10 Scariest Scenes In "True Story" Films

John McNaughton's film career is one full of made-for-TV fare, episodes of high class shows and a love-hate relationship with the horror genre. His first effort, Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer would go on to be a landmark in the genre, cementing the career of character actor Michael Rooker, but McNaughton didn't go back to that well very often. When he did, there were long gaps in between, partially due to financial issues, but his efforts were always at least interesting if not stellar. Experiments like The Borrower and The Harvest have found their respective cults in recent years.

But Henry was plagued with complications beyond finances. McNaughton found himself in a long uphill battle with the MPAA before getting the film released. Part of what make the portrait so frightening is how comfortable it is just hanging out with serial killers, particularly ones based very much on the real deal. Michael Rooker's Henry and Tom Towles' Otis were culled together from Henry Lee Lucas and Ottis Toole, who have since both died in prison.

Of the scenes that create the most discomfort, the post-kill scene in an endurance test in audience participation. As Henry and Otis casually watch a video of a murder they committed as though it were just another television program. They don't get excited, they just coldly examine it.