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Netflix Dahmer series coming soon

Dr.Morris79

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anthony2690 said:
I'll sadly give that a pass!
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It's probably for the best. If you can stomach his Wiki page it's exactly the same, pretty much scene for scene, it starts at the end too and the series will no doubt now tell the story as he's been arrested through his confession

It's all rather grim, not sure i'll watch the rest. I see enough weird stuff in my home town as it is.. :messenger_tears_of_joy:
 
John Marston

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I liked it. Evan Peters was great, subdued . Could have been trimmed down to 8 episodes though.
Appreciated the insight into what Dahmer's neighbor Glenda went through.

Those scenes where she smells & hears what's going on next door are more horrifying than any gore displayed in the series.
 
sol_bad

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Dr.Morris79 said:
Well...

The 1st episode contains skulls, mashed up torsos in a barrel, knives (big ones), drugging, few more skulls, complete human skeletons

And noisy neighbours. I think the show will get more graphic too.. :messenger_neutral:
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Do you actually see him commit the acts and actually cut up bodies etc or is it just the aftermath?
 
Ailynn

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I just finished this series, and although heartbreaking, it was very well done. The show represented the victims in a very respectful manner and went to great heights to show the struggles and injustices the victims' families were put through.

If you are at all curious about gaining a thorough look into this dark story in human history, I highly recommend it.
 
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Badlucktroll

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Zelphyr said:
I liked it. Evan Peters was great, subdued . Could have been trimmed down to 8 episodes though.
Appreciated the insight into what Dahmer's neighbor Glenda went through.

Those scenes where she smells & hears what's going on next door are more horrifying than any gore displayed in the series.
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I remember seeing an interview were neighbors said he would howl like a werewolf and scream obscenities at nothing at all hours of the night.
 
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jdforge

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Watched the first episode last night and read the Wiki page. That then lead me to a link from Reddit and that’s where I stopped. My god this man was disturbed.

One of the things that stood out for me was that after he was caught and provided his confession, he found God. I do wonder if God can forgive the things that this man did, and get to Heaven. It really does make you wonder.
 
Represent.

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Finished the first 3 episodes. This shit is highly disturbing and dark. But masterfully done I must say. The actor for Dahmer is really good too, remember in American Horror Story.
 
Fools idol

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jdforge said:
Watched the first episode last night and read the Wiki page. That then lead me to a link from Reddit and that’s where I stopped. My god this man was disturbed.

One of the things that stood out for me was that after he was caught and provided his confession, he found God. I do wonder if God can forgive the things that this man did, and get to Heaven. It really does make you wonder.
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Many serial killers are looking for acceptance and the rejection and fear of rejection is what feeds their need to kill.

God / religion is an open arm for all so to speak. I am not religious myself but it's no surprise how alluring it would be to get accepted in that way.
 
Peggies

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"Zombie" by Joyce Carol Oates is supposed to portrait Jeffrey Dahmer. It's written in first person diary entries. The only book so far that truly touched me but not in a good way. Bone chilling!
 
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Fools idol

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Peggies said:
"Zombie" by Joyce Carol Oates is supposed to portrait Jeffrey Dahmer. It's written in first person diary entries. The only book so far that truly touched me but not in a good way. Bone chilling!
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Inded, and quite well written. I enjoyed it also.

What I find so fascinating about serial killers is the same debate that was raised in the themes of the MindHunter series by Fincher.... are they 'born that way' or are they 'made that way' by the vicissitudes of modern life?

Dahmer himself was famously quoted as saying he thinks he was born that way. It was 'always there' for him. His father didn't help matters by encouraging his bizarre interest in dead things and then harshly critisising and demoralising his masculinity, not to mention surprsessing and ignoring his clear homosexuality.

When you throw all of that into a pot and leave the confused kid alone with crates of beer and his own thoughts for 3 months after the destruction of an already dysfunctional family.... man.. he was never going to be 'ok'.
 
Peggies

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Fools idol said:
Inded, and quite well written. I enjoyed it also.

What I find so fascinating about serial killers is the same debate that was raised in the themes of the MindHunter series by Fincher.... are they 'born that way' or are they 'made that way' by the vicissitudes of modern life?

Dahmer himself was famously quoted as saying he thinks he was born that way. It was 'always there' for him. His father didn't help matters by encouraging his bizarre interest in dead things and then harshly critisising and demoralising his masculinity, not to mention surprsessing and ignoring his clear homosexuality.

When you throw all of that into a pot and leave the confused kid alone with crates of beer and his own thoughts for 3 months after the destruction of an already dysfunctional family.... man.. he was never going to be 'ok'.
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MindHunter (also a great read and a great series) or actually the role of Ed Kemper (my favourite serial killer) kind of explains it as a combination of both. Some are born with the precondition of becoming criminals but don't do anything bad their whole life. But if you combine this plus some kind of stimulus eg. shitty parents, you can easily have yourself a psychopath.
 
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Fools idol said:
Many serial killers are looking for acceptance and the rejection and fear of rejection is what feeds their need to kill.

God / religion is an open arm for all so to speak. I am not religious myself but it's no surprise how alluring it would be to get accepted in that way.
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Yeah I can see how that acceptance and level of forgiveness can be alluring to a person such as Dahmer.

I’ve had to stop watching this show. It’s just far too dark and disturbing for me at the moment.
 
Fools idol

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jdforge said:
Yeah I can see how that acceptance and level of forgiveness can be alluring to a person such as Dahmer.

I’ve had to stop watching this show. It’s just far too dark and disturbing for me at the moment.
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I understand. The scene where he started to drink the blood samples was just nauseating.
 
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Moneal

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Fools idol said:
It blows my mind how he got away with the drunk boyfriend story. If the show really acted out how that night went down then holy shit, not only was this monster incredibly lucky, the cops were inbelievably incompetent, j
my god.
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Not to mention the boy was only 14.
 
adamsapple

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Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Represent. said:
Finished the first 3 episodes. This shit is highly disturbing and dark. But masterfully done I must say. The actor for Dahmer is really good too, remember in American Horror Story.
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Yep.

It is a very interesting watch.
 
dr_octagon

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The scene in Zodiac
the couple being tied and stabbed in the back
is enough fascination for me about serial killers.

The messed up thing is how the attractiveness of an individual means they get away with a lot. If Dahmer was ugly, I doubt he would get a Netflix show with a famous actor.
 
lem0n

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Watched the first two last night. Very high quality show so far. First episode was chilling, really set the tone. Came out just in time too, my backlog of true crime shows had just dried up
 
Fools idol

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dr_octagon said:
The scene in Zodiac
the couple being tied and stabbed in the back
is enough fascination for me about serial killers.

The messed up thing is how the attractiveness of an individual means they get away with a lot. If Dahmer was ugly, I doubt he would get a Netflix show with a famous actor.
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what the fuck???

It's Jeffrey fucking Dahmer my guy. He's one of the worse and most notorious and prolific mass murderer in recent history, they were gonna make a show about him sooner or later.

Attractive???I think you need to have your eyesight checked my guy 😅 he looks EXACTLY like the kind of dude that lives with his grandma and murders kids.

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SpiceRacz

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Not bad. I think it could have been condensed into less episodes.

The Dahmer movie with Jeremy Renner is also really good.

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dr_octagon

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Fools idol said:
what the fuck???

It's Jeffrey fucking Dahmer my guy. He's one of the worse and most notorious and prolific mass murderer in recent history, they were gonna make a show about him sooner or later.

Attractive???I think you need to have your eyesight checked my guy 😅 he looks EXACTLY like the kind of dude that lives with his grandma and murders kids.

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I got him mixed up with Bundy or Dennis Reynolds.

I understand making a documentary but there is also a weird fascination with killers and the drama aspect. You can have a retelling events but it's almost glamorized even if it's not the intent. It's not like a work of fiction like Leatherface or Halloween.
 
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This show was excellent. One of the best limited series I've seen in a few years, maybe ever tbh.

Peters deserves an emmy too
 
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Hugare

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Fools idol said:
what the fuck???

It's Jeffrey fucking Dahmer my guy. He's one of the worse and most notorious and prolific mass murderer in recent history, they were gonna make a show about him sooner or later.

Attractive???I think you need to have your eyesight checked my guy 😅 he looks EXACTLY like the kind of dude that lives with his grandma and murders kids.

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This photo is after some jail time, I presume

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Dude was good looking, imo

About the series: I love serial killers stuff, but even for me, this is just miserable.

Like, there's no nuance, no character development, nothing. It's the Wikipedia page being translated to TV.

I'm up to episode 6 now and thinking about droping it
 
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Hugare said:
This photo is after some jail time, I presume

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tzzn1Xu.jpg


Dude was good looking, imo

About the series: I love serial killers stuff, but even for me, this is just miserable.

Like, there's no nuance, no character development, nothing. It's the Wikipedia page being translated to TV.

I'm up to episode 6 now and thinking about droping it
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The series changes focus from episode 6 onwards. I think you should ocntinue it, its really damn good.
 
Insane Metal

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lem0n said:
Watched the first two last night. Very high quality show so far. First episode was chilling, really set the tone. Came out just in time too, my backlog of true crime shows had just dried up
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Which ones would you recommend? Love seeing those!
 
lem0n

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Insane Metal said:
Which ones would you recommend? Love seeing those!
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There's so many good ones! I recommend these:

Conversations With a Killer: John Wayne Gacy
Conversations With a Killer: Ted Bundy
Girl in the Picture (This is a sad one)
Night Stalker (one of my favorites)
World's Most Wanted
The Ripper
Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel
The Sons of Sam
 
sol_bad

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Stitch said:
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I actually pondered with my wife the other day if anyone was complaining and whinging that Dahmer was being portrayed by a hetero actor and are screaming that it should be a gay actor.
Would be funny if they were complaining.
So a straight man can't play a gay character, does that mean an actual psycho has to be found to play Dahmer as well?

Anyone know if people are whinging about this?
 
Jennings

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Stitch said:
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Unfortunately, by removing the LGBT tag Netflix is essentially ignoring the victims and the gay community upon which Dahmer was permitted to prey. Dahmer was an infestation that specifically hunted citizens of the gay community, and one of the biggest reasons he got away with it for as long as he did is specifically because gay on gay crimes were often ignored and overlooked by law enforcement. They considered it icky, or simply felt gays could do whatever they wanted to each other. Tags like this on a series like this isn't intended to canonize Dahmer as an archetypical homosexual male, but it is absolutely meant to help viewers find media that covers issues and affairs happening to the community, within the community, and actions taken by the community.

It's very probable that if Dahmer's 14 year old victim had been a girl that he would have been caught that night, because the police would have been that much less likely to overlook what they saw as 'weird gay shit.' And that distinction very much makes this an LGBT story, because it's specific issues like this that have plagued the community for eternity.

If anything, now that the show has everybody's attention, the LGBT community needs to embrace the tag and yell from the rooftops that this is exactly the sort of thing that happens to a community and its people when they are cast off as second class citizens.
 
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Insane Metal

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lem0n said:
There's so many good ones! I recommend these:

Conversations With a Killer: John Wayne Gacy
Conversations With a Killer: Ted Bundy
Girl in the Picture (This is a sad one)
Night Stalker (one of my favorites)
World's Most Wanted
The Ripper
Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel
The Sons of Sam
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I also love Night Stalker! But I think the only one I haven't seen yet is Girl in the Picture. :| lul

tkx
 
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