My Friend Dahmer
“Jeffrey Dahmer murdered 17 men and boys between 1978 and 1991. This is the story before that story.”
DramaCrime
Jeffrey Dahmer struggles with a difficult family life as a young boy. During his teenage years he slowly transforms, edging closer to the serial killer he was to become.
VIBE
A deeply uncomfortable and awkward look at teenage isolation. It captures the cringey desperation of a social outcast, slowly revealing the unsettling path toward darkness. The 70s Ohio setting feels palpably mundane and bleak.
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