Michael Rooker’s cult classic Portrait Of A Serial Killer 4K box set

The film Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer starring Walking Dead actor Michael Rooker is getting some fantastic 4k Limited Edition Blu-Ray treatment. Arrow Films Video is releasing an impressive limited edition box set.

Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer is touted as one of the most disturbing films ever made. The movie tells the story of real-life serial killers Henry Lee Lucas and Otis Toole. The MPAA denied the film an R rating as the content was too shocking for this rating. The film was released in the late 80s with an “X” rating previously reserved on pornographic films.

The pair committed many horrific murders that they also videotaped. Lucus and Toole confessed to numerous murders but later recanted the confessions as a hoax. Lucus killed his mother in 1960 and would eventually state that this was the only murder he committed.

Roger Ebert has stated that film is intended to illuminate, not entertain.

Michael Rooker – Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer 4k DVD

This film is Rooker’s first role, and what a way to start your acting career. When he auditioned for the role, he didn’t care what it was, good or bad; he wanted a part that would challenge him. Over 30 years later, Rooker has built an amazing career for himself.

Arrow Films has announced an amazing box set for this film.

The box set for this film contains a lot of great content:

Limited Edition Contents (Blu-ray):

• Brand new 4K restoration from the original camera negatives, approved by John McNaughton
• High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation
• Original 2.0 stereo mix and 5.1 DTS-HD Master audio
• English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
• Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Eric Adrian Lee
• Limited edition 60-page booklet featuring new writing by Shaun Kimber, Peter Vronsky, Alexandra Heller-Nicholas and Julian Petley
• Booklet containing the original storyboards for Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
• Double-sided fold-out poster
• Six collector’s postcards (Limited Edition exclusive)

Disc One – Features & Extras:

• Brand new 4K restoration from the original camera negatives
• High Definition Blu-ray™ (1080p) presentation
• Brand new audio commentary by John McNaughton & Steven A. Jones
• Two archive commentaries by John McNaughton
• Scene specific commentaries with John McNaughton and critic Nigel Floyd
• Deleted scenes and outtakes
• Original script
• Original theatrical and 30th-anniversary trailers
• Image gallery

Disc Two – Bonus Disc:

• Portrait: The Making of Henry, a 50-minute behind-the-scenes documentary
• In Defense of Henry, an appreciation by Joe Swanberg, Kim Morgan, Jeffrey Sconce, Joe Bob Briggs and Errol Morris
• Twisting the Lens: The Diegetic Camera and Voyeurism in Henry, an exclusive new documentary with John McNaughton, Adam Rockoff, Anna Bogutskaya and Jonathan Rigby discussing killers behind cameras
• Henry vs. MPAA: A Visual History, the story of the struggle to get Henry into North American theatres
• Henry at the BBFC with Stephen Thrower, discussing Henry’s troubled history at the hands of the British censors
• John McNaughton on Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer, an exclusive new interview with John McNaughton and Stephen A. Jones, conducted at the time of Henry’s UK premiere in February 1990
• Interview with John McNaughton, from 1998
• It’s Either You… Or Them: An Interview with Joe Coleman, the artist behind Henry’s legendary original theatrical release poster
• John McNaughton in conversation with Nigel Floyd, interview from 2003
• In the Round: A Conversation with John McNaughton, conducted by Spencer Parsons in 2016

Rooker has some great upcoming roles including the Netflix original, The Out-Laws. He will also star in Corrective Measures with Bruce Willis.

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