Reviews

I'm still trying to shake the heaviness this show left with me after binging it over two nights. Evan Peters was outstanding, as he is in all of his roles. I was familiar with Dahmer's background and timeline. I think that made for a more interesting watch.

The best thing this series achieved which sets it apart from other horror-dramas based on serial killers is respecting the victims through personification and humanisation. In this series, Dahmer's victims (including Dahmer's neighbour, Glenda) have there time as temporary protagonists which gives us a window into their lives and how they were destroyed by Dahmer. The series also does a fantastic job at demonstrating events in Dahmer's life that precipitated his crimes, without trying to rationalise them or create room for sympathy or empathy.

The only reason is didn't give this show 10 stars is that the pacing with jumping between time points is a bit off at times.

Highly recommend.

I think the bad reviews are too harsh. I enjoyed this show and though it was unique. It did a decent job of weaving a wide range of complex psychosocial themes through the characters in a way that made each of them relatable and interesting at last once throughout the show. I particularly enjoyed not being able to get a handle on the true motives of one of the main characters, and changing my mind about her constantly.

True, it wasn't a masterpiece and there were predictable, tired tropes. Pacing was a bit off at times in terms of plot and character development, and there was some lazy writing around key events. Overall, I am still glad I watched it and would recommend it to people who are intrigued.

I loved the concept for this show, but the execution is just okay. My main issue is with the audio. The vocal audio isn't great - combination of poor annunciation from a number of people (even freeman at times), and low recording volume and it also sounded like some people weren't even wearing mics as they sounded far away. This is all made worse by the dramatic, loud background music.