‘The Jeffrey Dahmer Files’ Trailer

Here’s the first trailer for the upcoming documentary The Jeffrey Dahmer Files, which takes an in-depth look at one of the world’s most notorious serial killers.  The doc looks to blend reenactments with interviews and original footage and it first debuted at last year’s SXSW.

The film is directed by Chris James Thompson and is having a limited theatrical release starting February 15th, along with a day and date VOD release.  Hit the jump for the trailer and synopsis.

Source: Twitch

What drives a seemingly mundane man to commit a series of acts so heinous that it captured the attention of a horrified nation? In the summer of 1991 Jeffrey Dahmer was arrested in Milwaukee and sentenced to 957 years in prison for killing 17 people and dismembering their bodies. The Jeffrey Dahmer Files explores this Midwestern city by meeting those surrounding Dahmer during and after his hidden spree. Recollections from Milwaukee Medical Examiner Jeffrey Jentzen, Police Detective Patrick Kennedy, and neighbor Pamela Bass are interwoven with archival footage and everyday scenes from Dahmer’s life, working collectively to disassemble the facade of an ordinary man leading an ordinary existence.