History · Drama
My Friend Dahmer
Jeffrey Dahmer murdered 17 men and boys between 1978 and 1991. This is the story before that story.
Jeffrey Dahmer struggles with a difficult family life as a young boy. During his teenage years he slowly transforms, edging closer to the serial killer he was to become.
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Top Cast
Ross Lynch
Jeffrey Dahmer
Alex Wolff
John 'Derf' Backderf
Anne Heche
Joyce Dahmer
Dallas Roberts
Lionel Dahmer
Liam Koeth
Dave Dahmer
Nancy Telzerow
Carol Backderf
Tommy Nelson
Neil
Harrison Holzer
Mike
Directed by
Marc Meyers
Production
Ibid Filmworks
Aperture Entertainment
Attic Light FilmsReviews
Stephen Campbell
6/104/18/2019
**_Tonally flawless, but narratively weak_** > _The killing was just a means to an end. That was the least satisfactory part. I didn't enjoy doing that. That's why I tried to create living zombies with uric acid and the drill, but it never worked. No, the killing wasn't the objective. I just wanted to have the person under my complete control, to do with as I wanted. It's not easy to say that, but that's what the motive was._ - Jeffrey Dahmer; speaking to Stone Phillips; _Dateline NBC_ (March 8, 1994) Taking place over the course of Jeffrey Dahmer's last year in high school, and culminating with the fateful meeting between Dahmer (Ross Lynch) and Steven Hicks (Dave Sorboro), writer/director Marc Meyers's _My Friend Dahmer_ is based on the 2012 graphic novel by Derf Backderf (playe
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