History Main / MurdererPOV

* Used to brutal effect in the 3rd ''VideoGame/GodOfWar'' game, which basically forces you to murder [[spoiler: the entire Greek Pantheon]] in order to advance the game. They have it coming though, so it's okay.

The most common variety, mostly exclusive to murder mysteries, is when the victim casually greets their killer before realising their purpose. GenreBlind victims may even be relieved, and respond with "Oh, it's just you" or similar comments.

* The {{Pretty Little Liars}} TV series frequently ends episodes from A's point of view.

* Used at the climax of ''TheSuffering,'' in [[spoiler: the neutral and evil endings.]]

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->''Suddenly they're attacked by an underwater camera, which lunges at them in an unconvincing imitation of an offscreen threat.''

* ''Film/TheDeadTalkBack'' (as seen on MysteryScienceTheater3000) opens with a rather poorly framed MurdererPOV.

* In one episode of ''Series/StargateSG1'', Mitchell believes he's guilty of a murder with all evidence leading toward him. A mind-reading device shows the murder from his perspective to investigators, [[spoiler:needless to say, the mind-reading device is also a mind ''editing'' device which was used by the real killer to wipe his own mind of the vile deed and implant the memory into Mitchell's mind]]. This entire premise is a complete rip-off of an earlier (by 7 years no less) episode of ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'' (See below)

* Quite a few scenes in ''ProfondoRosso'' and ''Film/FridayThe13th1980''.
* In ''StrangeDays'', this trope is put to highly disturbing effect, as the killer wears a 'rig' that captures his sensory input during a murder/rape, and then sends a copy of it to the protagonist; in order to see what's on the disc, the protaganist puts it on, and experiences the killer's arousal as well.
** It's worse. While raping the victim, the rapist forces her to wear the viewing device--so she'll feel the rape from the other side, up to and including his enjoyment of her terror and pain.

** Similiar devices (dramatic and mechanical) are used in the short lived science fiction legal drama ''CenturyCity'' and a few episodes of ''GhostInTheShellStandAloneComplex''.

* The {{CSI}} episode "Killer" was mostly told from the killer's POV.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'' episode "Tears Of A Clooney", Stan finds his and Francine's apartment completely trashed and realizes that Francine knows about Stan's friendship with her enemy George Clooney and went berserk. The lights suddenly go off and a we get a "night vision" look from Francine's P.O.V. Stan backs away as she brandishes a knife toward him and apparently murders him. [[spoiler: Turns out she cut his sideburn.]]

The most common variety, mostly exlusive to murder mysteries, is when the victim casually greets their killer before realising their purpose. GenreBlind victims may even be relieved, and respond with "Oh, it's just you" or similar comments.

* The ''FamilyGuy'' episode "And Then There Were Fewer" lampshades the way this trick is used to maintain the anonymity of the one whodunit. "Why, it's you!" says the murderer's next victim to the camera. "The man or woman who's been killing everyone!"

** Also happens in "Smoke & Mirrors", an earlier episode -- we see the murderer loading the gun in slow motion, aiming at Senator Kinsey, and firing, without actually seeing the murderer's face. Monents later, Jack O'Neill ([[spoiler:actually the murderer using ImportedAlienPhlebotinum to disguise himself]]) exits the building and casually walks away. Of course, O'Neill is framed, and the rest of the episode is spent on the SGC's attempts to free him.

** Actually, this was ''inverted'', and the evidence is supposedly from the ''victim'''s perspective. And Paris is forced to relive the murder from this perspective every 20 minutes for the rest of his life as punishment (a punishment ''[[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine Deep Space Nine]]'' writers wouldn't inflict on O'Brien)...until the charade comes to light.

* A rare AntiHero example happened in the very first SinCity story where we get Marv's POV as he tortures a man for information.
* Used to great effect in TheSandman, where the Corinthian is first introduced from his POV ([[EyelessFace even though he doesn't actually have eyes!]]) and can be seen murdering and torturing people and eating their eyeballs with [[TooManyMouths the mouths he has instead of eyes]]. Used again later on, where the Kindly Ones are never actually seen as they ravage the Dreaming, and only their weapons and shadows are seen.

* ''Literature/CrimeAndPunishment'' is a famous example, being an entire novel of MurdererPOV.

* Used in Chevy Chase's death in Film/OhHeavenlyDog'', after which Chevy comes back to life in Benji's body to solve his own murder. Creator/RogerEbert rightfully tore this movie to pieces.

* In ''Film/PhantomOfTheParadise'', the scene where Winslow breaks into the Paradise and steals a costume and a mask takes place entirely from his perspective.

* ''Film/ShadowsOfOurAncestors'' opens when a poor Hustul man picks a fight with the village bigwig. From the poor man's POV, the bigwig hacks at him with his traditional ''bartok'' axe, and the screen turns red.

* Used in Chevy Chase's death in "Oh Heavenly Dog," after which Chevy comes back to life in Benji's body to solve his own murder. Creator/RogerEbert rightfully tore this movie to pieces.

* Film/TheDeadTalkBack (as seen on MysteryScienceTheater3000) opens with a rather poorly framed MurdererPOV.

-->-- '''RogerEbert'''[='s=] review of ''Film/LakePlacid''

* Used in Chevy Chase's death in "Oh Heavenly Dog," after which Chevy comes back to life in Benji's body to solve his own murder. RogerEbert rightfully tore this movie to pieces.

* Many, ''many'' of the intros to the cases of the ''AceAttorney'' games.
** Just as frequently subverted by presenting the case intro in the exact same manner... but from the point of view of a bystander, or even the eventual victim.

* The first scene of JohnCarpenter's ''Film/{{Halloween 1978}}'' and frequently used throughout the remainder of the series.

* A calling card of ''Series/{{Monk}}''.

See also JawsFirstPersonPerspective.

* [[spoiler:Kaji]]'s death in ''NeonGenesisEvangelion''.