CENSORSHIP, a conversation – Part 7: “Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer” (1986 / 1990)

This is the seventh part of an eight-part series about American movie ratings. 

Part 1 focused on Prano Baily-Bond’s “Censor”. Part 2 focused on Mike Nichols’s “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?”. Part 3 focused on Brian DePalma’s “Greetings”. Part 4 focused on Gordon Flemyng’s “The Split”. Part 5 focused on Steven Spielberg’s “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom”. Part 6 focused on Garry Marshall’s “The Flamingo Kid”. 

The final episode in this series will focus on Philip Kaufmans’s “Henry & June” (1990).

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Referenced media:

• “The Terminator” (John Cameron, 1984)
• “The Silence of the Lambs” (Jonathan Demme, 1991)
• “Hannibal” (Ridley Scott, 2001)
• “Red Dragon” (Brett Ratner, 2002)
• “Hannibal Rising” (Peter Webber, 2007)
• “Dexter” (James Manos, Jr. 2006-2013)
• “Dexter: New Blood” (Clyde Phillips, 2021-2022)
• “House of 1000 Corpses” (Rob Zombie, 2003)
• “The Devil’s Rejects” (Rob Zombie, 2005)
• “Werewolf Women of the SS” (Rob Zombie, 2007)
• “Halloween” (Rob Zombie, 2007)
• “Guardians of the Galaxy” (James Gunn, 2014)
• “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2” (James Gunn, 2017)
• “The Walking Dead” (Frank Darabont, 2010-now)
• “Days of Thunder” (Tony Scott, 1990)
• “Tombstone” (George P. Cosmatos, 1993)
• “A Nightmare on Elm Street” (Wes Craven, 1984)
• “Friday the 13th” (Sean S. Cunningham, 1980)
• “Funny Games” (Michael Haneke, 1997)
• “Manhunter” (Michael Mann, 1986
• “Platoon” (Oliver Stone, 1986)
• “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre” (Tobe Hooper, 1974)
• “Puppet Master” (David Schmoeller, 1989)
• “Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers” (Dominique Othenin-Girard, 1989)
• “Shocker” (Wes Craven, 1989)
• “The Phantom of the Opera” (Dwight H. Little, 1989)
• “Stepfather II” (Jeff Burr, 1989)
• “Harlem Nights” (Eddie Murphy, 1989)
• “Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III” (Jeff Burr, 1990)
• “Brain Dead” (Adam Simon, 1990)
• “Nightbreed” (Clive Barker, 1990)
• “The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover” (Peter Greenaway, 1990)
• “Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!” (Pedro Almodóvar, 1989)