Jeffrey Dahmer: Film Portrayal
Beginning: The Film opens with facts about Jeffery Dahmer. Sets the seen at Dahmer’s work at a chocolate factory, which we know to be a place where Dahmer worked before he went to prison.
First Victim that the film shows seems to be Konerak Sinthasomphone, I made this conclusion off the fact that the character was played by a younger male who escaped and lead the police to Dahmer’s house. However, in the film Dahmer was able to convenience the police that it was just a drunken misunderstanding much like the Konerak case in 1991. As far the abduction it also lines up with the case in real life, he picked Konerak up from a mall in the details of the case as well as in the movie.
As for the second killing shown, seemed to be in Dahmer’s past because he was still living with his mother and his parents seem to have just split. However, this kill does not line up with the Dahmer’s first known kill. He picks this boy up off the side of the road, however it is known that Dahmer picked his first real life victim while he was hiking. This is the only major difference in the true crime and film portrayal.
While, it is mentioned multiple times that in real life Dahmer frequented gay clubs, and that is where he picked up a multiple of his victims. However, it is never shows his taking anyone home in the gay clubs. Instead, it shows him drugging them while still in the club and taking advantage of them while in the back rooms of the club.
Conclusion: The ending leave things mostly unfinished. It shows one of Dahmer’s victims leaving alive, which is not documented in his real-life cases. Then shows young Dahmer going to a therapist, because his dad believes he has a drinking problem. While true in Dahmer’s adult life, it feels like it was added in without a purpose. When the screen fades to black, they give more facts on the end of Dahmer’s life.
