Poster of The Jeffrey Dahmer Files

The Jeffrey Dahmer Files

Documentary, Biography, Crime

Director: Chris James Thompson

Release Date: July 23, 2013

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If The Jeffrey Dahmer Files did not recreate unsensational scenes from Dahmer’s daily life out of context and sprinkle them throughout the film, I would have enjoyed this documentary more. The Jeffrey Dahmer Files includes interviews with Dahmer’s neighbor, the medical examiner and lead detective interspersed with news coverage and the aforementioned dramatizations. Dahmer’s destruction did not end after he was caught. The documentary details the unintended collateral damage left in the wake of his capture. Random fact: I was not aware that Dahmer’s apartment building was demolished and left as a vacant lot.

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