I don’t know about you, but I feel a little Dahmer’d out. I’m not saying that Dahmer-Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story was a bad show, it wasn’t. The look was great, the acting was great, even the little background details had me intrigued, but I was bored. And I can’t help wondering if I just wasn’t their target audience. But, if not me, then who?
Making new shows out of well-known cases, is starting to feel like a lazy choice. There are so many other, less recreated, cases that could be given the same treatment and feel like something new.
Dahmer-Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story
Story of the Milwaukee Monster told from the perspective of the victims and police incompetence that allowed the Wisconsin native to go on a multiyear killing spree.
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Starring Evan Peters (American Horror Story, Mare of Easttown), Richard Jenkins (The Shape of Water, Bone Tomahawk), Niecy Nash (Reno 911!, Never have I Ever), Molly Ringwald (Riverdale, The Stand), Michael Beach (Aquaman, S.W.A.T.), and Colby French (Little Fires Everywhere, Destroyer).
The thoughts in my head
If they did a different case, I’d watch it: I found the show to be awkward, but I loved the way it was filmed, the tones and colours. The jumping around wasn’t so great, it was like someone switching between channels, didn’t make me want to keep watching at all. In fact, I watched this show in such a weird way. After the first few episodes I was ready to give up, it just wasn’t for me, but people kept telling me about this amazing show they were watching or that I should keep watching because it was going to get better, so I kept watching in little snippets here and there. It wasn’t a show I could binge, and there was nothing enticing me to keep watching. But I’m glad I did, because the last episode was probably the best episode, for me. As if, finally, the show had some depth.
Horror and Fantasy Author – Also writing as K.T. McQueen. Love Western Horror, cowboy boots, my cactus Collin, & my Demon Cat.
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