Heart of Stone (1985) from Tuna |
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SPOILERS: Heart of Stone (2001) is a serial killer/thriller film. There is a ritualistic murder of a co-ed during the opening credits, then we see Angie Everhart preparing a birthday party for her daughter, who is about to start college. After the party, Everhart tries to seduce her own husband, who is frequently away on business. At this point in the film, about 5 minutes in, based on the man's character and the way they introduced him, I figured he must be the killer. |
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From there, they do their level best to convince the audience that someone else is guilty. A younger man seduces Everhart, then tricks her into lying to give him an alibi for the time of a second ritual killing. He stalks her, we learn that he is a former mental patient, and eventually see him kill several people. Nearing the last five minutes of the film, Everhart's daughter has killed the young man, and I was still convinced that the husband was the serial killer. Sure enough, I was right. |
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“Are you going to sit on that thing all evening?” she asked on day three.
But after dessert, when Laura went to the kitchen to make coffee, she heard it.
She didn’t say anything else. She just walked over to the monkey rocker, stood behind it, and pushed. husband on monkey rocker
The words hung in the air, sharp and glittering. Frank looked exhausted. Laura looked at him—really looked. His hair was thinning. His shoulders were slumped. And on his face was the expression of a man who had spent thirty years doing everything right, only to realize that “right” felt exactly like drowning.
Laura knew for a fact that Frank had never once complained about his discs. “Are you going to sit on that thing all evening
Laura leaned against the kitchen doorway, arms crossed. “I wasn’t planning to.”
Frank started to rock faster. Not because he wanted to, but because she was pushing. The springs shrieked. The monkey’s glass eyes rattled. Frank gripped the wooden handles, his knuckles white, a flicker of fear—or was it joy?—in his eyes. She just walked over to the monkey rocker,
Eeeee-aaaaah. Eeeee-aaaaah.
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