The Killer Inside Me (2010 film)
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| Directed by | Michael Winterbottom |
| Produced by | Bradford L. Schlei |
| Screenplay by | John Curran |
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The Killer Inside Me by Jim Thompson |
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| Music by | Melissa Parmenter and Joel Cadbury |
| Cinematography | Marcel Zyskind |
| Edited by | Mags Arnold |
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Icon Entertainment International (Australia) (United Kingdom) IFC Films (United States) |
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109 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $13 million |
| Box office | $3,977,192 |
The Killer Inside Me is a crime drama film adaptation of the 1952 novel of the same name by Jim Thompson. The film is directed by Michael Winterbottom and stars Casey Affleck, Jessica Alba, and Kate Hudson. It is the second film adaptation of Thompson's novel, the first being in 1976, directed by Burt Kennedy.
At its release, the 2010 version was criticised for its graphic depiction of violence directed toward women.
In 1952, Deputy Sheriff Lou Ford (Casey Affleck) is a pillar of the community in his small west Texas town — patient, dependable, and well-liked. However, he is a sociopath with violent sexual tastes. As a teenager, Lou was caught raping a five-year-old girl by his adopted brother Mike, who pleaded guilty to the crime and served prison time to protect Lou. After being released, Mike was hired by the construction firm of Chester Conway (Ned Beatty). Mike died on the job after slipping and falling off a beam. Lou believes that Conway planned the accident.
At the request of Sheriff Bob Maples (Tom Bower), Lou visits Joyce Lakeland (Jessica Alba), a prostitute who is having an affair with Conway's son, Elmer (Jay R. Ferguson). When Joyce objects to Lou's treatment of her, he violently beats her until her buttocks are bruised. Joyce enjoys pain, and she and Lou begin a passionate love affair. Joyce suggests that Lou would never leave town with her, but they devise a plot to extort $10,000 from the Conways. Sheriff Maples and Chester Conway ask Lou to oversee the pay-off. Lou has another plan: he brutally beats Joyce until he thinks that she is dead (she is not), and when Elmer arrives, Lou shoots and kills him. He then plants the gun on Joyce, hoping to make the scene look like the two have killed each other. Joyce survives the ordeal. Then Conway announces his intention to see her executed for killing Elmer.
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