He invites Jeffrey to join him and his circle of friends so they can base a series of pranks around Jeffrey's willingness to 'do a Dahmer,' as they call his outbursts.Įventually John and his friends come to see that their treatment of Jeffrey may be a little cruel, as they realize he's more disturbed than they imagined.īased on the graphic novel by John “Derf” Backderf, about his experiences as a friend of Dahmer's in high school. This is the story of Jeffrey Dahmer ( Ross Lynch), a high school loner whose life would shape up to be something far more frightening than anyone could have imagined.įrequently bullied in high school, Jeffrey, depressed and despondent, is also verbally abused at home by his parents (Anne Heche, Dallas Roberts), who don't get along, creating a tense atmosphere for him and his younger brother.ĭuring his last year of high school, Jeffrey is befriended by John Backderf (Alex Wolff), who admire Jeffrey's fearless disruptions in class and other public places, as he pretends to have fits of mentally disturbed behavior. Photograph: Alamy Stock Photo Ross Lynch is eerily good as Dahmer, like a very young Philip Seymour Hoffman stolidly silent, heavy-footed, incubating his resentments.

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