After being arrested, a Texas man begins confessing to the brutal murder of over 200 women. He recounts his random selection of victims and his traveling companions, his friend and friend's sister. But the police can't be sure whether to believe him or not until he locates a body and shows them some polaroids. Based on the true story of Henry Lee Lucas.
Robert A. Burns Dennis Hill Berkley Garrett Sidney Brammer DeeDee Norton Ollie Handley Demp Toney Eleese Lester Lainie Frasier Colom L. Keating Dayna Blackwell John Browning Carla Edson Gene Grottke Brady Coleman Julius Tennon Ann Kozak Keith Montgomery Ted J. Crum Jill Parker-Jones Stephanie Wing Monica Combs Jane K. Smith Bill Boyd Charles Delaria Daniele Delaria Quincy Loman Chase Masterson Gena Harrington Show All…
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Told mostly in flashback during an interrogation of Henry Lee Lucas (as "Daniel Ray Hawkins"), Confessions covers a few of his highway killings, kinship with Ottis Toole (as "Moon Lewton"), and relationship with Toole's niece. As the interview wears on, Lucas's claims lose credibility as his demands for carte blanche and fast food from investigators increase.
Cherry-picking details from Lucas's life and confessions, this dramatization is often compared to Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986), but never reaches the same chilling depths. After initial promise, the portrayal of events becomes routine and the climactic segment comes off like a lackluster America's Most Wanted piece. Robert Burns resembles the killer and effectively captures his cold, second nature approach to the…
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Glad to see Unearthed Films saved this scuzzy little flick, from obscurity. The blu is extras packed. I'm really looking forward to watching Rondo and Bob, the feature length documentary about the legendary and very much under-appreciated Bob Burns ( who is fantastic in COASK.)
Watched this during it's original VHS release.. I've never forgotten the hideous way, they killed the "air conditioner" woman. 30 years later, and it's still a grotesque and highly disturbing scene. Though the film gets a little repetitive, it's well worth a watch for fans of disturbing cinema.
Have to mention the GOD awful movie poster. Rarely as a film been so poorly represented by it's promotional artwork. It caused a lot of…
Like Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer had a flashback episode. Otis and Henry are sitting around saying, "Remember that time..." and it goes into a vignette.
I should feel ashamed that I enjoy these low-budget, under the radar serial killer films. Stuff like The Secret Life of Jeffery Dahmer or My Sweet Satan. They really have that dirty, sleazy feel that makes this material so effective.
This is a great companion piece to the original Henry. The performances might not reach Rooker and Towles levels, but they are very good nonetheless. The story is chilling and the direction is more than competent, and quite effective in places. In fact, the whole film is effective without ever feeling like it's purely exploitation.
It is a shame about that friggin video cover though. Kept me from renting it for a long time.
God, this was gritty, dirty, sleazy, upsetting. It’s got that 70’s aesthetic that all of the modern serial killer flicks go for. It’s got an amazing portrayal of a couple of psychopaths. Just chilling. Nobody had to try to make them seem evil with parlor tricks - just a couple of normal guys that nonchalantly act so horrible it’s astounding. There’s the glib superficial charm, the callous lack of remorse, and so much depravity. Great at what it was trying to do.
Throw this on when you’re in the mood for something disturbing. At one point, I felt sick and my feet turned to ice. It’s that kind of movie. It deals with the same case as Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer, but I honestly found this one more intense. I need to go watch something with kittens now.
HENRY - PORTRAIT OF A SERIAL KILLER is a classic, a well deserved classic but that is not the only tale and account of the evil twisted Henry Lee Lucas, this film here looks at proceedings from a different foot to great effect. Robert A Burns puts in an absolutely flawless and fantastic performance in an extremely chilling and disturbing way.
The majority of the film takes place at the police station with our variant of Lucas ‘Daniel Ray Hawkins’ describing his kills and encounters with great glee, pleasure and an extremely eerie calmness. We get flashbacks that work a treat, each scene is built with tremendous tension and at times it felt like a ‘Jason’ movie without the mask.…
Based on the Henry Lee Lucas story, this film really caught me by surprise. Down and dirty when it needs to be, and full of surprises and twists that never defy logic and remain authentic. Doesn't glorify the killers, but keeps them interesting. I'm glad to have found an uncut copy of the VHS version online. This film deserves the serious attention that John McNaughton's film has always had and I would love to see one of the horror boutique labels release a definite special edition.
2024 update: I see this is on Tubi now, so I'm hoping that is a quality upgrade and uncut.
Kudos to Unearthed Films for finally giving this a great looking uncensored restoration that it deserves. This movie was a lot better than I expected! I do wish this movie didn’t have such a misleading poster, otherwise I think this might have a higher reputation.
It’s a toned down, but still truly repugnant retelling of the all too real Henry Lee Lucas that’s a lot more engaging and unsettling than what I thought it would be. It isn’t totally accurate on the true story as you would imagine, but it does an excellent job at capturing the mood of the true events this is based off of.
And despite veering into slasher territories, it replaces the blood and gore with…
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After Daniel is arrested for murder, he confesses to killing over 200 women with the help of his buddy "Moon" and Moon's sister Molly.
Another disturbing look at the serial killer "Henry Lee Lucas".
This film is based on the true story of Henry Lee Lucas using different names.
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1986's Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer is one of my all-time favourite films, so it's interesting to see how this version of the same true crime story compares. It was supposedly made about a year earlier than John McNaughton's Henry, but the copyright year on the print I watched is 1987. Whatever the deal with production and release dates, they're such similar films that it really does look like one copied the other. Confessions renames the real-life participants - Henry, Ottis & Becky become Danny, Moon & Molly - though in both movies the Becky character is changed from the Ottis character's young niece to his adult sister. Both films close on Henry/Danny's murder of the same victim, and even the…
Don't let the terribly misleading poster fool you. This is anything but a cheap cash-in copy of The Silence of the Lambs. Instead it's something much better and far more upsetting: This is a very stark stripped-down portrait of a serial killer and his notoriously awful exploits ala Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer that pulls zero punches with its unsparingly harsh tone and fairly explicit presentation of this foul maniac's heinous misdeeds that not only include murder, but also rape and necrophilia to boot.
Robert A. Burns gives a remarkably strong and believable performance as Daniel Ray Hawkins, who's this stone cold lethal itinerant redneck psycho who outwardly projects this deceptive aura of being really plain, average, and unassuming,…
Yeah, Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer is the better movie, but this is just as sleazy and grimy. I remember seeing the VHS cover in Hollywood Video and was always intrigued because of the Hannibal Lecter like cover.
Exactly my type of disgusting.
The other Henry Lee Lucas picture, shot in the mid-80s but shelved until ‘92 for release (though not due to content, as Corman vaulted the movie and then put it out on VHS to capitalize on SILENCE OF THE LAMBS). Plays like a scuzzy, regional cousin to PORTRAIT, as Bob Burns brings this sinister, down home quality to his version of Lucas, getting involved with his own Otis and Becky. Not as singularly chilling as McNaughton’s masterpiece, this is still genuinely unpleasant, cycling through several random murders before just ending, as that’s really how the story goes. Burns is (unsurprisingly) captivating as our central man of violence, politely obliging requests for information and relaying details regarding the slaughter with an almost stoner charm. Unnerving.
