Plot points and story arch (SPOILERS)

4) What is Wayne's purpose in filming his crimes? To watch them again later? To review his techniques and improve? Whatever the reason may be, why does he record his kills and his family on the same tapes? Can he not distinguish between the horror of his murders and the banality of his family life? All interesting questions concerning the motive(s) of the killer that are never discussed in the movie.

Hello,

It was good talking to you at the Q&A last night at the festival - and I read your feedback and will take this opportunity to answer your questions:

1.) Though it wasn't something we specifically addressed in the film, we made sure not to make Wayne your "typical" serial killer. He doesn't have an M.O. or a ritual because he simply sees killing as a hobby, as normal to him as taking a walk in the park or going to a baseball game. In this case, it was his sex (or essentially, his masturbation). He doesn't consider it his "life's work" like many serial killers do. Wayne was not conceptualized as your typical, run-of-the-mill serial killer. As far as Wayne's "carelessness" regarding where he commits the murders: in his mind, he feels like he can do no wrong. What he does worked in the past, so it should work now. He feels like he's ahead of the game. Even though the audience knows better...the film is told through Wayne's point of view. And Wayne's desire for his victims to feel pain is undermined by his caution regarding allowing his victims to be awake during the mutilations. In his mind, he's inflicting pain even though his victims are already unconscious (or in some cases, semi-conscious).

2.) We didn't specifically address if the son really knew what was going on with his parents...or if Wayne knew that the police were about to come arrest Andrea. This was done for the purposes of ambiguity. In the interrogation scene, the detective specifically says that someone that Andrea knows came to the police station and ratted them out. But he doesn't say who. Either way, in the subsequent scene when Wayne is picking up the male hustler, he doesn't seem really bothered by Andrea's arrest. Maybe it's because he was realizing that Andrea was taking over everything and it was a way to push her out of it? Maybe not. It's not something I specifically wanted to address...it's best left for the viewer to draw his/her own conclusion.

3.) a. the scene that Wayne is watching on his computer was originally the very first murder in the film - the victim was their boarder Richard that they mention early on. However, the scene was cut for technical reasons, so I decided to include it in Wayne's review of his footage. What isn't clear about that scene since the sound was removed was that the son Todd was actually shooting that scene.

b. You are the very first person to pick up on that. That character is one and the same. And the reason that he didn't recognize Andrea is this: Wayne may not have been with Andrea the night he was trying to pick the lucky non-victim up. He just may have been with someone else...in other words, Wayne may have been cheating on Andrea.

4.) Wayne's purpose in filming his murders is basically the same as if a couple were to tape themselves having sex. It's his sexual thrill - his masturbation in a way. It's unclear as to if Wayne actually shoots his family home movies and his murders on the same tapes. The film just states that it's edited from the home movies of Wayne & Andrea Montgomery. But it doesn't specifically state that it's from the same source material. It's just been compiled into some sort of narrative form.

A minor note: some of the victims were instructed to act as if they were lying...especially with the bleach victim. Her character actually ended up being connected to someone that Wayne & Andrea meet up with later on in the movie...but that scene was cut.

Hope these answer your questions! Thank you again for the feedback, I really appreciate it!

Anthony Spadaccini
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