![]() Fish regularly engaged in self-harm and later developed a propensity toward torture and cannibalism. Mental health professionals determined that Fish, who had been hospitalized in a psychiatric facility in 1930, was a sadomasochistic and a pedophile. After her death, he penned a letter to her parents, detailing how he consumed her remains for the next week and a half. In 1928, Fish abducted and strangled the girl. ![]() Although he claimed to have 400 victims, Fish was convicted and sentenced to death for the murder of 10-year-old Gracie Budd. The DVD comes with interviews with the director, the Murder Metal Band Macabre, Nico Claux, the vampire of Paris, as well as the history of the electric chair, deleted scenes and outtakes, trailers, productions stills, and more.įor more information about this film, go to the director’s website HERE.Prolific 20th-century American serial killer Albert Fish is known by many names - The Boogeyman, The Gray Man, The Werewolf of Wysteria, The Brooklyn Vampire, and The Moon Maniac. But if you want an excellent, yet frightening look into the mind of one that I would call the most demented humans in history, then I think you will find this film fascinating and also very unforgettable. All the time, leading this double life of a sadist, masochist, murderer, deviant, and cannibal.įor someone who is looking for a fun “horror movie” to enjoy, I would avoid this one. We follow Fish from there throughout his life, during his marriage and raising a family. So even at a young age, we start to see where his strange tastes started. The documentary goes into great detail on Fish’s life, including him being raised in an orphanage, where he was abused with multiple beatings. Though, I couldn’t help but notice on her bookshelf behind her, there was a copy of one of those Idiot’s Guides to Criminal Investigations or something like that. There is still much to be learned.Īlso interviewed in the documentary is renowned true-crime author Katherine Ramsland, who gives us some pretty good insight into this sick mind of Mr. No matter what most would think of him after what he did. And that he was, after all, still a human being. But Coleman talks with great authority on the subject and actually makes some very good points as to why people need to remember Albert Fish. ![]() I would have thought that someone collecting such items is either a sick-minded person or is doing it for the exploitation aspect of it. ![]() This actual letter is in the possession of artist and Odditorium owner Joe Coleman, who is interviewed in this documentary. Hearing Fish’s own words from a confession letter to the mother of one of his victims, a 10-year-old girl, is something that I will never forget. The film is really not visually graphic at all, but the things that Fish did to others, not to mention himself, that is simply and utterly horrifying. I was wrong.Īfter viewing this 86-minute documentary, I have to say that this was one of the most disturbing films that I’ve seen. I thought I’d heard enough about Gein, Gacy, and the others to prepare myself for the atrocities of Mr. After watching this documentary, I was in shock. I knew a little about Fish and his exploits, enough to know that I wasn’t sure if I wanted to know more detail. When I heard that Borowski’s next documentary was one the notorious Albert Fish, I was excited to see if he could use this style once again. From using grainy black and white re-enactments, it gave an interesting look and feel to this already dark story. I was not only drawn into the history of this psychotic and amazed at the things he had done back in the late 1800’s, but also the style that Borowski told the tale of this demented person. While again, this wasn’t my particular forte, I watched it anyway. Holmes, the first real American serial killer. Some time ago, I got a chance to see this documentary by John Borowski on H.H. Maybe since it is real, and not the fiction or alternate reality we succumb to while watching a movie, it makes it more disturbing and even harder to just walk away from. Maybe a little history of Jack the Ripper might peak my interests every now and then, but I’ve never really delved into too much detail. ![]() I have never been a big fan of documentaries on true life crime and serial killers. ![]()
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