Synopsis
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986) is a low-budget American horror film directed by John McNaughton that you can watch online on iFILM. Shot on 16mm in Chicago for around $110,000, it sat on a shelf for nearly four years because the MPAA had no category for what it was.
Michael Rooker plays Henry — quiet, unremarkable, utterly without remorse. He shares a flat with ex-con Otis (Tom Towles) and starts bringing him along on his random killings. No backstory, no dramatic motive. Just two men and a video camera. The film was loosely inspired by confessions made by real-life killer Henry Lee Lucas, though it never claims to be a documentary.
What makes it genuinely disturbing isn't the violence — it's the flatness of it all. McNaughton shoots with the detachment of a security camera. Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer influenced the entire found-footage and serial-killer subgenre that came after. Stream this landmark of American indie horror online on iFILM.
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