History Film / LuckyBastard

* ADateWithRosiePalms:
** Mike advises Dave to rub one out before filming starts, so he does not pop prematurely. [[spoiler:[[JizzedInMyPants It doesn't help.]]]]
** [[spoiler:Before beating him to death, Dave forces Josh to masturbate.]]

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* DeathBySex: Porn filmmakers meet psycho killer. You do the math.

* HowWeGotHere[=/=]ForegoneConclusion: The film begins with police video footage of the crime scene, then rewinds several days.

* ClusterFBomb

* {{Expy}}: In her "Ashley Saint" personna, Betsy Rue is a dead ringer for TheEighties porn queen Ginger Lynn.

A 2013 [[FoundFootageFilms found-footage horror movie]] about a [[TheInternetIsForPorn "Bang Bus"-style porn website]] called "[[TitleDrop Lucky Bastard]]", where a random subscriber gets to have on-camera sex with a porn star. A seemingly innocuous fan named "Dave" (Jay Paulson) gets the call, but at his initial meeting with the film crew, he thoroughly creeps out his reluctant co-star Ashley Saint (Betsy Rue). Mike, the producer (Don [=McManus=]), manages to smooth things over, and the cast and crew set up in a rented Van Nuys mansion loaded with security cameras to shoot Dave's big scene.

* AvoidTheDreadedGRating: The filmmakers reluctantly accepted an [=NC-17=] rating from the MPAA; they lacked the budget to shoot alternate footage - and refused to edit any of the scenes they ''did'' shoot - to qualify for an R. They also posted [[http://filmmakermagazine.com/84143-the-nc-17-rating-needs-to-be-abolished-we-should-know-we-made-an-nc-17-movie/ this article]] explaining why the [=NC-17=] rating needed to be taken down.

A 2013 [[FoundFootageFilms found-footage horror movie]] about a [[TheInternetIsForPorn "Bang Bus"-style porn website]] called "[[TitleDrop Lucky Bastard]]," where a random subscriber gets to have on-camera sex with a porn star. A seemingly innocuous fan named "Dave" (Jay Paulson) gets the call, but at his initial meeting with the film crew, he thoroughly creeps out his reluctant co-star Ashley Saint (Betsy Rue). Mike, the producer (Don [=McManus=]), manages to smooth things over, and the cast and crew set up in a rented Van Nuys mansion loaded with security cameras to shoot Dave's big scene.

** Ashley has an entire ''control panel'' of Berserk Buttons: Don't ask her out after the shoot's done. Don't address her by her real name. Don't mention her kids by ''their'' real names. And whatever you do, [[spoiler:do ''NOT'' [[OldShame bring up her past]] [[IWasYoungAndNeededTheMoney as a Las Vegas hooker]]]].

* ADateWithRosiePalms: Mike advises Dave to rub one out before filming starts, so he does not pop prematurely. [[spoiler:[[JizzedInMyPants It doesn't help.]]]]
** [[spoiler: Before beating him to death, Dave forces Josh to masturbate.]]

* {{Expy}}: In her "Ashley Saint" personna, Betsy Rue is a dead ringer for [[TheEighties 80's]] porn queen Ginger Lynn.

* TheImmodestOrgasm: The movie's about porn. What did you expect?
** Subverted when Josh is called in as Ashley's "Plan B" partner after Dave is sent packing. Ashley - already spooked by the day's events - makes no attempt to hide her [[ThousandYardStare lack of enthusiasm]] when she and Josh get to it.

* LargeHam: Mike, whenever he plays directly to the camera.

* [[SingleMomStripper Single Mom Porn Star]]: Ashley.

* StalkerWithACrush: Dave insists he's not one after triggering Ashley's multiple [[BerserkButton Berserk Buttons]]. [[spoiler:He's lying.]]

* WouldHitAGirl: [[spoiler:Dave angrily shoves Ashley to the ground after her attempts at foreplay make him [[JizzedInMyPants ejaculate too soon]]. A furious Ashley - who already has one DomesticAbuser (her ex) in her past - storms off the set, triggering Dave's murderous rampage.]]

* AvoidTheDreadedGRating: The filmmakers reluctantly accepted an [=NC-17=] rating from the MPAA; they lacked the budget to shoot alternate footage - and refused to edit any of the scenes they ''did'' shoot - to qualify for an R. They also posted [[http://filmmakermagazine.com/84143-the-nc-17-rating-needs-to-be-abolished-we-should-know-we-made-an-nc-17-movie/ this article]] explaining why the [=NC-17=] rating needed to be [[ShootTheDog taken behind the barn and put out of its misery]].

As you might guess, [[InvertedTrope Hilarity Does]] ''[[InvertedTrope NOT]]'' [[InvertedTrope Ensue]].

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Not to be confused with the LuckyBastard trope.

* AssholeVictim[=/=]{{Jerkass}}: Mike. He is sarcastic, demanding, and impatient with ''everyone'' around him. Even when Dave's behavior is setting off numerous red flags from the get-go, he does everything in his power to not cancel the shoot.

* ShowerScene: Ashley. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] InUniverse by Nico, who stages a {{Psycho}}-style prank on her - using a dildo instead of a knife. After her initial shock, Ashley grudgingly admits it was ActuallyPrettyFunny.

** "No person associated with this motion picture will be [[BillClinton running for president one day]]." It's also a CallBack to Dave's first meeting with Ashley, who tosses off the quip after seeing that he's visibly aroused.

* MaleFrontalNudity: Briefly, from Josh. (However his genitals are digitally blurred.)

** (It should be noted that the pixelation of the sex scenes does ''not'' mean the scenes were unsimulated.

A 2013 [[FoundFootageFilms found-footage horror movie]] about a [[TheInternetIsForPorn "Bang Bus"-style porn website]] called "[[TitleDrop Lucky Bastard]]," where a random subscriber gets to have on-camera sex with a porn star. A seemingly innocuous fan named "Dave" (Jay Paulson) gets the call, but at his initial meeting with the film crew, he manages to creep out his co-star Ashley Saint (Betsy Rue). Mike, the producer (Don [=McManus=]), manages to smooth things over, and the cast and crew set up in a rented Van Nuys mansion loaded with security cameras to shoot Dave's big scene.

* InstantDeathBullet: [[spoiler: Everyone who gets shot dies instantly. Except, strangely, Dave who, despite being shot multiple times ''in the head'' is visibly alive for at least a few moments afterwards.

* MaleFrontalNudity: Briefly, from Josh.

** SlutShaming: [[spoiler:Dave attempts this on Ashley, asking what her kids will think when they find out about her porn past. Ashley bravely retorts that they'll think they had a mother who loved them.]]

* TrailersAlwaysSpoil

* ShoutOut: At one point, Nico teases Dave by saying [[WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButthead "Settle down, Beavis."]]

* IDidWhatIHadToDo: Ashley's response to Dave as to why she got into porn ("I like sex, and I like money.")

* ManipulativeBastard: Mike, in spades. Justified in that he will literally do anything not to lose money on the shoot ''and'' have no usable footage, to boot.

* NoSocialSkills: Dave, in spades.

* StalkerWithACrush: Dave, oh so very much.

* AssholeVictim[=/=]{{Jerkass}}: Mike. Despite Dave's behavior setting off numerous red flags from the get-go, Mike does everything in his power to not cancel the shoot.

* DeadpanSnarker: Kris the cameraman. Notably in the scene where he's filming Mike at his desk, eating a burger.
-->'''Mike:''' ''[sullenly] I'm eating. This is disgusting.''\\
'''Kris:''' ''[into camera] Of all the things I've shot for this man, '''this''' is disgusting.''

* HollywoodHacking: Kris trys to convince Dave not to take all the hard drives containing the video footage, on account of everything they've shot has already been backed up to the office servers via Wi-Fi. An incredulous Dave doesn't buy it:
--> ''"My '''mom''' has Wi-Fi. It '''sucks!'''"''

-->'''Kris:''' ''You all right?''\\
'''Casey:''' ''Yeah. Why?''\\
'''Kris:''' ''Let's just say I've been doing this a while, and you kinda have the dead-eyed porn star look.''

* AvoidTheDreadedGRating: And how! The filmmakers reluctantly accepted an [=NC-17=] rating from the MPAA; they lacked the budget to shoot alternate footage - and refused to edit any of the scenes they ''did'' shoot - to qualify for an R. They also posted [[http://filmmakermagazine.com/84143-the-nc-17-rating-needs-to-be-abolished-we-should-know-we-made-an-nc-17-movie/ this article]] explaining why the [=NC-17=] rating needed to be [[ShootTheDog taken behind the barn and put out of its misery]].

''Title: Film/LuckyBastard''