![]() ![]() He goes to her former stomping grounds in Troy, Michigan and we hear about the sexual abuse she endured as well as other indignities via her allegedly nasty grandfather. We hear how born-again Christian Arlene Prowley adopted Aileen and learn about her former lover Tyria Moore, the apparent inspiration for Monster’s Selby character.Īfter this Broomfield attempts to piece through Aileen’s past. She retracts her claims that she killed in self-defense and embraces her path to the execution chamber. Broomfield plays a part in the proceedings due to his earlier documentary.įrom there we see Aileen’s attempts to sabotage her own case. Legal”, the guy who originally handled Wuornos’s case. At the start, we examine Hobson’s attempts to discredit low-life attorney “Dr. However, the main focus of the program often becomes documentarian Nick Broomfield, the co-director of Aileen. Of course, we find many new clips from Aileen herself as well. Legal”, Aileen’s childhood friends Dawn Bodkins and Dennis Allen, childhood sexual partner Danny Cornwall, former boyfriends Jerry Moss and Dick Mills, police officer Brian Jarvis, and estranged biological mother Diane Wuornos. In the latter category, we hear from attorney Joe Hobson, “Dr. It uses the standard format in that we find archival footage, new images of key locations, and various interview segments. For more information about Wuornos, we head to 2003’s documentary Aileen: The Life and Death of a Serial Killer.Įssentially a follow-up to 1992’s Aileen Wuornos: The Selling of a Serial Killer, Aileen follows Wuornos during the months before her execution. In 2003’s Monster, we found a somewhat fictionalized account of the murders enacted by Aileen Wuornos, regarded as the first female serial killer. Reviewed by Colin Jacobson (August 6, 2004) ![]() Sony 36" WEGA KV-36FS12 Monitor Sony DA333ES Processor/Receiver Panasonic CV-50 DVD Player using component outputs Michael Green Revolution Cinema 6i Speakers (all five) Sony SA-WM40 Subwoofer. Peter Travers of Rolling Stone says "her eyes, radiating madness, will haunt your dreams."įilmed at Aileen Wuornos' request, and containing her last interviews, this unflinching film recounts Aileen's life at the margins of society and shows her escalating psychological unraveling as she approaches her execution. You will be mesmerized by the true and tragic story of a paranoid prostitute who began killing her customers in a murderous rage. Both timely and terrifying, this powerful film provides an unsparing look at a madwoman's trial, appeal and execution. ![]() Review Archive: # | A-C | D-F | G-I | J-L | M-O | P-R | S-U | V-Z | Viewer Ratings | MainĪcclaimed director Nick Broomfield's vision takes you behind the sensational headlines of America's first female serial killer and into the true life and unbalanced mind of a woman trying to deal with a brutal past and an even more deadly future. Aileen: Life And Death Of A Serial Killer (2003) ![]()
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