“The House That Jack Built” (*1/2 out of four) was a lurid melodrama set over the span of 12 years following a serial killer (Matt Dillon) and his path of murderous destruction involving prostitutes and other various individuals who get in his way. Story is narrated by Dillon as he tells his story to a psychiatrist. By the end of this mess, you may feel as if you need a psychiatrist as well. Dillon is good in an unusual and difficult role but this descent into the psyche of a killer is numbing, ugly, and (after a while) boring. What’s more- the film goes on forever at over two-and-a-half hours and shows numerous scenes of women and children being tortured and killed. Similar to Joe Spinnell’s 1980 “Maniac” but that’s not meant as a compliment.