Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986) The Scene: Serial killer Henry (Michael Rooker) and partner-in-crime Otis invade a home to kill a family. As the blank-eyed Henry (Michael Rooker) drifts from place to place, he selects victims at random, slaughters them, and captures the brutality on videotape. January 5th, 1990 (Wide) International Releases: May 2nd, 2003 (Limited), released as Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (Uncut) ( United Kingdom ) Video Release: September 27th, 2005 by Dark Sky Films. It stars Michael Rooker as the nomadic killer Henry, Tom Towles as It hasn't made life easier for enterprising filmmakers, however; even now, a quarter of a century later, both the Hollywood studio Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer Roger Ebert September 14, 1990. and directed at obviously unlikeable characters whom the audience felt had it coming. The distributing company, Electric Pictures, were keen to release the film nationally, and thus prepared to submit the film to the BBFC for a theatrical certificate. Coupled with their public research into the portrayal of sexual violence on film, the BBFC felt that they could no longer justify making cuts to such a serious and critically acclaimed work, and Henry was passed uncut for a UK theatrical re-release on With 15 years experience in the theatre, Fire brought an unwavering, direct approach to the subject var s_tag = "