Don't miss it: Prime Video surprises with the release of a Jeffrey Dahmer biopic starring a Marvel actor.

Prime Video has surprise-released a film about killer Jeffrey Dahmer , played this time by a Marvel star, long before the smash hit Ryan Murphy series, Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story . The film, centered on the infamous killer known as the Milwaukee Butcher , offers a more introspective and less sensationalist take than other recent fictions.

After the global phenomenon that was Netflix's Dahmer miniseries , few remember that one of the first actors to portray him on the big screen was Jeremy Renner , long before he rose to fame asMarvel 's Hawkeye. His performance was critically acclaimed at the time for offering a psychological and restrained vision of the character.

The film in question, which went almost unnoticed during its limited release, has now been revived by Amazon's streaming platform. The story portrays American Jeffrey Dahmer, who murdered young gay men , dismembered them, and ate parts of their bodies .

On one occasion, he confessed that eating young meat gave him a constant erection and kept him in a good mood. He was fascinated by certain body parts of his victims and liked to experiment with different ways of preserving them. He even stored genitals in containers of formaldehyde and boiled the skulls, which he later painted gray to make them look like bowls.

Although Jeffrey Dahmer's crimes have been adapted multiple times, this production stands out for its slow and disturbing approach, free from gratuitous morbidity. The returning title is Dahmer , directed by David Jacobson in 2002, and is a must-see for those looking to delve deeper into the Netflix series.