Reviews

Ok, so a lot to unpack here. On the surface, it's just a documentary about Jeffrey Dahmer, a serial killer who lured in young homosexual men to his home, drugged them, and killed them, and even ATE them. The first half of the series deals with much of this murder, and also Dahmer's upbringing. Much of the second half deals with society's reaction to race, gender,sexual preference, and police reactions. It is an epitome of our "woke" society and how we ourselves react, admittedly sometimes overly so, to major stories like this. You can tell it was made recently. Am I saying we always overreact? Absolutely not! Many of what was reacted upon, esepcially the police reactions, was well justified. People were dismissed, allegations were thrown under the rug. Lives could have been saved. I'm sure police get false leads all the time, but still with the severity of some of the claims, further investigation was certainly warranted. After all, better safe than sorry.

It did not seem like his motives were racially biased, however. Dahmer seemed to actually think those men he chose were attractive, at least from the movie's perspective. It had me thinking he genuinely wanted to be intimate with his future victims. He seemed to really like many of them. With that said, what happened next in those situations was diabolical, horrifying, and absolutely downright murder. Something was horribly wrong with Dahmer, the least of which was not his heavy drinking. The man definitely did not know intimacy, and he got it twisted to the point of downright murder.

During his trial scenes, Dahmer attempts to explain what he did. He knew an apology would do nothing, yet he did confess he knew how wrong he was in what he did, even requesting the death penalty. Interesting twist was his knowing about John Wayne Gacy, another serial killer who got the lethal injection during Dahmer's Baptism! It did feel disgusting to me that Dahmer had a following, a fan base who sent him cards and things to autograph while he was in prison. He was afterall a cold-blooded killer.

I'll leave the specifics of his death for you to watch, but I certainly felt it more than justified, and the sense of terror his victims' families had felt was well written. I had tears on more than one occasion, and although the dead still lie, it felt like Dahmer's ultimate fate was as close to appropriate as it could have been, may all his poor victims rest in peace.

Dirty. Foul-mouthed step brothers duke it out at 40 years old. An old couple (their parents) fall in love and realize their sons are both live-in losers. Past that, the story doesn't matter. If you like foul-mouthed, insulting comedic giants Ferrell and O'Reilly pissing in each others' faces for an hour, you'll love this movie. A bit over-the-top comedy with some people probably being too grossed out by some acts (aka putting testicles on a drum set), most lovers of slapstick albeit sexual humor will love this!

Part three starts and is probably more than half in 1666, sort of a very dark, small town back then. All was set by the voices of the townspeople. The darkness detracts a bit, but I think that's part of the allure for some people. The second half brings us back to the 1990s for the climax, and it's quite alright, happening in a mall. Summates the whole story, and has a relatively happy ending.

Overall the mini-series is worth a watch for horror fans.

The campy-test of the three movies, because it's actually at a camp in the 1970s! This one had a bit more cringe-worthy moments in my opinion because of the murdering of all the children. Harkened me back to the very campy early 80s slasher films a bit. I gave this one a tick higher of a review.

As a gore fan who grew up in the 1980s and 90s, I enjoyed the throwback campy fun of the first episode of Fear Street. The music brought me back to a familiar place while the horror was pretty good as well! Multiple killers means multiple storylines and this series has those.