Raising Jeffrey Dahmer
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Raising Jeffrey Dahmer is a 2006 American drama film
based on the case of serial killer
Jeffrey Dahmer
. The film is directed by Rich Ambler and stars Rusty Sneary as Dahmer, Scott Cordes as his father, and Cathy Barnett as his stepmother.
(Rusty Sneary) and his relationship with his father, Lionel (Scott Cordes), all during a trial in late 1991.
on June 24, 2008.
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
based on the case of serial killer
Serial killer
A serial killer, as typically defined, is an individual who has murdered three or more people over a period of more than a month, with down time between the murders, and whose motivation for killing is usually based on psychological gratification...
Jeffrey Dahmer
Jeffrey Dahmer
Jeffrey Lionel Dahmer was an American serial killer and sex offender. Dahmer murdered 17 men and boys between 1978 and 1991, with the majority of the murders occurring between 1987 and 1991. His murders involved rape, dismemberment, necrophilia and cannibalism...
. The film is directed by Rich Ambler and stars Rusty Sneary as Dahmer, Scott Cordes as his father, and Cathy Barnett as his stepmother.
Plot
The film explores the childhood of Jeffrey DahmerJeffrey Dahmer
Jeffrey Lionel Dahmer was an American serial killer and sex offender. Dahmer murdered 17 men and boys between 1978 and 1991, with the majority of the murders occurring between 1987 and 1991. His murders involved rape, dismemberment, necrophilia and cannibalism...
(Rusty Sneary) and his relationship with his father, Lionel (Scott Cordes), all during a trial in late 1991.
Cast
- Scott Cordes as Lionel Dahmer
- Cathy Barnett as Shari Dahmer
- Rusty Sneary as Jeffrey DahmerJeffrey DahmerJeffrey Lionel Dahmer was an American serial killer and sex offender. Dahmer murdered 17 men and boys between 1978 and 1991, with the majority of the murders occurring between 1987 and 1991. His murders involved rape, dismemberment, necrophilia and cannibalism...
- Jeannine Hutchings as Catherine Dahmer
- Bo SvensonBo SvensonBo Svenson is a Swedish-born American actor, known for his roles in American genre films of the 1970s and 1980s.-Early life:...
as Detective John Amos - Erin McGrane as Joyce Dahmer
- Kip Niven as Attorney Howard Parker
Release
The film premiered at the Kansas City Filmmakers Jubilee on April 13, 2006 and was not released in mainstream theaters. It was later released on DVDDVD
A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....
on June 24, 2008.