LOS ANGELES, Oct 10 — Here is a new trailer for upcoming drama My Friend Dahmer that gives us a peek at Jeffrey Dahmer’s life before he became a notorious serial killer.
The film is based on the graphic novel by Dahmer’s real-life a close friend John “Derf” Backderf and it stars Ross Lynch as the titular role as well as Vincent Kartheiser, Anne Heche, Dallas Roberts and Alex Wolff.
The clip gives an insight into Dahmer’s tumultuous high school years and the earliest hints of his obsession with death and violence.
Dahmer was known as the “Milwaukee Cannibal” and he committed the rape, murder, and dismemberment of 17 boys and men between 1978 and 1991. He was killed in prison in 1994 while serving 16 consecutive life terms.
The synopsis of the film reads: “Jeff Dahmer (Lynch) is an awkward teenager struggling to make it through high school with a family life in ruins. He collects roadkill, fixates on a neighbourhood jogger (Kartheiser), and copes with his unstable mother (Heche) and well-intentioned father (Roberts). He begins to act out at school, and his goofball antics win over a group of band-nerds who form The Dahmer Fan Club, headed by Derf Backderf (Wolff). But this camaraderie can’t mask his growing depravity. Approaching graduation, Jeff spirals further out of control, inching ever closer to madness.”
My Friend Dahmer is set for release on November 3.
