Confessions of a Serial Killer

This independently made film was picked up for a wider distribution by Roger Corman. Due to its similarities with Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986), Corman decided to delay the film's American release (though it apparently did quite well in overseas markets). When the film finally got a wider release in its home country, it was marketed as a knock-off of The Silence of the Lambs (1991) (hence the Hannibal Lecter-esque mask on the cover). Due to the graphic content in the film, mainstream video rental stores refused to carry the uncut version. The film then fell into obscurity for many years until its creators regained its rights and gave it a remastered release.

There is a version where the scenes where a 15 year old Daniel Ray Hawkins murders a prostitute is removed from the film. Also removed from the film is a scene when Hawkins is a child and he and his sister watch their mother have sex with two men and it infuriates their father and causes him to commit suicide. Also removed from the film is where a girl escapes from Hawkins when he tries to kill her. Also in the film Hawkins and a Texas Sheriff discussing Hawkins homosexual relations with Moon Lawton is edited. Another scene cut from the film is outside a gas station where they discuss starting their own violent sex magazine and later when they are in the gas satation the scene where they pick up groceries is cut. These scenes are just before they murder the gas station worker and another customer in the store. Also cut from this version is a scene where Lawton leaves for Louisianna and tells Hawkins and Milly goodbye.