I have this obsession with sociopaths! I just love learning as much about them because I just cannot understand their frame of mind! So of course when my boyfriend saw that they had “Drifter: Henry Lee Lucas” he just knew that I would want to see it.
For those of you who do not know he is a suspected serial killer and pathological liar from 1983. The truth behind his story has never really been discovered. I read many blogs horror movie blogs about this movie. Most of them said that they thought this was one of the best horror movies; personally I would have to disagree. As would my boyfriend, mother, and the friends we had over to watch the movie. There was nothing scary or unexpected about this movie.
As a documentary, crime drama, or thriller I could see it getting pretty decent ratings. The movie was not poorly made, nor was it a bad movie. It just was nothing like my kind of beloved horror movies. If you were not interested in learning about the life of this believed serial killer as he claims it to be then you would not want to see this movie. One movie that I think of often as a great horror movie, while still documenting the serial killers story is “Monster”. This story had suspense, drama, properly documenting the story/ life of the serial killer all while still chilling you to the bone a bit. I feel that is what “Drifter; Henry Lee Lucas” is missing, the lasting fear of what Henry Lee Lucas truly was.
