The film uses this instance to explain the motivation behind Aileen’s desire to kill the men who picked her up as a sex worker, but fails to address the underlying factors such as her childhood that may have influenced her life and possibly left her with permanent mental illness and a skewed outlook on life, and men in general. The film first depicts Aileen’s crimes as the result of a PTSD flashback of her prior rape and assault, consequently causing the murder of her first victim that appears to be the result of her mental illness. It is this instance that is used to explain Wuronos’ first murder. Only event that was depicted was an emotional scene in which Aileen is knocked out, tied up, and raped before she is able to break free, reach into her purse and shoot her rapist. The Aileen Wuornos was convicted of killing seven Florida men between 19 (Borde, 2016). However, none of these mitigating factors were depicted in the film Monster. Having suffered sexual abuse at the hands of her grandfather and eventually confessing to having sexual relations with her brother which left Aileen pregnant when she was a teenager, it is clear that Wuornos had a traumatic childhood (Biography, 2015). With her father committing suicide while in prison for child molestation, and having been abandoned by her mother, Aileen and her brother were left to be raised by their alcoholic grandmother and physically violent grandfather (Biography, 2015). Monster, one of the many films based on the events of Wuornos’ life, paints a clear picture of her as a an emotionally unstable career hooker, a deeply devoted girlfriend, and a victim of flashbacks which could be associated with Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome (PTSD). However according to Aileen, all of the murders were acts of self-defense. All appearing to be committed during a robbery.
Hollywood portrays Aileen as a ravenous, blood seeking killer but is this depiction really accurate? It is true that Wuornos shot and killed seven Florida men at point blank range from 1989-1990. Portrayal of Aileen in the fifth season of the television show American Horror Story, to countless documentaries made about her life, it seems America cannot get enough of the nation’s first female serial killer. From the Aileen Wuronos at age seven (Owlcation, 2015).
Entry #1: An evaluation of the film, Monster and it’s depiction of Aileen WuornosĪileen Wuornos is a household name, especially in Hollywood.
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