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* ItsAllAboutMe: For most of the movie, Daniel is apparently willing to let Aubrey and Dakota die and allow a violent serial killer escape justice if it means keeping his [[SwitchedAtBirth own crimes]] a secret. He abruptly changes his tune in time for the big climax.

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* ItsAllAboutMe: For most of the movie, Daniel [[spoiler: Daniel]] is apparently willing to let Aubrey and Dakota die and allow a violent serial killer to escape justice if it means keeping his [[SwitchedAtBirth own crimes]] crimes a secret. He abruptly changes his tune in time for the big climax.
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* {{Homage}}: To the work of Creator/BrianDePalma. There are identical twin sisters (''Film/{{Sisters}}''), a sex worker protagonist in danger of being killed by a serial killer (''Film/DressedToKill'' and ''Film/BodyDouble''), and a heavy {{giallo}} influence (all of his movies previously mentioned, plus ''Film/BlowOut'').

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* {{Homage}}: To the work of Creator/BrianDePalma. There are identical twin sisters (''Film/{{Sisters}}''), (''Film/{{Sisters|1973}}''), a sex worker protagonist in danger of being killed by a serial killer (''Film/DressedToKill'' and ''Film/BodyDouble''), and a heavy {{giallo}} influence (all of his movies previously mentioned, plus ''Film/BlowOut'').

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* KnifeNut: The killer uses knives as his WeaponOfChoice, though oddly enough, he doesn't use actual knives, but rather blades crudely made out of shards of glass.


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* PsychoKnifeNut: The killer uses knives as his preferred weapon, though oddly enough, he doesn't use actual knives, but rather blades crudely made out of shards of glass.
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* SeriousWorkComedicScene: This is a psychological horror film, but it has one scene that's PlayedForLaughs. When Dakota has sex with Audrey's boyfriend, her mother can been seen in the kitchen desperately trying to distract herself from the moaning.
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* AdultFear: Aubrey's parents face their worst nightmare after their daughter is kidnapped by a serial killer and tortured to the point where her arm and leg have to be amputated.
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* SwitchedAtBirth: [[spoiler:Daniel]] bought [[spoiler:Aubrey]] from [[[spoiler: her and Dakota's drug-addicted mother]] after his own daughter died at birth.

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* SwitchedAtBirth: [[spoiler:Daniel]] bought [[spoiler:Aubrey]] from [[[spoiler: [[spoiler: her and Dakota's drug-addicted mother]] after his [[spoiler:his own daughter died at birth.birth]].
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%%* SurrealHorror
* SwitchedAtBirth: Daniel bought Aubrey from Dakota's drug-addicted mother after the death of his and Susan's baby.

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* SurrealHorror: The movie consists of such things as identical twins feeling each other's pain to the point where Dakota gets frostbite on her arm and leg just like Aubrey. Dakota even starts suffocating while Aubrey is being buried alive.
* SwitchedAtBirth: Daniel [[spoiler:Daniel]] bought Aubrey [[spoiler:Aubrey]] from [[[spoiler: her and Dakota's drug-addicted mother mother]] after the death of his and Susan's baby.own daughter died at birth.
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* KnifeNut:

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* KnifeNut: The killer uses knives as his WeaponOfChoice, though oddly enough, he doesn't use actual knives, but rather blades crudely made out of shards of glass.
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''I Know Who Killed Me''is a 2007 American psychological horror film directed by Chris Sivertson, written by Jeff Hammond, and starring Creator/LindsayLohan.

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''I Know Who Killed Me''is Me'' is a 2007 American psychological horror film directed by Chris Sivertson, written by Jeff Hammond, and starring Creator/LindsayLohan.



* AsHimself: Art Bell, in one of the most WTF cameos ever.

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* AsHimself: Radio host Art Bell, Bell appears as himself in one of the most WTF cameos ever.film.



* EvidenceDungeon: You practically couldn't keep more incriminating evidence in one place if you wanted to get caught.
%%* FamilyFriendlyStripper: Back then Lindsay was apparently still too big a star to get naked.
* GroinAttack: [[spoiler:The villain gets a very brutal, though totally deserved, one via a broken bottle before he's killed.]]
* {{Homage}}: To the work of Creator/BrianDePalma. There are identical twin sisters (''Film/{{Sisters}}''), a sex worker protagonist in danger of being killed by a serial killer (''Film/DressedToKill'' and '''Film/BodyDouble''), and a heavy {{giallo}} influence (all of his movies previously mentioned, and ''Film/BlowOut'').

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* EvidenceDungeon: The killer's dungeon is revealed as one once it's found. You practically couldn't keep more incriminating evidence in one place if you wanted to get caught.
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caught. One egregious example is that the killer, who's focused on mutilating the limbs of their victims, keeps a multitude of mannequin limbs hanging from the ceiling.
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FamilyFriendlyStripper: Back then Lindsay was apparently still too big Dakota works as a star to get stripper, but the most revealing outfit she appears in is lingerie, and not even skimpy lingerie, but rather well-covering. (Lindsay Lohan had a nudity clause in her contract.) One could probably invoke suspension of disbelief and let it pass, if not for the fact that other strippers are shown working in the same place and they are shown getting naked.
* GroinAttack: [[spoiler:The villain gets a very brutal, brutally, though totally deserved, one via hit in the groin with a broken bottle ''broken bottle'' before he's killed.]]
* {{Homage}}: To the work of Creator/BrianDePalma. There are identical twin sisters (''Film/{{Sisters}}''), a sex worker protagonist in danger of being killed by a serial killer (''Film/DressedToKill'' and '''Film/BodyDouble''), ''Film/BodyDouble''), and a heavy {{giallo}} influence (all of his movies previously mentioned, and plus ''Film/BlowOut'').



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Aubrey Fleming is your average TeenGenius. She plays piano. She gets good grades. She has a boyfriend. Things are going insanely well for her, until one day when she just...vanishes.

She's found a week or so later, missing a hand and a foot. However, the person who winds up in the hospital bed insists that she's not Aubrey Fleming, but rather is an identical stripper named Dakota Moss. Aubrey's family decides to take her in, even after an unexplained cut appears on her arm. However, Dakota's still not convinced that she's really Aubrey, and starts to figure that the unexplained cuts and amputations might have also happened to the real Aubrey Fleming ...

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''I Know Who Killed Me''is a 2007 American psychological horror film directed by Chris Sivertson, written by Jeff Hammond, and starring Creator/LindsayLohan.

Aubrey Fleming (Lohan) is your average TeenGenius. She plays piano. She gets good grades. She has a boyfriend. Things are going insanely well for her, until one day when she just...vanishes.

She's found a week or so later, missing a hand and a foot. However, the person who winds up in the hospital bed insists that she's not Aubrey Fleming, but rather is an identical stripper named Dakota Moss. Aubrey's family decides to take her in, even after an unexplained cut appears on her arm. However, Dakota's still not convinced that she's really Aubrey, and starts to figure that the unexplained cuts and amputations might have also happened to the real Aubrey Fleming ...Fleming...

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%%* AdultFear: Intensely so, for Aubrey's parents.
* AllThereInTheManual: Deleted materials were to show that [[AllJustADream the entire plot was merely a fiction piece written by Aubrey as a project]].

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%%* * AdultFear: Intensely so, for Aubrey's parents.
parents face their worst nightmare after their daughter is kidnapped by a serial killer and tortured to the point where her arm and leg have to be amputated.
* AllThereInTheManual: Deleted materials were to show that [[spoiler: [[AllJustADream the entire plot was merely a fiction piece written by Aubrey as a project]].project]]]].


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* TragicStillbirth: It's revealed later in the film that [[spoiler: Daniel actually bought Aubrey from her drug-addicted biological mother after his own daughter was stillborn]].
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* AdultFear: Intensely so, for Aubrey's parents.

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* BuriedAlive: Aubrey is, near the end of the film.

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* BuriedAlive: Aubrey is, is buried alive near the end of the film.



* ColorWash: And ''how''. As noted above, practically every scene with Aubrey has some form of blue lighting and a similar case occurs with Dakota and red lighting.

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* ColorWash: And ''how''. As noted above, practically Practically every scene with Aubrey has some form of blue lighting lighting, and a similar case occurs with Dakota and red lighting.



* FamilyFriendlyStripper: Back then Lindsay was apparently still too big a star to get naked.

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* %%* FamilyFriendlyStripper: Back then Lindsay was apparently still too big a star to get naked.
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* WorldOfJerkass: The police behave as though Dakota is deliberately keeping information from them (thinking that she's Aubrey) despite a trauma that left her missing parts of her body. Daniel [[spoiler:knows that he bought Aubrey as one of twins]], but keeps quiet ''even though'' it could have resulted in Aubrey's death (after he raised her as his own daughter) and gotten Dakota killed. Aubrey's boyfriend either knows Dakota isn't Aubrey and has sex with her anyway, or believes his girlfriend is in the middle of a dissociative breakdown and has sex with her anyway. Dakota is a DeadpanSnarker who has sex with Aubrey's boyfriend in earshot of her mother. And there's a serial killer out there burying girls alive. Aubrey and her mother Susan are the only exceptions to this, and they're barely in the movie.

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* WorldOfJerkass: The police behave as though Dakota is deliberately keeping information from them (thinking that she's Aubrey) them, despite operating on the assumption that Aubrey is pretending to be Dakota Moss as a coping mechanism for the severe trauma that left her missing parts of her body. she went through, and engage in some vicious victim-shaming during their subpar investigation. Daniel similarly mistreats Dakota and [[spoiler:knows that he bought Aubrey as one of twins]], but keeps quiet ''even though'' it could have resulted in Aubrey's death (after he raised her as his own daughter) and gotten even though doing so puts both Dakota killed.''and'' Aubrey in danger. Aubrey's boyfriend either knows Dakota isn't Aubrey and has sex with her anyway, or believes his girlfriend is in the middle of a dissociative breakdown and has sex with her anyway. Dakota is a DeadpanSnarker who has sex with Aubrey's boyfriend in earshot of her mother. And there's a serial killer out there burying girls alive. Aubrey and her mother Susan are the only exceptions to this, and they're barely in the movie.
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* PoliceAreUseless: The police, thinking that Aubrey has been deeply traumatized by being kidnapped and having her limbs sawn off by a maniac. They respond to this by victim shaming her, being extremely aggressive towards her, and treating her as if she is ''deliberately'' keeping information from them.

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* PoliceAreUseless: The police, thinking who think that Aubrey has been deeply traumatized by being kidnapped and having her limbs sawn off by a maniac. They respond to this by victim shaming her, being extremely aggressive towards her, and treating her as if she is ''deliberately'' keeping information from them.



* WorldOfJerkass: The police behave as though Dakota is deliberately keeping information from them (thinking that she's Aubrey) despite a trauma that left her missing parts of her body; Daniel [[spoiler:knows that he bought Aubrey as one of twins]], but keeps quiet ''even though'' it could have resulted in Aubrey's death (after he raised her as his own daughter) and gotten Dakota killed; Aubrey's boyfriend either knows Dakota isn't Aubrey and has sex with her anyway, or believes she's in the middle of a dissociative breakdown and has sex with her anyway; Dakota is a DeadpanSnarker who has sex with Aubrey's boyfriend in earshot of her mother. And there's a serial killer out there burying girls alive.

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* WorldOfJerkass: The police behave as though Dakota is deliberately keeping information from them (thinking that she's Aubrey) despite a trauma that left her missing parts of her body; body. Daniel [[spoiler:knows that he bought Aubrey as one of twins]], but keeps quiet ''even though'' it could have resulted in Aubrey's death (after he raised her as his own daughter) and gotten Dakota killed; killed. Aubrey's boyfriend either knows Dakota isn't Aubrey and has sex with her anyway, or believes she's his girlfriend is in the middle of a dissociative breakdown and has sex with her anyway; anyway. Dakota is a DeadpanSnarker who has sex with Aubrey's boyfriend in earshot of her mother. And there's a serial killer out there burying girls alive. Aubrey and her mother Susan are the only exceptions to this, and they're barely in the movie.
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* GroinAttack: [[spoiler:The villain gets a very brutal, [[AssholeVictim though totally deserved]], one via a broken bottle before he's killed.]]

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* GroinAttack: [[spoiler:The villain gets a very brutal, [[AssholeVictim though totally deserved]], deserved, one via a broken bottle before he's killed.]]
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* LadyInRed: Stripper Dakota is color-coded in red.

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* {{Homage}}: To the work of Creator/BrianDePalma. There are identical twin sisters (''Film/{{Sisters}}''), a sex worker protagonist in danger of being killed by a serial killer (''Film/DressedToKill'' and '''Film/BodyDouble''), and a heavy {{giallo}} influence (all of his movies previously mentioned, and ''Film/BlowOut'').



* NestedStoryReveal: [[spoiler:The original ending revealed that it was all Aubrey's story.]]

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* NestedStoryReveal: [[spoiler:The original ending revealed that it was all Aubrey's story.story in English class.]]


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* WorldOfJerkass: The police behave as though Dakota is deliberately keeping information from them (thinking that she's Aubrey) despite a trauma that left her missing parts of her body; Daniel [[spoiler:knows that he bought Aubrey as one of twins]], but keeps quiet ''even though'' it could have resulted in Aubrey's death (after he raised her as his own daughter) and gotten Dakota killed; Aubrey's boyfriend either knows Dakota isn't Aubrey and has sex with her anyway, or believes she's in the middle of a dissociative breakdown and has sex with her anyway; Dakota is a DeadpanSnarker who has sex with Aubrey's boyfriend in earshot of her mother. And there's a serial killer out there burying girls alive.
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* ItsAllAboutMe: For most of the movie, Daniel is apparently willing to let Aubrey and Dakota and allow a violent serial killer escape justice if it means keeping his [[SwitchedAtBirth own crimes]] a secret. He abruptly changes his tune in time for the big climax.

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* ItsAllAboutMe: For most of the movie, Daniel is apparently willing to let Aubrey and Dakota die and allow a violent serial killer escape justice if it means keeping his [[SwitchedAtBirth own crimes]] a secret. He abruptly changes his tune in time for the big climax.
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* ItsAllAboutMe: For most of the movie, Daniel is apparently willing to let Aubrey and Dakota and allow a violent serial killer escape justice if it means keeping his [[SwitchedAtBirth ''own'' crimes]] a secret. He abruptly changes his tune in time for the big climax.

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* ItsAllAboutMe: For most of the movie, Daniel is apparently willing to let Aubrey and Dakota and allow a violent serial killer escape justice if it means keeping his [[SwitchedAtBirth ''own'' own crimes]] a secret. He abruptly changes his tune in time for the big climax.
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* ItsAllAboutMe: For most of the movie, Daniel is apparently willing to let Aubrey die at the hands of a violent killer if it means keeping his [[SwitchedAtBirth crimes]] a secret. He abruptly changes his tune in time for the big climax.

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* ItsAllAboutMe: For most of the movie, Daniel is apparently willing to let Aubrey die at the hands of and Dakota and allow a violent serial killer escape justice if it means keeping his [[SwitchedAtBirth ''own'' crimes]] a secret. He abruptly changes his tune in time for the big climax.
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* ItsAllAboutMe: For most of the movie, Daniel is apparently willing to let Aubrey die at the hands of a violent killer if it means keeping his [[SwitchedAtBirth crimes]] a secret. He abruptly changes his tune in time for the big climax.


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* RedemptionEqualsDeath: [[spoiler:The climax has Daniel--after spending most of the movie keeping his secret under wraps at the expense of Aubrey and Dakota--going with former to confront the killer and save Aubrey. He quickly pays for his sudden change of heart with his life]].
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* ActorAllusion: This isn't the first time Lindsay Lohan has [[Film/TheParentTrap1998 played a pair of separated-at-birth twins]].
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* RichSiblingPoorSibling: Audrey Fleming was raised by wealthy parents who bought her from her heroin-addicted mother, is a TeenGenius, and a prodigy piano player. Her sister Dakota was left alone after her mother's death and strips in a local club.

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