One of the best damned documentaries of the year, The Jeffrey Dahmer Files, is on its way to home video, and we've got all the details you need along with the artwork right here. Check it out and look for it on DVD July 23, 2013.
From the Press Release
What drove a seemingly mundane man to commit a series of acts so heinous that it captured the attention of a horrified nation? In the summer of 1991, Jeffrey Dahmer was arrested in Milwaukee and sentenced to 957 years in prison for killing 17 people and dismembering their bodies over a 13-year period. Stories of necrophilia and cannibalism added to the horror of Dahmer's crimes. The Jeffrey Dahmer Files talks to those who knew Dahmer during and after his hidden killing spree. Recollections from Milwaukee Medical Examiner Jeffrey Jentzen, Police Detective Patrick Kennedy and Dahmer neighbor Pamela Bass, among others, are interwoven with archival footage...
From the Press Release
What drove a seemingly mundane man to commit a series of acts so heinous that it captured the attention of a horrified nation? In the summer of 1991, Jeffrey Dahmer was arrested in Milwaukee and sentenced to 957 years in prison for killing 17 people and dismembering their bodies over a 13-year period. Stories of necrophilia and cannibalism added to the horror of Dahmer's crimes. The Jeffrey Dahmer Files talks to those who knew Dahmer during and after his hidden killing spree. Recollections from Milwaukee Medical Examiner Jeffrey Jentzen, Police Detective Patrick Kennedy and Dahmer neighbor Pamela Bass, among others, are interwoven with archival footage...
- 7/12/2013
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
It's time once again to peer a little bit deeper into the mind of an absolute madman with several new clips from IFC Midnight's chilling documentary The Jeffrey Dahmer Files. Check 'em out and lose your lunch.
From the Press Release
IFC Midnight has acquired all North American and UK rights to director Chris James Thompson’s documentary The Jeffrey Dahmer Files. Thompson also produced the film with Jack Turner and co-wrote the screenplay with Andrew Swant and Joe Riepenhoff. Chris Smith and Barry Poltermann executive produced the project, which world premiered in competition at the 2012 SXSW Film Festival and also played the 2012 Hot Docs Film Festival in Toronto.
In 1991 Jeffrey Dahmer was arrested in Milwaukee and sentenced to 957 years in prison for killing 17 people and dismembering their bodies. The Jeffrey Dahmer Files is a documentary that explores the city of Milwaukee by meeting those surrounding Dahmer during and after his hidden spree.
From the Press Release
IFC Midnight has acquired all North American and UK rights to director Chris James Thompson’s documentary The Jeffrey Dahmer Files. Thompson also produced the film with Jack Turner and co-wrote the screenplay with Andrew Swant and Joe Riepenhoff. Chris Smith and Barry Poltermann executive produced the project, which world premiered in competition at the 2012 SXSW Film Festival and also played the 2012 Hot Docs Film Festival in Toronto.
In 1991 Jeffrey Dahmer was arrested in Milwaukee and sentenced to 957 years in prison for killing 17 people and dismembering their bodies. The Jeffrey Dahmer Files is a documentary that explores the city of Milwaukee by meeting those surrounding Dahmer during and after his hidden spree.
- 2/15/2013
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Next up for you cats is the first clip from IFC Midnight's The Jeffrey Dahmer Files. Look for the film to start its VOD and limited theatrical run on February 15th. Check it out.
From the Press Release
IFC Midnight has acquired all North American and UK rights to director Chris James Thompson’s documentary The Jeffrey Dahmer Files. Thompson also produced the film with Jack Turner and co-wrote the screenplay with Andrew Swant and Joe Riepenhoff. Chris Smith and Barry Poltermann executive produced the project, which world premiered in competition at the 2012 SXSW Film Festival and also played the 2012 Hot Docs Film Festival in Toronto.
In 1991 Jeffrey Dahmer was arrested in Milwaukee and sentenced to 957 years in prison for killing 17 people and dismembering their bodies. The Jeffrey Dahmer Files is a documentary that explores the city of Milwaukee by meeting those surrounding Dahmer during and after his hidden spree.
From the Press Release
IFC Midnight has acquired all North American and UK rights to director Chris James Thompson’s documentary The Jeffrey Dahmer Files. Thompson also produced the film with Jack Turner and co-wrote the screenplay with Andrew Swant and Joe Riepenhoff. Chris Smith and Barry Poltermann executive produced the project, which world premiered in competition at the 2012 SXSW Film Festival and also played the 2012 Hot Docs Film Festival in Toronto.
In 1991 Jeffrey Dahmer was arrested in Milwaukee and sentenced to 957 years in prison for killing 17 people and dismembering their bodies. The Jeffrey Dahmer Files is a documentary that explores the city of Milwaukee by meeting those surrounding Dahmer during and after his hidden spree.
- 2/13/2013
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Next up for you cats is the first official trailer for IFC Midnight's The Jeffrey Dahmer Files. Look for the film to start its VOD and limited theatrical run on February 15th. You know, just in time to help wash down all of that Valentine's Day candy!
From the Press Release
IFC Midnight has acquired all North American and UK rights to director Chris James Thompson’s documentary The Jeffrey Dahmer Files. Thompson also produced the film with Jack Turner and co-wrote the screenplay with Andrew Swant and Joe Riepenhoff. Chris Smith and Barry Poltermann executive produced the project, which world premiered in competition at the 2012 SXSW Film Festival and also played the 2012 Hot Docs Film Festival in Toronto. IFC Midnight is planning an early 2013 release for the documentary.
In 1991 Jeffrey Dahmer was arrested in Milwaukee and sentenced to 957 years in prison for killing 17 people and dismembering their bodies. The Jeffrey Dahmer Files...
From the Press Release
IFC Midnight has acquired all North American and UK rights to director Chris James Thompson’s documentary The Jeffrey Dahmer Files. Thompson also produced the film with Jack Turner and co-wrote the screenplay with Andrew Swant and Joe Riepenhoff. Chris Smith and Barry Poltermann executive produced the project, which world premiered in competition at the 2012 SXSW Film Festival and also played the 2012 Hot Docs Film Festival in Toronto. IFC Midnight is planning an early 2013 release for the documentary.
In 1991 Jeffrey Dahmer was arrested in Milwaukee and sentenced to 957 years in prison for killing 17 people and dismembering their bodies. The Jeffrey Dahmer Files...
- 2/4/2013
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Next up for you cats is the first official still and one-sheet for IFC Midnight's The Jeffrey Dahmer Files. Look for the film to see a VOD and limited theatrical run on February 15th. You know, just in time to help wash down all of that Valentine's Day candy!
From the Press Release
IFC Midnight announced today that the company is acquiring all North American and UK rights to director Chris James Thompson’s documentary The Jeffrey Dahmer Files. Thompson also produced the film with Jack Turner and co-wrote the screenplay with Andrew Swant and Joe Riepenhoff. Chris Smith and Barry Poltermann executive produced the project, which world premiered in competition at the 2012 SXSW Film Festival and also played the 2012 Hot Docs Film Festival in Toronto. IFC Midnight is planning an early 2013 release for the documentary.
In 1991 Jeffrey Dahmer was arrested in Milwaukee and sentenced to 957 years in prison for...
From the Press Release
IFC Midnight announced today that the company is acquiring all North American and UK rights to director Chris James Thompson’s documentary The Jeffrey Dahmer Files. Thompson also produced the film with Jack Turner and co-wrote the screenplay with Andrew Swant and Joe Riepenhoff. Chris Smith and Barry Poltermann executive produced the project, which world premiered in competition at the 2012 SXSW Film Festival and also played the 2012 Hot Docs Film Festival in Toronto. IFC Midnight is planning an early 2013 release for the documentary.
In 1991 Jeffrey Dahmer was arrested in Milwaukee and sentenced to 957 years in prison for...
- 1/29/2013
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Here’s something to chew on. IFC Midnight has acquired all North American and UK rights to Chris James Thompson's documentary “The Jeffrey Dahmer Files,” which had its world premiere in competition at the 2012 SXSW Film Festival (where it screened with the title "Jeff"). The specialty distributor plans an early 2013 release for the project, which investigates the life and madness of the infamous serial killer through interviews with the people of Milwaukee who knew or came into contact with Dahmer before and after his 1991 arrest. Andrew Swant and Joe Riepenhoff wrote the screenplay with Thompson, who also produced along with Jack Turner. Chris Smith and Barry Poltermann are executive producers. “Chris James Thompson has made one of the creepiest documentaries of the year that lingers in the mind long after the film has ended,” said Sundance Selects/IFC Films president Jonathan Sehring. “He's approached the...
- 8/8/2012
- by Jay A. Fernandez
- Indiewire
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