History Film / Pieces

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* DaylightHorror: It starts off with a flashback of the killer chopping his mother up with an axe. The movie skips ahead forty years later and the first kill is a college student getting [[OffWithHisHead her head chopped off]] by a chainsaw in the middle of the quad on a day that's so sunny, the glare from the sun hides the killer's face. It's a very effective use of this trope.

The film opens up at a house in UsefulNotes/{{Boston}} in 1942, where a little boy is shown completing his favourite jigsaw puzzle, which depicts a nude woman. His mother freaks out upon finding the thing, and her son proceeds to answer her reaction by hacking her up [[AnAxeToGrind with an axe]], and cuts the body to pieces. Feigning innocence, the boy manages to trick the police who barge in on the scene.

* BigWordShout: After finding Suzy's corpse, horrified Mary goes outside, and after exchanging few words with equally horrified Kendall, starts screaming "BASTAAARD! BASTAAARD! ''BASTAAARD!!!"'' in frustration. It simply must be seen to be believed.

* ChainsawGood: The killer's WeaponOfChoice, which he uses to cut off the parts that he wants for his puzzle.

* {{Corpsing}}: Ian Sera was clearly cracking up during up during Linda Day George's "Bastard!" scream.

* KnifeNut: When he isn't using the chainsaw, the killer resorts to a knife for less noisy kills.

* ThrowItIn: The scene of the tennis player victim wetting herself had the actress actually wet herself due to the chainsaw being too close to her and the director decided to keep it.

* AcCENTUponTheWrongSylLABle: The groundskeeper and initial prime suspect Willard is always called Will-Ard.

* BigWordShout: After finding Suzy's corpse, horrified Mary goes outside, and after exchanging few words with equally horrified Kendall, starts screaming "BASTAAARD! BASTAAARD! ''BASTAAARD!!!"'' in frustration. It simply must [[{{Narm}} be seen to be believed.]]