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{{quote|''Name of Joyce Lakeland. Lives about four or five miles out on Derrick Road past the old Branch place.''
{{quote|''Name of Joyce Lakeland. Lives about four or five miles out on Derrick Road past the old Branch place.''
''Oh, I know the old Branch place. She a hustling lady, Bob?''
''Oh, I know the old Branch place. She a hustling lady, Bob?''
''Well, I guess so, but she's - she's been pretty decent about it.''|Sheriff Bob Maples and Lou Ford}}
''Well, I guess so, but she's - she's been pretty decent about it.''
|Sheriff Bob Maples and Lou Ford}}


This 2010 film, based of the novel by Jim Thompson, is unflinchingly violent and deliberately disturbing. It begins when the polite, seemingly normal Lou Ford is sent to encourage local prostitute Joyce Lakeland to leave town. The confrontation leads to him beating her with a belt, and their romance begins. Together they concoct a plan to scam money from the wealthy Chester Conway. But Lou secretly had an even darker plan for Joyce. He beats Joyce unconscious and shoots Chester's son, making it appear as if the two of them got into a fight. From there he must keep committing more murders to cover up his crimes, and also, because he enjoys it.
This 2010 film, based of the novel by Jim Thompson, is unflinchingly violent and deliberately disturbing. It begins when the polite, seemingly normal Lou Ford is sent to encourage local prostitute Joyce Lakeland to leave town. The confrontation leads to him beating her with a belt, and their romance begins. Together they concoct a plan to scam money from the wealthy Chester Conway. But Lou secretly had an even darker plan for Joyce. He beats Joyce unconscious and shoots Chester's son, making it appear as if the two of them got into a fight. From there he must keep committing more murders to cover up his crimes, and also, because he enjoys it.
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* [[Freudian Excuse]]: The camera pans over the main character's bookshelf, lingering prominently on a volume of Freud. He immediately takes a bible off the same shelf, opens it, and finds forgotten photographs of his mother's sadomasochistic sex life.
* [[Freudian Excuse]]: The camera pans over the main character's bookshelf, lingering prominently on a volume of Freud. He immediately takes a bible off the same shelf, opens it, and finds forgotten photographs of his mother's sadomasochistic sex life.
* [[No-Holds-Barred Beatdown]]: Lou gives one of these to both Joyce and Amy in graphic, prolonged, horrific scenes. And they both die. {{spoiler|Except not really, because Joyce is revealed to be [[Faking the Dead|alive at the end]], although disfigured--and then he [[Killed Off for Real|immediately kills her for real.]]}}
* [[No-Holds-Barred Beatdown]]: Lou gives one of these to both Joyce and Amy in graphic, prolonged, horrific scenes. And they both die. {{spoiler|Except not really, because Joyce is revealed to be [[Faking the Dead|alive at the end]], although disfigured--and then he [[Killed Off for Real|immediately kills her for real.]]}}
* [[Southern-Fried Genius]]: Lou Ford is an [[Ax Crazy]] version of this trope.
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Latest revision as of 13:20, 2 December 2019

Name of Joyce Lakeland. Lives about four or five miles out on Derrick Road past the old Branch place.
Oh, I know the old Branch place. She a hustling lady, Bob?
Well, I guess so, but she's - she's been pretty decent about it.

—Sheriff Bob Maples and Lou Ford

This 2010 film, based of the novel by Jim Thompson, is unflinchingly violent and deliberately disturbing. It begins when the polite, seemingly normal Lou Ford is sent to encourage local prostitute Joyce Lakeland to leave town. The confrontation leads to him beating her with a belt, and their romance begins. Together they concoct a plan to scam money from the wealthy Chester Conway. But Lou secretly had an even darker plan for Joyce. He beats Joyce unconscious and shoots Chester's son, making it appear as if the two of them got into a fight. From there he must keep committing more murders to cover up his crimes, and also, because he enjoys it.

Tropes used in The Killer Inside Me include:
  • Freudian Excuse: The camera pans over the main character's bookshelf, lingering prominently on a volume of Freud. He immediately takes a bible off the same shelf, opens it, and finds forgotten photographs of his mother's sadomasochistic sex life.
  • No-Holds-Barred Beatdown: Lou gives one of these to both Joyce and Amy in graphic, prolonged, horrific scenes. And they both die. Except not really, because Joyce is revealed to be alive at the end, although disfigured--and then he immediately kills her for real.
  • Southern-Fried Genius: Lou Ford is an Ax Crazy version of this trope.
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