History Recap / MastersOfHorrorS1E7DeerWoman

* LockedRoomMystery: What draws Faraday's attention to the trucker's death beyond the strange hoof prints on the victim's body is that the door to his truck was kicked out from the inside. While it's conceivable that the trucker could have been trampled to death by an aggressive buck, an animal of that size would not have been capable of the latter feat of SuperStrength, nor would a sufficiently large animal (like an Alaskan moose) been able to fit inside the truck to begin with.

* ARareSentence: Faraday discusses the first Deer Woman murder with Dana, the medical examiner. He pauses for a moment when she proposes that the victim was beaten to death with a deer leg, because murder by taxidermy isn't something you hear very often.

* FurryReminder: While the Deer Woman is smart enough to blend in amongst humans by hiding its legs, at the end of the day it's still a HalfHumanHybrid. When Faraday catches it trying to cross the road, the Deer Woman has a literal "Deer in the Headlights" moment and freezes.

* ImagineSpot: In a particularly funny bit Faraday muses about the possible scenarios that could have resulted in the crime scene where the trucker got stomped into a bloody pile with hoof prints all over it. The first involves a skimpy girl beating the inexplicably helpless trucker to death with a fake deer leg ("[[ReactionShot ...Stupid]]"), another the girl and the trucker being attacked by a [[{{Bambification}} Bambified]] deer ("...Retarded"), and the third the trucker being killed and the girl abducted by a humongous Deer Man ([[PrecisionFStrike "...Fuck"]]).

* CuteMute: The Deer Woman (before she reveals her intentions).

* MagicalNativeAmerican: SubvertedTrope. While the person that provides the clue to solving the mystery is a Native American, he's just a casino owner who thinks that the legend is stupid.

* ImagineSpot: In a particularly funny bit Faraday muses about the possible scenarios that could have resulted in the crime scene where the trucker got stomped into a bloody pile with hoof prints all over it. The first involves a skimpy girl beating the inexplicably helpless trucker to death with a fake deer leg ("[[ReactionShot ...Stupid]]"), another the girl and the trucker being attacked by a [[{{Bambification}} Bambified]] deer ("...Retarded"), and the third the trucker being killed and the girl abducted by a humongous deerman ([[PrecisionFStrike "...Fuck"]]).

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Reed]] has been killed, the Deer Woman has claimed her victims, and vanishes when Faraday tracks her down. There's no indication that she won't come back, but at least won't kill any more people for the time being.

* OhCrap: Having picked up a date, [[spoiler:Reed]] freezes in horror when Faraday asks him [[WhamLine "Have you seen her feet?"]], as the Deer Woman can be recognized by her hooves.

* TooDumbToLive: [[spoiler:Reed]], knowing full well that there might be a mythological monster woman running around killing hapless men, doesn't bat an eye when a gorgeous, mute, girl whose feet he hasn't seen swoons over him, and wants to come back to his place with him. When Faraday calls him up and points this out [[OhCrap he finally realizes]], but it's already too late.

* DeathBySex: The Deer Woman's MO is to lure men with the promise of carnal relations, then stomping them to death before it gets to that point.

* HalfHumanHybrid: The Deer Woman has the upper body of an attractive woman, and the lower body of a deer.

Directed by Creator/JohnLandis. In a small town, disgraced detective Dwight Faraday (Creator/BrianBenben) and his friend Officer Jacob Reed (Anthony Griffith) are given the opportunity to investigate a series of mysterious deaths where the victim was apparently trampled by an unknown animal. All the victims were male and were last seen while in company of a mysterious, beautiful, Native American woman (Cinthya Moura).

* AllMenArePerverts: Almost to the point of [[ExaggeratedTrope exaggeration]].
%%* {{Bambification}}: Averted.
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:It's unclear whether it's either this or DownerEnding. Reed has been killed, the Deer Woman has claimed her victims, and vanishes when Faraday tracks her down. There's no indication that she won't come back in a few years, but at least won't kill any more people for the time being.]]
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Faraday seems like a well-adjusted guy for most of the episode, but when a guy on the street tries to rob him, [[CowboyCop he plants the guy's own knife in his shoulder after overpowering him]], even forbidding him to take it out instead letting the doctors do it. Makes for a great BrickJoke later on.
** Forbidding him to take the knife out is actually the nice coming back out - the robber could cause himself further injury by taking the knife out himself.
* BlackWidow: One of the quickest examples with the Deer Woman.

* DeathBySex: The Deer Woman's MO is to lure out men with the promise of carnal relations, but stomps them to death before it can get to that point.

* ForTheEvulz: Just like in the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deer_Woman original legend]], the Deer Woman kills horny men for absolutely no reason. This is lampshaded by Faraday when he is first introduced to the legend.
* {{Gorn}}: The Deer Woman's victims, most notably when Faraday picks up what's left of the trucker's lower jaw at the beginning.
* HalfHumanHybrid: The Deer Woman has the upper body of an attractive Native American woman, and the lower body of a deer.
* ImagineSpot: In a particularly funny bit Faraday muses about the possible scenarios that could have resulted in the crime scene where the trucker got stomped into a bloody pile with hoof prints all over it. The first involves a skimpy girl beating the inexplicably helpless trucker to death with a fake deer leg ("[[ReactionShot ...Stupid]]"), another the girl and the trucker being attacked by a [[{{Bambification}} Bambified]] deer ("...Retarded"), and the third the trucker being killed and the girl abducted by a humongous deer man ([[PrecisionFStrike "...Fuck"]]).
* MagicalNativeAmerican: Subverted. While the person that provides the clue to solving the mystery is a Native American, he's just a casino owner who thinks that the legend is stupid.
* MuggingTheMonster: The street robber who tries to hold up Faraday.
* NativeAmericanCasino: Faraday and Reed go there on their off time, but actually manage to solve the mystery because one of the staff knows about the old legend.

* OhCrap: [[WhamLine "Have you seen her feet?"]]

* TooDumbToLive: [[spoiler:Reed, knowing full well that there might be a mythological monster woman running around killing hapless men, doesn't bat an eye when a gorgeous, mute, girl whose feet he hasn't seen swoons over him, and wants to come back to his place with him. When Faraday calls him up and points this out [[OhCrap he finally realizes]], but it's already too late.]]

* ImagineSpot: In a particularly funny bit Faraday muses about the possible scenarios that could have resulted in the crime scene where the trucker got stomped into a bloody pile with hoof prints. The first involves a skimpy girl beating the inexplicably helpless trucker to death with a fake deer leg ("[[ReactionShot ...Stupid]]"), another the girl and the trucker being attacked by a [[{{Bambification}} Bambified]] deer ("...Retarded"), and the third the trucker being killed and the girl abducted by a humongous deer man ([[PrecisionFStrike "...Fuck"]]).

* ImagineSpot: In a particularly funny bit Faraday muses about the possible scenarios that could have resulted in the crime scene where the trucker got stamped into a bloody pile. The first involves a skimpy girl beating the inexplicably helpless trucker to death with a fake deer leg ("[[ReactionShot ...Stupid]]"), another the girl and the trucker being attacked by a [[{{Bambification}} Bambified]] deer ("...Retarded"), and the third the trucker being killed and the girl abducted by a humongous deer man ([[PrecisionFStrike "...Fuck"]]).

Directed by Creator/JohnLandis. In a small town, disgraced detective Dwight Faraday (Brian Benben) and his friend Officer Jacob Reed (Anthony Griffith) are given the opportunity to investigate a series of mysterious deaths where the victim was apparently trampled by an unknown animal. All the victims were male and were last seen while in company of a mysterious, beautiful, Native American woman (Cinthya Moura).