But back when I was watching Fellini and Godard we had a semi-famous alumni that nobody wanted to talk about because he directed a truly brutal flick called Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer. That's right, I graduated from the same school that John McNaughton went to . . .
The original Henry starred Michael Rooker as an emotionally bankrupt character based on notorious serial killer Henry Lee Lucas. It was brutal. It was downbeat. It was an excellent film. So excellent that I went out and bought a Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer t-shirt (much to my poor mother's chagrin).