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* AmbiguousEnding: [[spoiler: The film ends with Mary visiting Grace at a mental hospital. But then when Mary leaves, the scene is shot in the same manner as when Margaret was dressed up as Mary to frame her for killing Elaine, leaving it ambiguous whether that's really Mary or if [[DownerEnding Margaret killed Mary and disguised as her to escape the facility.]]
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* AmbiguousEnding: [[spoiler: The film ends with Mary visiting Grace at a mental hospital. But then when Mary leaves, the scene is shot in the same manner as when Margaret was dressed up as Mary to frame her for killing Elaine, leaving it ambiguous whether that's really Mary or if [[DownerEnding Margaret killed Mary and disguised as her to escape the facility.facility]].]]
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''Deadly Illusions'' is…a special little film that premiered on Creator/{{Netflix}}. It was directed by Anna Elizabeth James (who also wrote it) and stars Creator/KristinDavis, Creator/GreerGrammer and Creator/DermotMulroney.
A writer named Mary (Davis) is struggling to produce her next work as she’s suffering major writers block. With this pressure and the added bonus of being married with two kids, she hires a nanny named Grace (Grammer). Only as they grow closer, Mary starts to suspect Grace may not be all she appears to be.
A writer named Mary (Davis) is struggling to produce her next work as she’s suffering major writers block. With this pressure and the added bonus of being married with two kids, she hires a nanny named Grace (Grammer). Only as they grow closer, Mary starts to suspect Grace may not be all she appears to be.
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''Deadly Illusions'' is…a special little film is an American erotic {{Thriller}} that premiered on Creator/{{Netflix}}. It was directed and writen by Anna Elizabeth James (who also wrote it) and stars Creator/KristinDavis, Creator/GreerGrammer and Creator/DermotMulroney.
A writer named Mary (Davis) is struggling to produce her next work as she’s suffering majorwriters writer's block. With this pressure and the added bonus of being married with two kids, she hires a nanny named Grace (Grammer). Only as they grow closer, Mary starts to suspect Grace may not be all she appears to be.
A writer named Mary (Davis) is struggling to produce her next work as she’s suffering major
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* AmbiguousEnding: [[spoiler: The film ends with Mary visiting Grace at a mental hospital. But then when Mary leaves, the scene is shot in the same manner as when Margaret
* BuxomBeautyStandard: Grace's large chest is
* CheatingWithTheMilkman: Mary ends up having an affair with Grace, who is working as a nanny to her kids. One of Mary's ImagineSpot ends up being about her husband and Grace having an affair. [[spoiler: But it was actually Margaret who seduced Tom.]]
* DCupDistress: Grace doesn't actually like her big breasts, complaining about them to Mary, saying they're "keep in order". [[spoiler:This contrasts to Margaret who is implied to have BigBreastPride instead.]]
* DeadlyBath: [[spoiler: Tom is in the shower when Margaret sneaks inside the house to seduce / kill him. He at least manages to get a ModestyTowel around his waist before he can confront her.]]
* FrameUp: [[spoiler: Margaret kills Elaine and frames Mary for the murder, dressing up as Mary and walking in front of cameras, and also leaving
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* JekyllAndHyde: [[spoiler:Grace has a SplitPersonality, with "Margaret" being a violent, deranged killer and Grace being a sweet girl.]]
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* MindScrew: The film's plot becomes more and more confusing as while Mary mentions her mind goes to weird places, a lot of things happen that are acknowledged by other characters or couldn’t have happened. Many of the plot points such as Tom’s affair with Grace, the sexual tension between her and Mary, how much was Mary having a dark ImagineSpot, the plot of her book or the ending [[spoiler: where Mary may or may not have been killed by Margaret]] raise tons of questions that are almost never answered.
* TheReveal: [[spoiler: Grace turns out to have a split personality named Margaret who seduced Mary’s husband Tom and plotted to kill Mary for the whole movie despite Grace not wanting it.]]
* StupidSexyFlanders: Mary starts having sexual fantasies about Grace, including when she’s at a publishing meeting. Her friend thinks it’s just her imagining this due to sexual frustration or boredom. It escalates to where the two kiss and Grace even gives her off-screen oral sex.
* TheReveal: [[spoiler: Grace turns out to have a split personality named Margaret who seduced Mary’s husband Tom and plotted to kill Mary for the whole movie despite Grace not wanting it.]]
* StupidSexyFlanders: Mary starts having sexual fantasies about Grace, including when she’s at a publishing meeting. Her friend thinks it’s just her imagining this due to sexual frustration or boredom. It escalates to where the two kiss and Grace even gives her off-screen oral sex.
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* MindScrew: The film's plot becomes more and more confusing as while Mary mentions her mind goes to weird places, a lot of things happen that are acknowledged by other characters or couldn’t couldn't have happened. Many of the plot points such as Tom’s Tom's affair with Grace, the sexual tension between her and Mary, how much was Mary having a dark ImagineSpot, the plot of her book or the ending [[spoiler: where Mary may or may not have been killed by Margaret]] raise tons of questions that are almost never answered.
*TheReveal: PsychoKnifeNut: [[spoiler: Grace turns out to have a split personality named The AxCrazy Margaret who seduced Mary’s husband Tom brings a large knife with her during her last visit at Tony and plotted Mary's house, since he's planning to kill Mary for the whole movie despite Grace not wanting both of them with it.]]
* TheReveal: [[spoiler: Grace turns out to have a SplitPersonality named Margaret who seduced Mary's husband Tom and plotted to kill Mary for the whole movie despite Grace not wanting it.]]
* SexySurfacingShot: Just as Elaine and Mary are discussing how attractive Grace is, there's a shot of Grace slowly climbing out of the pool in a swimsuit, as if to emphasize their point.
* SplitPersonality: [[spoiler:Grace actually has dissociative identity disorder, with her other personality, Margaret, being an AxCrazy killer.]]
* StupidSexyFlanders: Mary starts having sexual fantasies about Grace, including whenshe’s she's at a publishing meeting. Her friend thinks it’s it's just her imagining this due to sexual frustration or boredom. It escalates to where the two kiss and Grace even gives her off-screen oral sex.sex.
* TokenBlackFriend: The black Elaine only exists to be Mary's friend, so Mary has someone to vocalize her troubles and feelings to. [[spoiler: She also gets murdered just to raise the film's stakes and establish how dangerous Grace / Margaret actually is.]]
* ToplessnessFromTheBack:
** When Grace takes off her bra to try on another, the audience only sees her from the back, save for a few ShouldersUpNudity shots.
** When Mary is having a sexual fantasy about a nude Grace, Grace has her bare back facing the camera.
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* TheReveal: [[spoiler: Grace turns out to have a SplitPersonality named Margaret who seduced Mary's husband Tom and plotted to kill Mary for the whole movie despite Grace not wanting it.]]
* SexySurfacingShot: Just as Elaine and Mary are discussing how attractive Grace is, there's a shot of Grace slowly climbing out of the pool in a swimsuit, as if to emphasize their point.
* SplitPersonality: [[spoiler:Grace actually has dissociative identity disorder, with her other personality, Margaret, being an AxCrazy killer.]]
* StupidSexyFlanders: Mary starts having sexual fantasies about Grace, including when
* TokenBlackFriend: The black Elaine only exists to be Mary's friend, so Mary has someone to vocalize her troubles and feelings to. [[spoiler: She also gets murdered just to raise the film's stakes and establish how dangerous Grace / Margaret actually is.]]
* ToplessnessFromTheBack:
** When Grace takes off her bra to try on another, the audience only sees her from the back, save for a few ShouldersUpNudity shots.
** When Mary is having a sexual fantasy about a nude Grace, Grace has her bare back facing the camera.
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* TheVamp: [[spoiler: Margaret acts like an aggressive, overt seductress, even when she's planning to kill and harm the people she's seducing. It's implied all the scenes where Grace acts overtly sexual towards Mary to actually be Margaret and not Grace.]]
* WritersBlock: Mary has a major one, which makes it hard for her to finish her book. The fact that Grace inspires her writing is the initial reason why they grow close.
* WritersBlock: Mary has a major one, which makes it hard for her to finish her book. The fact that Grace inspires her writing is the initial reason why they grow close.
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''Deadly Illusions'' is…a special little film that premiered on Creator/{{Netflix}}. It was directed by Anna Elizabeth James (who also wrote it) and stars Creator/KristinDavis, Greer Grammer and Creator/DermotMulroney.
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''Deadly Illusions'' is…a special little film that premiered on Creator/{{Netflix}}. It was directed by Anna Elizabeth James (who also wrote it) and stars Creator/KristinDavis, Greer Grammer Creator/GreerGrammer and Creator/DermotMulroney.
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* BlondesAreEvil: [[spoiler: Grace’s alternate personality Margaret]].
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Grace. [[spoiler: Margaret on the other hand is not.]]
* ImagineSpot: Mary is prone to these a lot to where you could make a drinking game out of it.
* LipLockSunBlock: Happens once between Mary and Grace. It’s subverted slightly in that there’s no lens flare.
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Grace. [[spoiler: Margaret on the other hand is not.]]
* ImagineSpot: Mary is prone to these a lot to where you could make a drinking game out of it.
* LipLockSunBlock: Happens once between Mary and Grace. It’s subverted slightly in that there’s no lens flare.
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* AmbiguousSituation: [[spoiler:Did Margaret kill Mary and steal her coat to escape the facility or is that really Mary leaving on her own?]].
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* MissFanservice: Mary has some revealing outfits but Grace hands down takes the cake, often wearing a mini-skirt.
* MindScrew: The films plot becomes more and more confusing as while Mary mentions her mind goes to weird places, a lot of things happen that are acknowledged by other characters or couldn’t have happened. Many of the plot points such as Tom’s affair with Grace, the sexual tension between her and Mary, how much was Mary having a dark ImagineSpot, the plot of her book or the ending [[spoiler: where Mary may or may not have been killed by Margaret]] raise tons of questions that are almost never answered.
* RiddleForfTheAges: [[spoiler: Did Margaret kill Grace and steal her coat to escape the facility or is that really Mary leaving on her own?]].
* MindScrew: The films plot becomes more and more confusing as while Mary mentions her mind goes to weird places, a lot of things happen that are acknowledged by other characters or couldn’t have happened. Many of the plot points such as Tom’s affair with Grace, the sexual tension between her and Mary, how much was Mary having a dark ImagineSpot, the plot of her book or the ending [[spoiler: where Mary may or may not have been killed by Margaret]] raise tons of questions that are almost never answered.
* RiddleForfTheAges: [[spoiler: Did Margaret kill Grace and steal her coat to escape the facility or is that really Mary leaving on her own?]].
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* MissFanservice: MsFanservice: Mary has some revealing outfits but Grace hands down takes the cake, often wearing a mini-skirt.
* MindScrew: Thefilms film's plot becomes more and more confusing as while Mary mentions her mind goes to weird places, a lot of things happen that are acknowledged by other characters or couldn’t have happened. Many of the plot points such as Tom’s affair with Grace, the sexual tension between her and Mary, how much was Mary having a dark ImagineSpot, the plot of her book or the ending [[spoiler: where Mary may or may not have been killed by Margaret]] raise tons of questions that are almost never answered.
* RiddleForfTheAges: [[spoiler: Did Margaret kill Grace and steal her coat to escape the facility or is that really Mary leaving on her own?]].answered.
* MindScrew: The
* RiddleForfTheAges: [[spoiler: Did Margaret kill Grace and steal her coat to escape the facility or is that really Mary leaving on her own?]].
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* MysteryOfTheAges: [[spoiler: Did Margaret kill Grace and steal her coat to escape the facility or is that really Mary leaving on her own?]].
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* MysteryOfTheAges: RiddleForfTheAges: [[spoiler: Did Margaret kill Grace and steal her coat to escape the facility or is that really Mary leaving on her own?]].
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* YourCheatingHeart: Tom though he later regrets it.
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* MysteryForTheAges: [[spoiler: Did Margaret kill Grace and steal her coat to escape the facility or is that really Mary leaving on her own?]].
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* MysteryForTheAges: MysteryOfTheAges: [[spoiler: Did Margaret kill Grace and steal her coat to escape the facility or is that really Mary leaving on her own?]].
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* BiTheWay: Grace and possibly Mary.
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* ImagineSpot: Mary is prone to these a lot to where you could make a drinking game out of it.
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* StupidSexyFlanders: Mary starts having sexual fantasies about Grace, including when she’s at a publishing meeting. Her friend thinks it’s just her imagining this due to sexual frustration or boredom. It escalates to where the two kiss and Grace even gvies her off-screen oral sex.
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* StupidSexyFlanders: Mary starts having sexual fantasies about Grace, including when she’s at a publishing meeting. Her friend thinks it’s just her imagining this due to sexual frustration or boredom. It escalates to where the two kiss and Grace even gvies gives her off-screen oral sex.
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* StupidSexyFlanders: Mary starts having sexual fantasies about Grace, including when she’s at a publishing meeting. Her friend thinks it’s just her imagining this due to sexual frustration or boredom.
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* StupidSexyFlanders: Mary starts having sexual fantasies about Grace, including when she’s at a publishing meeting. Her friend thinks it’s just her imagining this due to sexual frustration or boredom. It escalates to where the two kiss and Grace even gvies her off-screen oral sex.
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* MindScrew: The films plot becomes more and more confusing as while Mary mentions her mind goes to weird places, a lot of things happen that are acknowledged by other characters or couldn’t have happened. Many of the plot points such as Tom’s affair with Grace, the sexual tension between her and Mary, how much was Mary having a dark ImagineSpot, the plot of her book or the ending [[spoiler: where Mary may or may not have been killed by Margaret]] raise tons of questions that are almost never answered.
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* MissFanservice: Mary has some revealing outfits but Grace hands down takes the cake, often wearing a mini-skirt.
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* AmbiguousFate: Mary. At the end since we don’t see her face, [[spoiler: we’re left to wonder if Mary is leaving or if Grace killed Mary and stole her coat under the Martha persona.]]
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* AmbiguousFate: Mary. At the end since we don’t see her face, [[spoiler: we’re left to wonder if Mary is leaving or if Grace killed Mary and stole her coat under the Martha persona.]]
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* BlondesAreEvil: [[spoiler: Grace. More specifically her Grace’s alternate personality Margaret]].
* TheReveal: [[spoiler: Grace turns out to have a split personality named Margaret who seduced Mary’s husband Tom and plotted to kill Mary for the whole movie despite Grace not wanting it.]]
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* WritersBlock: Mary has a major one, which makes it hard for her to finish her book.
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* WritersBlock: Mary has a major one, which makes it hard for her to finish her book.book.
* YourCheatingHeart: Tom though he later regrets it.
* YourCheatingHeart: Tom though he later regrets it.
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* BiTheWay: Grace and possibly Mary.
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Grace. [[spoiler: Margaret on the other hand is not.]]
* StupidSexyFlanders: Mary starts having sexual fantasies about Grace, including when she’s at a publishing meeting. Her friend thinks it’s just her imagining this due to sexual frustration or boredom.
* StupidSexyFlanders: Mary starts having sexual fantasies about Grace, including when she’s at a publishing meeting. Her friend thinks it’s just her imagining this due to sexual frustration or boredom.
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* TwistEnding: It does have one but good luck figuring out what exactly it is.is.
* WritersBlock: Mary has a major one, which makes it hard for her to finish her book.
* WritersBlock: Mary has a major one, which makes it hard for her to finish her book.
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* BlondesAreEvil: [[spoiler: Grace. More specifically her alternate personality Margaret]].
* TheReveal: [[spoiler: Grace turns out to have a split personality named Margaret who seduced Mary’s husband Tom and plotted to kill Mary for the whole movie despite Grace not wanting it.]]
* TwistEnding: It does have one but good luck figuring out what exactly it is.
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!!''Deadly Illusions'' contains examples of:
* BlondesAreEvil: [[spoiler: Grace. More specifically her alternate personality Margaret]].
* TheReveal: [[spoiler: Grace turns out to have a split personality named Margaret who seduced Mary’s husband Tom and plotted to kill Mary for the whole movie despite Grace not wanting it.]]
* TwistEnding: It does have one but good luck figuring out what exactly it is.
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* Deadly Illusions* is…a special little film that premiered on Creator/{{Netflix}}. It was directed by Anna Elizabeth James (who also wrote it) and stars Creator/KristinDavis, Greer Grammer and Creator/DermotMulroney.
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* Deadly Illusions* is…a special little film that premiered on Creator/{{Netflix}}. It was directed by Anna Elizabeth James (who also wrote it) and stars Creator/KristinDavis, Greer Grammer and Creator/DermotMulroney.
A writer named Mary (Davis) is struggling to
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A writer named Mary (Davis) is struggling to
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*Deadly Illusions* is…a special little film that premiered on Creator/{{Netflix}}. It was directed by Anna Elizabeth James (who also wrote it) and stars Creator/KristinDavis, Greer Grammer and Creator/DermotMulroney.
A writer named Mary (Davis) is struggling to
The film has become somewhat infamous for starting as a generic creepy nanny film only to go completely off the rails by the end and many unanswered questions.
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[[caption-width-right:350:It’s okay, we don’t know if this is Main/{{Foreshadowing}} either.]]
*Deadly Illusions* is…a special little film that premiered on Creator/{{Netflix}}. It was directed by Anna Elizabeth James (who also wrote it) and stars Creator/KristinDavis, Greer Grammer and Creator/DermotMulroney.
A writer named Mary (Davis) is struggling to
The film has become somewhat infamous for starting as a generic creepy nanny film only to go completely off the rails by the end and many unanswered questions.
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