Limited Series – Devil in Disguise: John Wayne Gacy

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Michael B The story and acting was phenomenal. I cried when the Rob Piest story aired (on a later episode). At least we found out what happened to that poor kid. The young actor was amazing! All the victims names should be remembered. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 11/09/25 Full Review Kashgar A Honestly one of the most harrowing and distressing things I’ve ever seen. Each episode takes time to honour and bring back to life one or more of the victims. Every actor does immense justice to their role. It actually hurts my heart to watch. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 11/09/25 Full Review Avindu G It's often the shock and awe that attracts an audience to a true crime drama. And we are often introduced one or few criminally insane individuals who appears to be unearthly or abominable. But this series manifests itself into a more eye-opening account of how criminal the negligence and political favouritism was in creating this monster. How our societies have been failing to put basic welfare before personal gains is what turns out to be the real serial murderer at the conclusion of this documentary. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 11/07/25 Full Review Audience Member Absolutely riveting from the very first episode. Every actor involved so far (two episodes in) has been top tier. Thoroughly impressed. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 11/07/25 Full Review Seth W “Devil in Disguise: John Wayne Gacy” attempts to peel back the layers of one of America’s most infamous serial killers, but instead finds itself tangled in its own shallow sensationalism. Rather than offering new insight or meaningful commentary, the documentary recycles the same disturbing details audiences have already seen in countless true crime specials only this time, with less empathy and even less purpose. The film’s tone wavers uncomfortably between macabre fascination and moral posturing. It wants to condemn Gacy’s monstrous acts, but can’t resist glorifying the darkness for shock value. The result is a grim, repetitive narrative that neither informs nor provokes. Interviews are poorly framed, pacing is inconsistent, and the archival footage feels like filler rather than foundation. Worst of all, Devil in Disguise fails to justify its own existence. In a genre already oversaturated with true crime exposés, this one adds nothing but noise exploiting tragedy for attention while mistaking horror for depth. Rated 0.5/5 Stars •  Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 11/06/25 Full Review April C Wow, everyone really knocked it out of the park on this one. Writing, acting, set design, direction... I'll forgive the occasional lapse of time period, it's hard to get that 100 percent and I'm just happy this got it 85. Michael Chernus, Marin Ireland, Gabriel Luna, and Augustus Prew... Just amazing work from all the actors but these four will stick with me. Loved the nod to the actual people and events at each episode's end. This shouldn't be something... Fun to watch... This is hard to explain, but I was actually really sad when this was over, I could've watched it forever and am considering starting it over. It's very satisfying regardless of subject matter. Some might consider shows like this to be a further glorification of Gacy, like his art continuing to be bought and sold, but this program is extremely respectful to the memories of the victims. I learned so much about them and their families. Does the show also actively try to make you root for Gacy? Maybe a little, but it does it with the soft inevitably of the truth. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 11/03/25 Full Review Read all reviews

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