them had any trace of beauty. Have you seen Bonnie and Clyde???
You can't really count Theron as she did not go into her character with her natural beauty. She was really uglied down for the part.
Ted Bundy was not ugly to begin with; by all accounts he was very attractive, charismatic, intelligent, and easy to like. That's how he was able to get so many of his victims to go with him willingly; by the time the monster came out they had no chance. Having a good-looking actor playing him is not inaccurate at all.
Homolka, Peterson, Dahmer, and Bernardo were all considered attractive by most.
The corruption on the inside is not always visible from the outside.
The wild, cruel animal is not behind the bars of a cage. He is in front of it.