Arquivos de um Serial Killer

I don't understand the poor reviews. I really enjoyed it, if you are a fan of serial killer things you'll enjoy that it's done in a quite unique way. It had a great insight into the murderer and his victims. Especially because of the audio recordings. Beautifully shot in a way that took to back to the bleak early 80's London era. Unless they still live in houses furnished like that still, a lot of work has gone into it that's usually missing in documentaries. It's usually very hard to fill the time with compelling footage when there is none available,

I especially liked that it was something I didn't even know happened. Very clever and thorough.

It's a tough watch at times due to the nature, but it's really well done. Good watch and done in a unique way from all perspectives...

A well made documentary from Netflix. The pleasant narrative of the documentary and hearing the stories from different people absolutely makes it more interesting and memorable. Worth your time!

Could draw a parallel to Nick Broomfield's Tales From The Grim Sleeper, from the perspective that the bodies were allowed to accumulate because the target victims were from a marginalised group within society. In the former, the victims having been prostitutes, and in the latter being young gay men in 1980s Britain. You tend to think of policing as based on science and with the highest levels of professionalism applied, however this is pretty far from the truth. Both biases and discrimination playing a major role in outcomes. Maybe the biggest divide of them all is class inequality and how that affects victims and perpetrators. Its fairly well made but I felt it could have been longer and gone more in depth in to the psychology of Nilsen. More often than not documentaries tend to avoid doing this, as I guess looking deep in to the mind of a mass murderer isn't essentially positive for the greater public good. There seems to be a lot of audio and writing from him though, and i did feel in the end that aspect of the doc was cut short in this instance, as he seemed to have an awful lot to say for a serial killer.

If you like serial killer docu's go watch it. It has a different more original approach than most and is told for a big part by the killer himself. I really liked this approach, the killer has very relaxed way of talking. Would give it between 7 and 8. Wished it was a bit longer.