#Pieces 1982 ending movie#

Troubling Unchildlike Behaviour: The killer using a pornographic jigsaw puzzle during his childhood.

Take That!: The 'You don't have to go to Texas for a chainsaw massacre!' tagline is one at The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.

Stock Footage: Some of the exteriors were unused footage from Simon's 1979 film Supersonic Man.

Slipping a Mickey: The dean spikes Mary's coffee, so that he'll have easier time to chop her up and finish his project with her feet.

Shower Scene: Before she is done in, Suzy takes a shower after tennis practice.

The Reveal: The killer is revealed to be the dean of the college, who was never suspected by the characters.

Professor Brown is also another suspect for being conveniently nearby the murder scenes twice, but also proves to be innocent.

He loses the status after stumbling on the scene of the second murder.

Willard, the large, bearded handyman, as he is a strange fellow who is shown using a chainsaw in his first appearance.Pretty Little Headshots: After all the gory mutilations, the killer is finished off with a relatively bloodless gunshot to his forehead.Porn Stash: The little boy's mother discovers her son's porn collection after she finds him putting together the pornographic jigsaw puzzle in the opening.Off with His Head!: First victim gets her head severed off, and so does the second one as the killer only wants her torso.Male Frontal Nudity: Kendall shows some briefly after getting up from a bed that he moments earlier shared with one of his many ladies.Knife Nut: When he isn't using the chainsaw, the killer resorts to a knife for less noisy kills.Ironic Nursery Tune: Little boy in the opening sings 'Humpty Dumpty' to himself while putting the puzzle together.Half the Man He Used to Be: Suzy is sawed in half horizontally, and her lower body goes to the killer's project.Groin Attack: Used at the very ending where the dean's corpse-puzzle-woman suddenly springs to life and slashes Kendall's genitals with her nails.Some of the more gruesome scenes show he manages to do that. Gorn: The killer leaves a lot of blood and bodyparts on his crime scenes.The ending has the thing coming to life, so it may have succeeded. The killer dresses his corpse-puzzle in the dress that his mother wore during her death, suggesting that the whole project is a twisted attempt to bring her back. Freudian Excuse: The killer's reason for going insane? His mother took away his pornographic jigsaw puzzle.Flash Back Echo: The killer starts his rampage when he sees a skateboarding girl crashing through a mirror carried by a two guys, as it reminds him of the time when his mother smashed one before her death at his hands, and it inspires him to put together his grisly puzzle.What's his response? Brutally murder her and cut her body into pieces. Disproportionate Retribution: The killer gets punished by his mother for assembling a puzzle of a nude woman.

#Pieces 1982 ending movie#

The movie skips ahead forty years later and the first kill is a college student getting her head chopped off by a chainsaw in the middle of the quad on a day that's so sunny, the glare from the sun hides the killer's face. Daylight Horror: It starts off with a flashback of the killer chopping his mother up with an axe.Curtain Camouflage: The killer hides behind the curtain when the cops find out his identity and arrive at his place.Corpsing: Ian Sera was clearly cracking up during up during Linda Day George's 'Bastard!' scream.Cigar Chomper: Bracken is never seen without a cigar, even unlit.Chivalrous Pervert: Kendall is always being involved (or at least trying to) with ladies, but won't let it get in the way finding the killer.Chainsaw Good: The killer's Weapon of Choice, which he uses to cut off the parts that he wants for his puzzle.Bring My Brown Pants: As the killer has Suzy cornered with his chainsaw, she wets herself in terror.

A Jump Scare is provided when the characters find it.

Bookcase Passage: The killer's secret jigsaw corpse is stored behind a spinning bookcase.