History Film / TheVoices

* ActingForTwo: Ryan Reynolds performs as Jerry, but also provides voices for his dog, cat (in a Scottish accent!), and a wounded deer.

** [[spoiler: While driving Fiona back home, Jerry's car collides with a deer. Jerry hallucinates the deer requesting a mercy kill and slits the deer's throat with a knife. Fiona is totally shocked and flees. Jerry tries to get her back and run after her, still holding the knife. He eventually accidentally stabs her in the belly, then kills her to end her suffering.]]

* AllLoveIsUnrequited: Fiona reactions to Jerry's attempts to seduce her show clearly that she isn't attracted, and feels annoyed by him. [[spoiler: Just as she starts to warm up to him, he crashes into the deer then murders her.]]

* {{Bad People Abuse Animals}}: Downplayed; Jerry feeds and loves his pets in his hallucinations but thier living condition's disgraceful. When seen through sane eyes, the animals don't seem happy.

* CatsAreMean: Mr. Whiskers constantly belittles Jerry and isn't nice either with Bosco. [[spoiler: After Fiona's murder, he advises Jerry to dispose of the body, and brags that killing is the thing he likes the most.]]

** Bosco is nice and has reasonable advices to Jerry. [[spoiler: He tries to convince him to go to the police after Fiona's murder. He understood that it was an argument, but the following murders really disappointed him.]]
** Dr. Warren tries to be this for Jerry, but unfortunately he lies about taking his pills due to being unable to face up to being alone (without his talking pets) or to ignore his horrible surroundings.

* CreepySouvenir: In the course of the story, Jerry gets [[spoiler: the severed heads of three of the firm's accountants]] stuffed in his fridge: [[spoiler: Fiona, then his lover Lisa, and eventually Alison, another of their colleagues]]. Oh, and he speaks with them, too.
* DancePartyEnding: [[spoiler:Under the credits, everyone who died in the film join Jesus for a colorful dance number in order to let Jerry into the afterlife]].

%%* DeathEqualsRedemption: Discussed.

* DrivenToSuicide: Jerry's mother tried to kill herself in the past rather than be put in a mental institution (Jerry then finished her off at her request). Near the end, [[spoiler:a distraught Jerry gives up and lets himself die in a fire rather than harm anyone else]].

* ExcrementStatement: At a point after [[spoiler: killing Fiona]], Jerry becomes [[spoiler: Lisa's lover, instead of killing her (to bring Fiona's head a friend in the fridge)]], and then spends a whole night without getting back home. Quite angry at his absence, Mr Whiskers casually mentions that he pooped on the sofa.

* GoodAngelBadAngel : Bosco and Mr. Whiskers have this relationship with Jerry. Bosco is the good angel and Mr. Whiskers is the bad. In the end, [[spoiler:after Jerry has committed suicide, they comment on Jerry's life in a featureless white plane, suggesting that they're angels]].

* HearingVoices: The basic premise of the film. Jerry is a crazy guy who thinks he hears voices from a variety of sources, mostly from his pets, but also from [[spoiler:a roadkill deer and the severed heads of his victims. It's not clear whether he actually thinks a goldfish is talking to him or if he's just playing around]].
* HopeSpot: After [[spoiler: Fiona's murder]], Jerry's [[spoiler: happy relationship with Lisa could have changed his life]]. Until she enters in his home without his consent and sees [[spoiler: Fiona's severed head, causing her demise]]. Then, the plot really goes downhill.

* KilledOffScreen: [[spoiler: Alison is the third accountant to die. The last scene she's seen alive, Jerry opens his door after she knocked it. The immediate following scene is Jerry visiting his fridge, in which Alison's head joined Fiona and Lisa.]]
* MercyKill: [[spoiler:After mortally injuring a deer, Fiona and Lisa, Jerry kills them all out of mercy. He also did this to his mother in the past, at her request]].

* TheShrink: Dr Warren, Jerry's therapist, is friendly and tries to be helpful. Unfortunately, her help is very limited, since Jerry didn't take his pills very long. To her credit, she chastises him when he finally confesses he's off his meds. [[spoiler: Near the end, he takes her hostage to force her to cure him through an express therapy.]]

* TooDumbToLive: Allison. After [[spoiler: Lisa]] doesn't show up to work and reading an article on about Jerry being institutionalized [[spoiler: after helping his mother kill herself]], she decides to go visit him alone. [[spoiler: Her head ends up in the fridge with Fiona and Lisa as his last victim.]]

* UncleanlinessIsNextToUngodliness: [[spoiler: When he eventually took his pills, then when seen through the eyes of another character, Jerry's home appears to actually be incredibly filthy, littered with trash bags, some animal feces, then blood splats from his butchering activities. All this showing how the protagonist is mentally unstable.]]

* ViolentGlaswegian: Mr. Whiskers' lines are pronounced with a Scottish accent, and he's a self-processed killer.

* Off with His Head!: Jerry accidentally killed Alex this way and later did the same to his three female coworkers, he hallucinates their severed heads talking to him.

The film centers on Jerry, a cheerful man with a new job in a bathtub factory. He's also insane. Every night at home, he thinks that his dog Bosco and cat Mr. Whiskers as well as the severed head of his late son, Alex are talking to him. When he asks out the company's pretty accountant, Fiona, things take a turn for the darkly humorous. Will Jerry listen to Bosco and take the moral path, or will he listen to Mr Whiskers and succumb to his insanity?

''The Voices'' is a 2014 American-German DirectToVideo Horror BlackComedy movie directed by Creator/MarjaneSatrapi, and starring Creator/RyanReynolds, Creator/GemmaArterton, Creator/AnnaKendrick, Creator/JackiWeaver and Creator/Gabriel Bateman.

''The Voices'' is a 2014 American-German DirectToVideo Horror BlackComedy movie directed by Creator/MarjaneSatrapi, and starring Creator/RyanReynolds, Creator/GemmaArterton, Creator/AnnaKendrick, and Creator/JackiWeaver.

The film centers on Jerry, a cheerful man with a new job in a bathtub factory. He's also insane. Every night at home, he thinks that his dog Bosco and cat Mr. Whiskers are talking to him. When he asks out the company's pretty accountant, Fiona, things take a turn for the darkly humorous. Will Jerry listen to Bosco and take the moral path, or will he listen to Mr Whiskers and succumb to his insanity?

* MindScrew: In case you couldn't tell, it's a film about a bathtub factory worker who suffers from a mental illness, talks to his pets, [[spoiler: and is eventually driven to murder, complete with a talking severed head.]]

* TrailersAlwaysSpoil: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IaPaB4Pzqk This trailer]] shows [[spoiler: Jerry stabbing Fiona, severed heads kept in the fridge, Fiona's severed head talking, Dr Warren being kidnapped, and the SWAT raiding Jerry's home.]]

%%* DeathEqualsRedemption: Discussed

* FormallyNamedPet: Mr Whiskers, Jerry's cat.

* MercyKill: [[spoiler:After mortally injuring a deer, Fiona and Lisa, he kills them all out of mercy. He also did this to his mother in the past, at her request]].

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Jerry genuinely regrets [[spoiler: having killed Fiona.]]

* TheShrink: Dr Warren, Jerry's therapist, is friendly and tries to be helpful. Unfortunately, her help is very limited, since Jerry didn't take his pills since very long. To her credit, she chastitizes him when he finally confesses he's off his meds. [[spoiler: Near the end, he takes her hostage to force her to cure him through an express therapy.]]

* VillainProtagonist : Sort of. Jerry hasn't malicious intents, but he is obviously insane and eventually [[spoiler: commits three murders and one kidnapping.]]
* ViolentGlaswegian: Mr Whiskers' lines are pronounced with a Scottish accent, and he's a self-processed killer.
* WhiteVoidRoom: The ending

* CarpetRolledCorpse: [[spoiler:Jerry rolls Fiona's body into a carpet to transport back to his home]]

* CloudcuckoolandersMinder: ** Bosco is nice and has reasonable advices to Jerry. [[spoiler: He tries to convince him to go to the police after Fiona's murder. He understood that it was an argument, but the following murders really disappointed him.]]

* DeconstructiveParody: Arguably to the comedy subgenre "guy talks with his pets". Jerry is obviously insane, his talks with his pets seem to be hallucinated [[spoiler: though the weird ending could mean otherwise]], his cat is a sociopath, [[spoiler: his home is actually a horrible, filthy den that he usually sees beautiful and clean thanks to his hallucinations]], one of his hallucinations starts a succession of disasters, and [[spoiler: he eventually becomes a serial killer]]. The movie is also very funny, thanks to the dialogs with the pets.

* ExcrementStatement: At a point after [[spoiler: killing Fiona]], Jerry becomes [[spoiler: Lisa's lover, instead of killing her (to bring Fiona's head a friend in the fridge)]], and then spends a whole night without getting back home. Quite angry of his absence, Mr Whiskers casually mentions that he pooped on the sofa.

* GainaxEnding: [[spoiler: After Jerry dies, Bosco and Mr Whiskers have a short discussion in a featureless white void about their influence over Jerry's actions. The film ends with Jerry, his parents, the three accountants he murdered, and Jesus performing a song and dance number]].
* GoodAngelBadAngel : Bosco and Mr Whiskers have this relationship with Jerry. Bosco is the good angel and Mr Whiskers is the bad. In the end, [[spoiler:after Jerry has committed suicide, they comment on Jerry's life in a featureless white plane, suggesting that they're angels]].

* HearingVoices: The basic premise of the film. Jerry is a crazy guy who thinks hears voices from a variety of sources, mostly from his pets, but also from [[spoiler:a roadkill deer and the severed head of his victims. It's not clear whether he actually thinks a goldfish is talking to him or if he's just playing around]].

* MercyKill: [[spoiler:After mortally injuring a deer, Fiona and Lisa, he kills them all out of mercy]].

* CatsAreMean: Mr Whiskers constantly belittles Jerry and isn't nice either with Bosco. [[spoiler: After Fiona's murder, he advises Jerry to dispose of the body, and brags that killing is the thing he likes the most.]]
* CloudcuckoolandersMinder: Bosco is nice and has reasonable advices to Jerry. [[spoiler: He tries to convince him to go to the police after Fiona's murder. He understood that it was an argument, but the following murders really disappointed him.]]
** Dr. Warren tries to be this for Jerry, but unfortunately he lies about taking his pills due to being unable to face up to being alone (without his talking pets) or to ignore his horrible surroundings

* DeathEqualsRedemption: Discussed

* {{Bad People Abuse Animals}}
** Downplayed; Jerry feeds and loves his pets in his hallucinations but thier living condition's disgraceful. When seen through sane eyes, the animals don't seem happy.

''The Voices'' is a 2014 American-German DirectToVideo Horror BlackComedy movie directed by Marjane Satrapi, and starring Creator/RyanReynolds, Creator/GemmaArterton, Creator/AnnaKendrick, and Jacki Weaver.

* PissTakeRap: There's a montage where Fiona, Lisa, and Alison go out for a night of karaoke - Alison is briefly seen performing [[Music/WuTangClan Ol' Dirty Bastard's]] "Shimmy Shimmy Ya".