History Film / Bereavement

* AnAxeToGrind: [[spoiler: Martin chops Sutter to pieces with one.]]

* InsaneEqualsViolent: Sutter is a genuinely mentally disturbed man, who treats a cow skull with religious reverence and butchers young women like pigs. [[spoiler: Martin, meanwhile, shows prominent signs of sociopathy that disturbs [[EvenEvilHasStandards even Sutter]].]]

* KillEmAll: By the end, [[spoiler: only Martin, Ted, and Wendy's dog are alive.]]

* WhiteShirtOfDeath: Allison spends the last half of the film in a white tank top, [[spoiler: including when she's stabbed to death by Martin.]]

* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Most of Sutter's victims meet grisly ends, but of particular note is [[spoiler:Melissa]] who is burned alive in an oven while her leg is impaled on a meat hook.

* SinisterScarecrows: Sutter has one in the fields with a cow skull, which is primarily used to keep Martin in line.

* SinisterScarecrow: Sutter has one in the fields with a cow skull, which is primarily used to keep Martin in line.

* BigSisterIntinct: Allison quickly develops this toward both her young cousin, Wendy, and her fellow captive, Martin. [[spoiler: That last one ends up backfiring horribly onto her.]]

* Dragon ascendant: [[spoiler: Martin. Violently. With an axe.]]

* InsaneEqualsViolent: Sutter is a genuinely mentally disturbed man, who treats a cow skull with religious reverence and butchers young women like pigs. [[spoiler: Martin, meanwhile, shows signs of sociopathy that disturbs even Sutter.]]

* AbusiveParents: Ted is shown to be verbally abusive to William, and Sutter's father is implied to not be so great himself.

* TroubledButCute: William, Allison's LoveInterest who takes medication for some kind of psychological problem.

* BodyHorror

* FauxAffablyEvil: Sutter.

* IHaveYouNowMyPretty
* JerkAss: Ted.
* MadnessMantra

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone:

* NiceJobBreakingItHero

* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior
* VillainProtagonist: Graham Sutter and [[spoiler:Martin]].
* WouldHitAGirl: Sutter.

%%* AbusiveParents: Ted is shown to be verbally abusive to William and Sutter's father is implied to not be so great himself.

%%* BodyHorror

%%* FauxAffablyEvil: Sutter.

%%* IHaveYouNowMyPretty
%%* {{Jerkass}}: Ted.
%%* MadnessMantra

%%* MyGodWhatHaveIDone:

%%* NiceJobBreakingItHero

%%* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior
%%* VillainProtagonist: Graham Sutter and [[spoiler:Martin]].
%%* WouldHitAGirl: Sutter.

%%* AdultFear

''Bereavement'' is a 2010 horror film directed by Stevan Mena, starring Creator/MichaelBiehn, Creator/AlexandraDaddario, Brett Rickaby, John Savage, and Nolan Gerard Funk. It serves as a {{prequel}} to Mena's 2004 independent film ''Malevolence''.

''Bereavement'' is a thriller/horror film directed by Stevan Mena, and starring Creator/MichaelBiehn, Creator/AlexandraDaddario, Brett Rickaby, John Savage, and Nolan Gerard Funk. It serves as a prequel to Mena's independent film ''Malevolence''.

''Bereavement'' is a thriller/horror film directed by Stevan Mena, and starring Michael Biehn, Creator/AlexandraDaddario, Brett Rickaby, John Savage, and Nolan Gerard Funk. It serves as a prequel to Mena's independent film ''Malevolence''.

* BreakTheCutie: Allison gets subjected to this after she gets taken captive by Sutter. [[spoiler:It culminates with [[TheHeroDies her being stabbed brutally to death by Martin]].

* CruelAndUsualDeath: Most of Sutter's victims meet grisly ends, but of particular note is [[spoiler:Melissa]] who is burned alive in an oven while her leg is impaled on a meat hook.

%%* AbusiveParents: William's father.

* TheAtoner: Sutter is a twisted example. He's going around killing women out of a need for redemption.

* BreakTheCutie: Allison gets subjected to this after she gets taken captive by Sutter. [[spoiler:It culminates with [[TheHeroDies her being stabbed brutally to death by Martin]].]]
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Sutter seems to care about Martin in his own twisted way.
%%* FauxAffablyEvil: Sutter
* GoodParents: Jonathan and Karen are nothing short of nice, well-adjusted folks.

%%* {{Jerkass}}: William's dad.

%%* MyGodWhatHaveIDone

%%* VillainProtagonist: Graham Sutter
%%* WouldHitAGirl: Sutter

In 1989, Martin Bristol, a young boy diagnosed with congenital insensitivity to pain, is abducted from his home by {{serial killer}} Graham Sutter (Rickaby), who keeps Martin captive in his basement, forcing the boy to watch him mutilate his many victims. Five years later, Allison Miller (Daddario), a teenage girl who lost her parents, goes to live with her uncle Jonathan (Biehn) and his family, and she soon crosses paths with Sutter and Martin.