KATIE STOTTLEMIRE

MY FRIEND DAHMER (2018)
Starring Ross Lynch, Alex Wolff, Anne Heche, Dallas Roberts, Vincent Kartheiser, Miles Robbins, Harrison Holzer, Cameron McKendry, Katie Stottlemire and Tommy Nelson. Directed by Marc Meyers.

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 is an awkward teenager struggling to make it through high school with a family life in ruins. He collects roadkill, fixates on a neighbourhood jogger, and copes with his unstable mother and well-intentioned father. 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. But this camaraderie can’t mask his growing depravity. Approaching graduation, Jeff spirals further out of control, inching ever closer to madness.

REVIEWS My Friend Dahmer - A haunting portrait of a serial killer as a young man