1996: The Year in Bedlam
From a cinematic standpoint 1996 can be viewed as the beginning of the end on two counts
THE BORROWER
With this horror-sci fi gorefest, HENRY: PORTRAIT OF A SERIAL KILLER director John McNaughton proved he was not a one-trick pony, delivering a gross, funny and imaginative B-movie that plays like a darker, grittier variation on the eighties flick THE HIDDEN
NORMAL LIFE
Those who claim HENRY: PORTRAIT OF SERIAL KILLER’S John McNaughton is a one-trick pony need to check out NORMAL LIFE, a hard-hitting and exciting true crime saga
HENRY: PORTRAIT OF A SERIAL KILLER (Film)
Serial killer biopics are a dime a dozen these days, but in 1986 there was nothing quite like HENRY, which remains a stunner
THE HARVEST
Strong and unsettling kid centered psycho-horror by HENRY: PORTRAIT OF A SERIAL KILLER’S John McNaughton, who was in top, if not quite peak, form