25/10
You don’t really put yourself in his shoes
Chronology
An anthology series about spectacular crimes or killers who captured the public’s attention and gained notoriety. Evan Peters [Jeffrey Dahmer] says that when the series began, they followed a rule of Ryan Murphy [creator]: They could never be told from Dahmer’s point of view. “As a viewer, you don’t really sympathize with him. You’re more watching it from the outside, you know.” In many episodes, there is a 3M Command(TM) strip shown in the kitchen of Jeffrey Dahmer’s apartment, at least by 1991. 3M released its first wave of Command(TM) products in 1996.
Included in Jeremy Vine: Episode #5195 (2022)
This is a miniseries documenting the horrific crimes of Jeffrey Dahmer. Evan Peters is very good in the title role. No cheesy stuff here, he just plays Dahmer completely convincingly and seriously. It uses flashbacks to Dahmer’s childhood and teenage years effectively to explain how he became who he is. Richard Jenkins plays Dahmer’s father.
I love her in this role
He is great as a man broken by years of unhappiness, culminating in the realization of what his son has become. Penelope Ann Miller is wonderful in her brief role as Dahmer’s unstable, UFO-chasing mother. Niecy Nash has a small role as Dahmer’s neighbor. Her scenes are some of the most terrifying and disturbing, not because of what you see, but because of the sounds she had to endure. The acting is pretty good across the board.
The scene captivated me
The actors playing his victims were perfect at conveying terror. Shaun J. Brown plays Tracy Edwards, a victim, in the first episode. Without going into detail, the scene takes place mostly in Dahmer’s apartment. Everything looks very dirty, dimly lit, and hazy.
You can almost imagine the “smell” of the scenes
As horrible as that sounds, it really is an eerie experience. Again, the subject matter is very dark and difficult to bear. The series takes viewers from Dahmer’s childhood to his trial and imprisonment. I felt that Evan Peters completely inhabited his role. It also made me feel deeply sad for the families of the real victims, the survivors of his crimes, and the neighbors and others whose lives are scarred by the actions of the monster Dahmer.