M. O.
Anybody think the killer in this film has a very similar M.O. to The Carver from "Nip/Tuck"? Perhaps Ryan Murphy saw or read about this film and got the idea.
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shareIt was alright. It wasn't as good as I was hoping it would be, but, basically...Well, they kind of lost focus and, rather than making the whole movie about the investigation, it often focused more on the life of the detective. So, we'd just see scenes where he was talking to his wife about getting new furniture and silly stuff like that.
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Also, I feel silly for not mentioning it, but another film with a serial killer who injects people with something that paralyzes them but keeps them awake and aware is The Exorcist 3. I realize that is obviously quite a bit more accessible, and so it is more likely that Murphy got the idea from that one.
Oh well. (By the way, definitely worth watching. It is a very underrated film and FAR better than the original).
Cheers mate, Ill check it out :)
shareyeah, the whole "sell old furniture" subplot was especially strange, almost as if it were going to set up something later in the movie and never actually did
shareYou didn't get it. The point of the furniture scenes was to establish the strong bond with his wife, their love, the honest simplicity and tenderness of their life ***spoilers*** in preparation for the finale. It gives it a lot more weight and value after the different moments they share in the film. Definitely not a lack of focus. If there's someone who wasn't focused...
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I agree on the furniture part being redundant. But overall the film's finale felt kind of cheap. The killer's motives were not foreshadowed at all.
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