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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Contemplative, grave, classical in form and bleak.
- contemplativerelentless
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- warmbleak
- intimateepic
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Cast
- Ross LynchJeffrey Dahmer
- Alex WolffJohn 'Derf' Backderf
- Anne HecheJoyce Dahmer
- Dallas RobertsLionel Dahmer
- Liam KoethDave Dahmer
- Nancy TelzerowCarol Backderf
- Tommy NelsonNeil
- Harrison HolzerMike
- Brigid NaughtonMelody
- Cameron McKendryMoose
Crew
- Marc MeyersDirector
- Marc MeyersScreenplay
- Daniel KatzDirector of Photography
- Andrew HollanderOriginal Music Composer
- Jamie KirkpatrickEditor
- Adam GoldwormProducer
- Marc MeyersProducer
- Jody GirgentiProducer
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