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Taking a look at the world of film through gay eyes - news, reviews, trailers, gay film, queer cinema & more

My Friend Dahmer (Cinema Review) – The infamous gay serial killer as a teen

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Often I like to watch films that I know nothing about besides the title so that it doesn’t taint my viewing experience, but having seen this movie I feel that having prior knowledge of the protagonist’s horrific crimes would have enabled me to have gotten more out of this film.

Having grown up in England and not having an interest in serial killers, I had never really heard of Jeffrey Dahmer and the 17 men and boys he murdered between 1978 and 1991. I read his Wikipedia page after seeing this movie and it shed a lot of light upon things that were hinted at, both subtly and explicitly, throughout the film. [Read more…]

New My Friend Dahmer Trailer – Ross Lynch takes on a gay, future serial killer

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Films about real-life serial killers aren’t exactly rare, but movies about them when they were young, before they became multiple murderers are far less common. That’s the subject of My Friend Dahmer, starring former Disney Channel actor Ross Lynch as a teen version of Jeffrey Dahmer.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘Jeffrey Dahmer murdered 17 men and boys in the Midwest United States between 1978 and 1991 before being captured and incarcerated. He would become one of America’s most infamous serial killers. This is the story before that story.

‘Jeff Dahmer (Disney Channel’s Ross Lynch) is an awkward teenager struggling to make it through high school with a family life in ruins. He collects roadkill, fixates on a neighborhood jogger (Vincent Kartheiser, “Mad Men”), and copes with his unstable mother (Anne Heche) and well-intentioned father (Dallas Roberts). He begins to act out at school, and his goofball antics win over a group of band-nerds who form The Dahmer Fan Club, headed by Derf Backderf (Alex Wolff, “Patriots Day”). But this camaraderie can’t mask his growing depravity. Approaching graduation, Jeff spirals further out of control, inching ever closer to madness.

‘Marc Meyers’s MY FRIEND DAHMER is the haunting, sad, funny, true story of Jeffrey Dahmer in high school, based on Derf Backderf’s critically acclaimed 2012 graphic novel of the same name and Meyers’s own 2014 Black List script.’

The film will be out in the US in November. No UK date is currently set. [Read more…]

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My Friend Dahmer Trailer – Ross Lynch takes on a gay, future serial killer

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Films about real-life serial killers aren’t exactly rare, but movies about them when they were young, before they became multiple murderers are far less common. That’s the subject of My Friend Dahmer, starring form Disney Channel actor Ross Lynch as a teen version of Jeffrey Dahmer.

Dahmer is of course one of the most famous serial killers in history, who killed at least 17 people, most of whom he’d picked up at Milwaukee gay bars. The fact that he kept body parts, ate parts of them and had sex with their corpses ensured he stood out from nearly all other killers. He said what he really wanted was to create a kind of zombie so that the person would never leave him, and managed to kill several of his victims while injecting things into their brains as part of his experimentation. He also defied the stereotypical image of a monster, as Dahmer was quite handsome and most people thought he was pretty normal until it was discovered what he was really doing. He was killed in prison by another inmate in 1994.

His early life should make for an interesting film, as he killed animals as a teen, and committed his first murder while he was still living at home. Marc Meyers is directing the movie, based on Derf Backderf’s critically acclaimed graphic novel.

The first trailer for the movie has now been released, which you can take a look at below. It’s a rather creepy affair, especially if you know what really happened.

The film will be out in the US in the Autumn. No UK date is currently set. [Read more…]

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Take A Look At Former Disney Star Ross Lynch As Gay Serial Killer, Jeffrey Dahmer

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Ross Lynch is perhaps best known for appearing in the hit Disney channel movie, Teen Beach Party, and the same channel’s series Austin & Ally, but now he’s got a very different role, as he’s playing infamous serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer in My Friend Dahmer. Now the first pic of Lynch in character has arrived, via Ross’s Instagram.

Marc Meyers is directing the movie, based on Derf Backderf’s critically acclaimed graphic novel. It’s set in 70s, following Dahmer before he became a killer.

Dahmer is of course one of the most famous serial killers in history, who killed at least 17 people, most of whom he’d picked up at Milwaukee gay bars. The fact that he kept body parts, ate parts of them and had sex with their corpses ensured he stood out from nearly all other killers. He said what he really wanted was to create a kind of zombie so that the person would never leave him, and managed to kill several of his victims while injecting things into their brains as part of his experimentation. He also defied the stereotypical image of a monster, as Dahmer was quite handsome and most people thought he was pretty normal until it was discovered what he was really doing. He was killed in prison by another inmate in 1994.

His early life should make for an interesting film, as he killed animals as a teen, and committed his first murder while he was still living at home.

My Friend Dahmer is due to premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival.

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Disney Star Ross Lynch Turning Gay Serial Killer For Indie Movie My Friend Dahmer

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ross-lynchRoss Lynch is perhaps best known for appearing in the hit Disney channel movie, Teen Beach Party and the same channel’s series Austin & Ally, but now he’s got a very different role, as it’s been announced he’ll be playing infamous serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer in My Friend Dahmer, according to THR. Marc Meyers is set to direct the movie, adapted from Derf Backderf’s critically acclaimed graphic novel.

The 70s-set movie follows Dahmer before he became a killer, as he ‘struggles with a difficult family life and thoughts of wanting to kill.’

Dahmer is of course one of the most famous serial killers in history, who killed at least 17 people, most of whom he’d picked up at Milwaukee gay bars. The fact that he kept body parts, ate parts of them and had sex with their corpses ensured he stood out from nearly all other killers. He said what he really wanted was to create a kind of zombie so that the person would never leave him, and managed to kill several of his victims while injecting things into their brains as part of his experimentation. He also defied the stereotypical image of a monster, as Dahmer was quite handsome and most people thought he was pretty normal until it was discovered what he was really doing. He was killed in prison by another inmate in 1994.

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