The Mutilator is a 1985 Slasher Movie.As a child, young Ed, Jr. accidentally kills his mother while goofing around with his dad's shotgun (on the patriarch's birthday, no less). Big Ed nonverbally threatens to use the weapon on his child, who runs off.Years later, the boy and his friends have nothing to do while on break from school, but Big Ed calls to ask his son for a favor; apparently his beach condo needs cleaning out and Ed Jr. is just the man for the job. So Ed takes his pals off to the house. When they get there, Ed's dad is nowhere to be found. Neither is his battle axe.Uh-oh.
This movie contains examples of:
Accidental Murder: Along with Ed shooting his mother, it's mentioned Big Ed once ran over a swimmer with a skiboat.
Better Manhandle The Murder Weapon: After discovering his son's accidental matricide, Big Ed threatens him with the gun he used, then drags his wife's corpse into the sitting room.
Curiosity Killed the Cast: The police officer gets beheaded while looking around the condo, Ralph dies looking for Mike and Linda, and Sue dies looking for him.
Determinator: Big Ed gets battered, has a sharp tool thrown into his head, gets knifed in the chest, and knocked around with a car, and even after being crushed in half he still manages to summon the strength to slice a man's legs off before finally expiring.
Freudian Excuse: Big Ed fell into an alcoholic depression after the death of his wife, and developed a deep-seated hatred of his son, which reached a boiling point by the events of the film.
Gone Swimming, Clothes Stolen: After drowning Linda and taking her out of the pool, Big Ed takes her and Mike's clothes, and leaves a trail using them.
Great White Hunter: "Well, he likes to come down with his drinking buddies, and they swap lies about the good old days about when they were great white hunters and macho men."
Groin Attack: Sue gets a gaffing hook up the vagina, and out the stomach.
Half the Man He Used to Be: While Big Ed is clinging to the back of the car, Pam reverses it and slams him into a wall with enough force to halve him at the waist.
I Have Boobs, You Must Obey!: "Well, maybe you should go and try and find them, at least make sure they're all right? And, uh, I got something to show you when you get back..."
I Just Shot Marvin in the Face: The gun cabinet is left unlocked with a child in the house, and the guns inside it are apparently all loaded.
Meaningful Background Event: In the car, as Pam is helping Ed make a tourniquet for his leg, you can see Big Ed get up and start moving towards them through the windshield.
Parlor Games: Blind Man's Bluff, but with alcohol.
Peek-A-Boo Corpse: Ed and Pam find Sue lying on a workbench, and when they approach, her head falls off. And upon opening a door a couple seconds later, the two discover the rest of those killed by Big Ed.
Police Are Useless: "Besides, there are no cops." Well, there's one patrolling the beach, but he is gotten rid without too much trouble.
Traumatic C-Section: Ed tells his friends about how his father once caught a shark and slit it open, causing a dozen or so baby sharks to come flopping out.
Trophy Room: Big Ed's is filled with animals, weapons, random stuff he's picked up, and pictures (including one of a swimmer he accidentally hit... the first sign of his instability).
Undercrank: Used when Ralph rushes out of the bedroom to look for Mike and Linda, after Pam promises him she has "something" to show him when he gets back.
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