History Main / MurdererPOV

** Similar devices (dramatic and mechanical) are used in the short-lived science fiction legal drama ''CenturyCity'' and a few episodes of ''Anime/GhostInTheShellStandAloneComplex''.

* Used in much of the original ''Film/BlackChristmas1974''.

** Similiar devices (dramatic and mechanical) are used in the short lived science fiction legal drama ''CenturyCity'' and a few episodes of ''Anime/GhostInTheShellStandAloneComplex''.
* Weaponized in ''Film/{{Anon}}'' where everyone has eye implants that record everything they see. To avert the [[EyeRemember victim seeing him]], the killer hacks the view from his own POVCam onto that of the victims, leaving them too terrified and confused to put up a fight.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'' episode "Tears Of A Clooney", Stan finds his and Francine's apartment completely trashed and realizes that Francine knows about Stan's friendship with her enemy George Clooney and went berserk. The lights suddenly go off and a we get a "night vision" look from Francine's point of view.\, with Stan backing away as she brandishes a razor toward him and apparently murders him. [[spoiler: She merely cut off his sideburn.]]

* Quite a few scenes in ''Film/ProfondoRosso'' and ''Film/FridayThe13th1980''.
* The first scene of Creator/JohnCarpenter's ''Film/{{Halloween 1978}}'' and frequently used throughout the remainder of the series.

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** In one episode, Mitchell believes he's guilty of a murder with all evidence leading toward him. A mind-reading device shows the murder from his perspective to investigators, [[spoiler:needless to say, the mind-reading device is also a mind ''editing'' device which was used by the real killer to wipe his own mind of the vile deed and implant the memory into Mitchell's mind]]. This entire premise is a complete rip-off of an earlier (by 7 years no less) episode of ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'' (See below)
** Also happens in "Smoke & Mirrors", an earlier episode -- we see the murderer loading the gun in slow motion, aiming at Senator Kinsey, and firing, without actually seeing the murderer's face. Moments later, Jack O'Neill ([[spoiler:actually the murderer using ImportedAlienPhlebotinum to disguise himself]]) exits the building and casually walks away. Of course, O'Neill is framed, and the rest of the episode is spent on the SGC's attempts to free him.
* Used in the ''Series/DoctorWho'' episode ''The Unicorn and the Wasp'', which is a gentle pastiche of works of Creator/AgathaChristie.
* A calling card of several ''Series/{{Monk}}'' episodes. The most notable is "Mr. Monk and the Critic," where John Hannigan shows up at Callie Esterhaus's hotel room, acts like he is going to propose to her, then throws her off the balcony, and the entire scene is done from Hannigan's POV in one continuous shot.
* ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'' featured an episode where one of the main characters was convicted of a crime he didn't commit based on evidence supposedly taken from his mind showing the murder from his perspective. Naturally it is discovered that this memory was planted by the real killer.
** Actually, this was ''inverted'', and the evidence is supposedly from the ''victim'''s perspective. And Paris is forced to relive the murder from this perspective every 20 minutes for the rest of his life as punishment (a punishment ''[[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine Deep Space Nine]]'' writers wouldn't inflict on O'Brien)... until the charade comes to light.

* The ''Series/{{Pretty Little Liars}}'' TV series frequently ends episodes from A's point of view.

* ''Series/TheOuterLimits1995'': In the episode "Living Hell", this is justified in-universe when an experimental neural implant allows the protagonist to see through the eyes of a serial killer with the same implant.

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* The ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' episode "And Then There Were Fewer" lampshades the way this trick is used to maintain the anonymity of the one whodunit. "Why, it's you!" says the murderer's next victim to the camera. "The man or woman who's been killing everyone!"
* In the ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'' episode "Tears Of A Clooney", Stan finds his and Francine's apartment completely trashed and realizes that Francine knows about Stan's friendship with her enemy George Clooney and went berserk. The lights suddenly go off and a we get a "night vision" look from Francine's point of view.\, with Stan backing away as she brandishes a razor toward him and apparently murders him. [[spoiler: She merely cut off his sideburn.]]
* Parodied in an ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'' segment titled "It", where Wakko is being chased through the dark by an anonymous figure. [[spoiler: It turns out to be Dot, and they were merely playing a game of tag.]]
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* Used at the climax of ''VideoGame/TheSuffering,'' in [[spoiler: the neutral and evil endings.]]

* Used to great effect in ''ComicBook/TheSandman'', where the Corinthian is first introduced from his POV ([[EyelessFace even though he doesn't actually have eyes!]]) and can be seen murdering and torturing people and eating their eyeballs with [[TooManyMouths the mouths he has instead of eyes]]. Used again later on, where the Kindly Ones are never actually seen as they ravage the Dreaming, and only their weapons and shadows are seen.