History Main / MurdererPOV

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* ''Film/Mortuary1983'': Twice in the movie, we get a P.O.V. of the killer, which is accompanied by haggered breathing noises.

* ''Film/PeepingTom'' is one of the first films to employ this technique.
* In ''Film/PhantomOfTheParadise'', the scene where Winslow breaks into the Paradise, steals a costume and a mask, and then hides a bomb in a car takes place entirely from his perspective.

* ''VideoGame/DiscoElysium'' has a pretty subtle example of this. [[spoiler:It turns out that the StarScreen is the view of Revachol from the murderer's perspective from on the island he is hiding on.]]

* ''Film/PeepingTom'' is one of the first films to employ this technique.

* Used in much of the original ''Film/BlackChristmas1974''.
* Quite a few scenes in ''Film/ProfondoRosso'' and ''Film/FridayThe13th1980''.
* In ''Film/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. The victim had it even worse, as the rapist forced her to wear the viewing device during the act--so she'll feel the rape from both her own perspective and the perpetrator's, 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 ''Anime/GhostInTheShellStandAloneComplex''.
* 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.

* ''Film/TheDeadTalkBack'' (as seen on Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000) opens with a rather poorly framed Murderer P. O. V.
* ''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.
* In ''Film/PhantomOfTheParadise'', the scene where Winslow breaks into the Paradise, steals a costume and a mask, and then hides a bomb in a car takes place entirely from his perspective.
* We often see things from Cropsy's point of view in ''Film/TheBurning''; especially as he closes in on his victims.
* ''Film/TheABCsOfDeath'': The entire "U" segment is shown through the eyes of the vampire. [[spoiler:Even after decapitation.]]

* Used in the 1981 slasher movie ''Film/HappyBirthdayToMe'' to hide the identity of the killer. In his review, WebVideo/TheCinemaSnob refers to it as an "Oh, It's You!" movie.
* In ''Film/TheHoundOfTheBaskervilles1983'', the attack on Sir Charles is shown from the Hound's P.O.V., rapidly intercut with shots of the Barrymores running towards Sir Charles' screams.

Leads to a ReverseWhodunnit, unless the MurdererPOV is composed in such a way as to keep the killer's identity a secret (for example, via an OverTheShoulder shot or an actual POVCam shot).

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

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

Compare the related tropes ImpendingDoomPOV, {{Robocam}}, ShakyPOVCam.

** Part of a long ''Doctor Who'' tradition going back to [[Recap/DoctorWhoS1E1AnUnearthlyChild the very first serial]], in which a wild animal (in the the form of a 1963 BBC studio camera) attacks a caveman.

* ''Film/PeepingTom1960'' is one of the first films to employ this technique.

* ''VideoGame/DiscoElysium'' has a pretty subtle example of this. [[spoiler:It turns out that the StarScreen, is the view of Revachol from the murderer's perspective from on the island he is hiding on.]]

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