The Secret Life: Jeffrey Dahmer

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Jeffrey Dahmer: The Secret Life
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Directed byDavid R. Bowen
Screenplay by Carl Crew
StarringCarl Crew
Donna Stewart Bowen
Jeanne Bascom
CinematographyRonald Vidor
Music byDavid R. Bowen
Production
company
Moonlith Films
Running time
99 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Secret Life: Jeffrey Dahmer is a 1993 American low budget biographical crime drama film directed by David R. Bowen. It stars Carl Crew as Jeffrey Dahmer, an American serial killer, necrophile, and cannibal. [1]

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The film is a firsthand account of Dahmer's lifestyle as a serial killer. When he was finally caught, it was revealed that his apartment was a chamber of horrors, where, according to the film, he tortured his young victims to death. Then he sliced up the bodies and stored the parts in his freezer, among other places. The Secret Life: Jeffrey Dahmer was produced one year before Dahmer was murdered in prison. [2]

Production

The film was shot from May through July 1992. [3]

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References

  1. "Filmography: Carl Crew". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on February 13, 2023. Retrieved February 13, 2023.
  2. Erickson, Rovi (2009). "Jeffrey Dahmer - The Secret Life (1992)". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times . Archived from the original on August 2, 2009. Retrieved November 29, 2012.
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