Line #26 Film/Compulsion2013


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3	''Compulsion'' (2013) is a Canadian {{psychological thriller}} film based on the South Korean film ''301, 302'', directed by Creator/EgidioCoccimiglio and starring Creator/HeatherGraham, Creator/CarrieAnneMoss, and Creator/JoeMantegna.
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5	When aspiring actress and advice columnist Saffron (Moss) disappears from her apartment without a word, Detective Reynolds (Mantegna) turns to her neighbor, aspiring TV chef Amy (Graham), to find clues to her fate. What he finds is a stew of secrets and psychological disorders that devoured the lives of both women.
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7	No relation to the 1959 film based on the Leopold-Loeb murder case.
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10	!! This film contains examples of:
11	* AbusiveParents: Saffron's mom not only constantly pushed her toward stardom regardless of what Saffron wanted, making her anorexic with frequent comments about keeping down her weight, but actually let her [[spoiler:be ''raped'' by one casting director to secure a part.]]
12	* AmbiguouslyGay: Saffron may be a lesbian, or just using Amy's increasingly obvious attraction to have her accede in [[spoiler:cannibalism and murder.]]
13	* DarkAndTroubledPast: Saffron suffered from an abusive mom who had pushed her toward stardom no matter what, causing Saffron's anorexia over anxiety as she constantly chided her to keep her weight low. [[spoiler:Worst of all, she even had Saffron be raped by a casting director for her to get a role.]] As a result, Saffron is not only still anorexic decades on, but also wishes to die.
14	* DeathSeeker: Saffron is revealed as wanting to die more than anything because of her traumatic past.
15	* DepravedBisexual: Amy seems normal, if pushy, at first, but soon becomes obsessed with her beautiful neighbor Saffron. It gradually becomes clear she is completely unhinged, and after having sex with Saffron, she's got zero hesitation in agreeing to her request [[spoiler:that Amy kill and then eat her. She'd already killed her fiance Fred's pet parrot and then fed it to him]].
16	* FamilialCannibalismSurprise: After several scenes of Fred doting on his parrot Sebastian and ignoring her, Amy cooks the bird up and serves it to him as part of a meal. When he realizes that the parrot is missing, it doesn't take long for him to put the pieces together. For the second instance of this.
17	* FoodPorn: Amy associates food with love, so naturally she presents her dishes in the most sensual way possible, especially on her imaginary cooking show "Food is Love".
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19	* FormerChildStar: Bordering on WhiteDwarfStarlet. Saffron had a decently healthy acting career in her youth before dropping off into obscurity. Throughout the film she tries to get more acting roles, to no avail due to her age.
20	* ImAHumanitarian: [[spoiler: By the end of the movie, it becomes clear that Amy has killed, butchered, and eaten Saffron--at Saffron's request. Detective Reynolds only figures out what Amy has done ''after'' she serves him the last few pieces of evidence.]]
21	* TheImmodestOrgasm: Amy is quite loud while having sex with Fred, her fiance.
22	* LoonyFan: Amy lapses into this as she becomes more and more determined to have Saffron eat her food.
23	* MakingLoveInAllTheWrongPlaces: Amy is eaten out by Fred on their dinner table.
24	* NotGoodWithRejection: Amy, both in love and with her food. ''Especially'' her food. She takes Saffron's refusal to eat Amy's meals (due to her anorexia) as a personal rejection of Amy herself and flips out.
25	* ObsessedWithFood: Amy loves her gourmet cooking and prepares every meal to perfection.
26	* PimpingTheOffspring: [[spoiler:It turns out that Saffron's StageMom let a director rape her to [[CastingCouch get a part]].]]
27	* PsychoLesbian: Saffron possibly, assuming she's genuinely attracted to Amy, not simply using her. [[spoiler:They have sex, then she asks Amy to kill and eat her (off screen). Amy agrees.]]
28	* RapeAsBackstory: [[spoiler:It's revealed that Saffron, while just a teenager, was raped by a casting director (which her ''mother'' arranged to get the part for her).]]
29	* StageMom: Saffron's mother was an overbearing woman who buried her daughter in her desires for stardom, and drove her to anorexia with her obsession over Saffy losing a few pounds. [[spoiler: She also arranges for teenaged Saffron to be raped by a casting director to get an early part.]]
30	* StepfordSmiler: Amy is cheerful and good-natured 95% of the time, which makes the 5% when she flips her shit all the more shocking.
31	* VomitDiscretionShot: Several, as Saffron purges. Interestingly, in one scene when she purges in front of Amy, the abrasions on her fingers are visible from sticking them down her throat.
32	* {{Yandere}}: Amy. She is sweet as pie on the outside, but as the movie progresses it becomes more and more apparent that she is completely mental.

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