Horror Movie Month - The Killer Inside Me

The Killer Inside Me (2010)
The Stars - Casey Affleck, Kate Hudson, Jessica Alba, Elias Koteas, Simon Baker, Bill Pullman
The Gist - First off, this isn't a horror movie, per se, but there is tons of violence and a pretty big body count, and it is a HORRIBLE movie, so it counts. Affleck plays Lou Ford, a polite, mild-mannered deputy sherrif in a small Texas town. He has a steady girlfriend (Hudson) and is liked by everyone. Soon, however, he becomes involved in a sadomasichistic relationship with a prostitute (Alba) which sparks some sort of inner sickness. The two of them plot to blackmail a local tycoon but things backfire and Ford ends up murdering Joyce and the tycoons dumb son Elmer (I get why he murdered Elmer but I still really don't know why he murders Joyce... it just seems all kinds of stupid). Anyway, he thinks he's getting away with murder but, really, he's insane so people begin to suspect him and then he starts killing more and more people while slowly going more and more insane. Listen, this movie is completely unnecessary and I'm not just saying that because it's insanely violent. It's just an exercise in disappointment. Everyone is saying the book on which its based is a classic and I have no doubt that's true but this movie is, I guess, not adapted well at all. Alba and Hudson (two actresses who I don't normally care for) are both rather impressive. Affleck's performance is extraordinary and I can't say a bad thing about that but the movie just did nothing for me at all. It's messy and incoherent and just plain bad.
The Scares - None.
THe Body Count - Six, maybe seven. Still not sure if the ending was real or all in his head (leaning towards the latter).
The Grade - D+ (and it's only getting that high because, like I said, Affleck is excellent).