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My Friend Dahmer (2017)

★ 6.5 · 642 ratings on TMDB

Jeffrey Dahmer murdered 17 men and boys between 1978 and 1991. This is the story before that story.

My Friend Dahmer poster★ 6.5

Jeffrey Dahmer struggles with a difficult family life as a young boy. During his teenage years he slowly transforms, edging closer to the serial killer he was to become.

DirectorMarc Meyers
CastAlex Wolff, Anne Heche, Brigid Naughton, Cameron McKendry, Dallas Roberts, Harrison Holzer
GenresCrime, Drama, History
The emergence reading

My Friend Dahmer keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E9 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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