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* DoesNotLikeShoes: The first killer's mother remembers Phillips partly because he walks around New York City barefoot.
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''God Told Me To'' is a 1976 science fiction horror film written, directed, and produced by Creator/LarryCohen.
In a strange crime wave, a series of ordinary New Yorkers suddenly commit mass murders. All of them give the same justification: "God told me to." Detective Peter Nicholas (Tony Lo Bianco), a devout Catholic, tries to find out why. He finds that all the killers talked to a man named Bernard Phillips (Creator/RichardLynch), and sets out to track him down.
''God Told Me To'' is a 1976 science fiction horror film written, directed, and produced by Creator/LarryCohen.
In a strange crime wave, a series of ordinary New Yorkers suddenly commit mass murders. All of them give the same justification: "God told me to." Detective Peter Nicholas (Tony Lo Bianco), a devout Catholic, tries to find out why. He finds that all the killers talked to a man named Bernard Phillips (Creator/RichardLynch), and sets out to track him down.
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''God Told Me To'' is a 1976
In a strange crime wave, a series of ordinary New Yorkers suddenly commit mass murders. All of them give the same justification: "God told me to." Detective Peter Nicholas
Creator/AndyKaufman, in his screen debut, briefly appears as a police officer who goes on a shooting spree.
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* ForgettableCharacter: Most of the people Pete interviews find Phillips strangely forgettable - they usually remember seeing him, but only vaguely.
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* ForgettableCharacter: Most of the people Pete interviews find Phillips strangely forgettable - -- they usually remember seeing him, but only vaguely.
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In a strange crime wave, a series of ordinary New Yorkers suddenly commit mass murders. All of them give the same justification: "God told me to." Detective Peter Nicholas (Tony Lo Bianco), a devout Catholic, tries to find out why. He finds that all the killers talked to a man named Bernard Phillips (Richard Lynch), and sets out to track him down.
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In a strange crime wave, a series of ordinary New Yorkers suddenly commit mass murders. All of them give the same justification: "God told me to." Detective Peter Nicholas (Tony Lo Bianco), a devout Catholic, tries to find out why. He finds that all the killers talked to a man named Bernard Phillips (Richard Lynch), (Creator/RichardLynch), and sets out to track him down.
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* WavingSignsAround: Christians respond to reports of the killers' motivation by waving signs that say things like "Thy will be done" and "[[TheEndIsNigh The End of the World!]]"
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* TheMissusAndTheEx: Casey meets Pete's soon-to-be-ex-wife Martha (Creator/SandyDennis), who tells her things Pete never did, like the fact that she had three miscarriages [[spoiler:because of Pete's reality warping powers and his desire to not be a father]].
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* TheMissusAndTheEx: Casey meets Pete's soon-to-be-ex-wife Martha (Creator/SandyDennis), (Sandy Dennis), who tells her things Pete never did, like the fact that she had three miscarriages [[spoiler:because of Pete's reality warping powers and his desire to not be a father]].
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* TheMissusAndTheEx: Casey meets Pete's soon-to-be-ex-wife Martha (Creator/SandyDennis), who tells her things Pete never did, like the fact that she had three miscarriages [[spoiler:because of Pete's reality warping powers and his desire to not be a father]].
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* CollapsingLair: [[spoiler:When Pete finally kills Phillips, the building they're in catches fire and starts collapsing, possibly because of all the energy deployed during the fight.]]
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Pete publishes a news article about the killers' religious motivation, hoping that once they're acknowledged, the killings will stop. He only succeeds in causing panic and riots.
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* FreezeFrameEnding: A shot of Pete, along with [[spoiler:a caption saying he was committed to the Matteawan State Hospital for the Criminally Insane]].
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* PowerGlows: [[spoiler:Phillips glows so brightly that Pete has trouble looking at him. His and Pete's alien parent is shown only as a bright light that blinds the women it rapes.]]
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* AncientAstronauts: The science editor once published an article about how God might have been an ancient astronaut.
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* FaceFullOfAlienWingWong: [[spoiler:Pete and Phillips were both conceived when their mothers were raped in AlienAbductions, which involved a bright light going through the women. Pete was born first; when it became clear that his human side was dominant, Phillips was conceived.]]
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* WeCanRuleTogether: [[spoiler:Phillips invites Pete to impregnate him so they can create a race of HalfHumanHybrids.]]
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* WeCanRuleTogether: [[spoiler:Phillips explains that Pete's alien genes were recessive, but his were dominant. He invites Pete to impregnate him so they can create a race of HalfHumanHybrids.HalfHumanHybrids, all of whom will have dominant alien genes.]]
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* MamaDidntRaiseNoCriminal: The sniper's mother refuses to believe he had anything to do with the deaths, saying he was a good student who couldn't possibly have had such accurate aim. She thinks there must have been multiple snipers, and the police are covering it up and pinning it on her son.
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* MamaDidntRaiseNoCriminal: The sniper's mother refuses to believe he had anything to do with the deaths, saying he was a good student who couldn't possibly have had such accurate aim. She thinks there must have been multiple snipers, and the police are covering it up and pinning it the murders on her son.son.
* MonochromePast: Pete interviews a man about [[spoiler:the time he found Mrs. Phillips naked on the side of the road, insisting she'd been raped by aliens]]. His flashbacks are in black and white. Later, when he interviews [[spoiler:his birth mother about the time the same thing happened to her]], her flashbacks are in sepia.
* MonochromePast: Pete interviews a man about [[spoiler:the time he found Mrs. Phillips naked on the side of the road, insisting she'd been raped by aliens]]. His flashbacks are in black and white. Later, when he interviews [[spoiler:his birth mother about the time the same thing happened to her]], her flashbacks are in sepia.
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* WeCanRuleTogether: [[spoiler:Phillips invites Pete to impregnate him so they can create a race of HalfHumanHybrids.]]
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* GeneHunt: Pete was adopted, and he goes to the orphanage where he lived as an infant to look for his mother's name.
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* GeneHunt: GeneHunting: Pete was adopted, and he goes to the orphanage where he lived as an infant to look for his mother's name.
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* BystanderSyndrome: A man walks past a door behind which a murder is being committed. He hears the victim gasp, looks over his shoulder for a moment, then continues walking.
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* DiesWideOpen: One man stares at the ceiling after being stabbed.
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* GeneHunt: Pete was adopted, and he goes to the orphanage where he lived as an infant to look for his mother's name.
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* AndStarring: "Starring," "Also Starring," and for some reason "Guest Star."
* CatapultNightmare: The morning after the first attack, Pete sits up in bed, screaming.
* CatapultNightmare: The morning after the first attack, Pete sits up in bed, screaming.
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* MamaDidntRaiseNoCriminal: The sniper's mother refuses to believe he had anything to do with the deaths, saying he was a good student who couldn't possibly have had such accurate aim. She thinks there must have been multiple snipers, and the police are covering it up and pinning it on her son.
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* PromotedToParent: Pete's father had Parkinson's, so for a while he was the sole breadwinner for his stepsiblings. He put both of his stepbrothers through college, giving up his own opportunity to go.
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* PromotedToParent: PromotionToParent: Pete's father had Parkinson's, so for a while he was the sole breadwinner for his stepsiblings. He put both of his stepbrothers through college, giving up his own opportunity to go.
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* PromotedToParent: Pete's father had Parkinson's, so for a while he was the sole breadwinner for his stepsiblings. He put both of his stepbrothers through college, giving up his own opportunity to go.
* ScreamingWarrior: [[spoiler:Mrs. Phillips]] screams constantly as she attacks Pete.
* ScreamingWarrior: [[spoiler:Mrs. Phillips]] screams constantly as she attacks Pete.
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* JackTheRipoff: A drug dealer kills a DirtyCop who didn't respect his orders, and uses the knife to write "GOD" [[CouldntFindAPen in the cop's blood]] on the wall to make it look like another random crime.
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* InMemoriam: The movie is dedicated to Music/BernardHerrmann, who was supposed to write the score, but died first.
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* DissonantSerenity: The family annihilator smiles pleasantly and politely answers the police's questions as he describes how he murdered his family, which only makes Pete angrier.
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* HorrorDoesntSettleForSimpleTuesday: One of the attacks is during a St. Patrick's Day parade.
* InMemoriam: The movie is dedicated to Music/BernardHerrmann, who was supposed to write the score, but died first.
* InMemoriam: The movie is dedicated to Music/BernardHerrmann, who was supposed to write the score, but died first.
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* {{Hermaphrodite}}: Bernard was born looking like his genitals hadn't developed yet. His mother referred to him by male pronouns, and the doctor followed suit.
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* {{Hermaphrodite}}: Bernard was born looking like his genitals hadn't developed yet. His mother referred to him by male pronouns, and the doctor followed suit. [[spoiler:He does have fully functioning alien genitals, which are on his side.]]
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* {{Hermaphrodite}}: Bernard was born looking like his genitals hadn't developed yet. His mother referred to him by male pronouns, and the doctor followed suit.
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* PaterFamilicide: One man shoots his seven-year-old son, then his wife. His young daughter locks herself in the bathroom, so he tells her the gun is a toy and the others aren't really dead, then shoots her as soon as she comes out.
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* StaircaseTumble: When [[spoiler:Mrs. Phillips]] tries to stab Pete, he grapples with her until she falls down the stairs. She's so badly injured that she can't finish choking out "God told me to" before she dies.
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* MysticalPregnancy: [[spoiler:Phillips and Pete were both born to virgin mothers.]]
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* MysticalPregnancy: [[spoiler:Phillips and Pete were both born to virgin mothers. Although we never learn how Bernard's mother feels about it, Pete's was badly traumatized by the abduction, the pregnancy, and SlutShaming from people who didn't believe her story, to the point where she considered suicide.]]
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* DoesNotLikeShoes: The first killer's mother remembers Phillips partly because he walks around New York City barefoot.
* ForgettableCharacter: Most of the people Pete interviews find Phillips strangely forgettable - they usually remember seeing him, but only vaguely.
* MistakenForPrankCall: A man calls the police station, saying there will be murders during the St. Patrick's Day parade. He is assumed to be a prank caller, and everyone except Pete is surprised when the murders happen.
* MysticalPregnancy: [[spoiler:Phillips and Pete were both born to virgin mothers.]]
* ForgettableCharacter: Most of the people Pete interviews find Phillips strangely forgettable - they usually remember seeing him, but only vaguely.
* MistakenForPrankCall: A man calls the police station, saying there will be murders during the St. Patrick's Day parade. He is assumed to be a prank caller, and everyone except Pete is surprised when the murders happen.
* MysticalPregnancy: [[spoiler:Phillips and Pete were both born to virgin mothers.]]
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''God Told Me To'' is a 1976 science fiction horror film written, directed, and produced by Creator/LarryCohen.
In a strange crime wave, a series of ordinary New Yorkers suddenly commit mass murders. All of them give the same justification: "God told me to." Detective Peter Nicholas (Tony Lo Bianco), a devout Catholic, tries to find out why. He finds that all the killers talked to a man named Bernard Phillips (Richard Lynch), and sets out to track him down.
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!!''God Told Me To'' contains examples of:
* OminousLatinChanting: Used during the opening credits and some of the murders.
* ShirtlessScene: Pete gets one while he's lying in bed with his girlfriend, Casey Forster (Deborah Raffin).
* TalkingTheMonsterToDeath: During the first murder, Pete climbs the tower the sniper is sitting on in an attempt to talk him down. It doesn't work - when Pete asks why he did it, the man gives a TitleDrop and then jumps off the tower.
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In a strange crime wave, a series of ordinary New Yorkers suddenly commit mass murders. All of them give the same justification: "God told me to." Detective Peter Nicholas (Tony Lo Bianco), a devout Catholic, tries to find out why. He finds that all the killers talked to a man named Bernard Phillips (Richard Lynch), and sets out to track him down.
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!!''God Told Me To'' contains examples of:
* OminousLatinChanting: Used during the opening credits and some of the murders.
* ShirtlessScene: Pete gets one while he's lying in bed with his girlfriend, Casey Forster (Deborah Raffin).
* TalkingTheMonsterToDeath: During the first murder, Pete climbs the tower the sniper is sitting on in an attempt to talk him down. It doesn't work - when Pete asks why he did it, the man gives a TitleDrop and then jumps off the tower.
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