And to be fair to Chuck Parello, there is the odd scene that does seem to touch upon something of John McNaughton’s Henry – like the snapping of the squeegee derelict’s neck, which has a moderate brutality, although still lacks the rawness and blankness of the original. Here Parello starts to take Henry into an interestingly new direction. The film does pick up somewhat with the introduction of the torch element. Other scenes like the confrontation between Rick Komenich and his neighbours seems far too banal – as opposed to the rawness with which John McNaughton would have directed the scene, Chuck Parello’s handling seems far too composed, consisting merely of measured reaction shots between the actors.
In the first few minutes, Parello throws in a rape scene between two guys in a homeless shelter but this, while it feels like it should have shock value, is not convincingly presented and seems forced in the attempt to shock us. Chuck Parello tries to approximate John McNaughton’s raw violence but fails to come anywhere near the disturbing quality that the original held. Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer Part II was greeted with a host of scathing reviews when it came out. Parello was granted the assignment, having previously worked in the production company of the first film’s director John McNaughton, Like the original, Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer Part II was an independent production that was made regionally by director Chuck Parello. Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer Part II was a sequel. Henry developed a considerable word of mouth reputation and became a cult classic. Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986) was one of the horror classics of the 1980s, a film that depicted the activities of Michael Rooker’s title character with a shock rawness and brutality.
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