10 Reasons Dexter Is The Greatest Ever Screen Serial Killer
1. Everyone Loves A Bad Boy
What makes Dexter the best? We cheer for him! Jason, Freddy, Hannibal, Jigsaw... With them all, we watch to see if their victims escape or if they are going to get the upper hand and hurt the monster chasing them. With every other killer, the victim is our surrogate we identify with most. We imagine what we would do in their situation and how we might possibly escape. With Dexter, we are actually cheering for him. We tune in each week to see who he is going to kill, and we feel bad for him if one of his victims gets away. As another compliment to the writers of the show, they have made it so we identify with a killer. In order to be a true antihero, there has to be that hero part buried in there somewhere. It is a clever twist to have a serial killer who kills other serial killers, but if you think about it, the person in the show we identify with most is a person who has taken dozens of lives, and we enjoy watching him do it. In the end, Dexter takes the top spot because we dont ever want him to stop.