The Mutilation Man (2011)

Plotzle Horror · Puzzle #13 · May 5, 2026 · Thriller / Horror

Six plot descriptions for The Mutilation Man (2011). One is the real plot. Five are convincing fakes. Read them and guess which is real.

1. A grief counselor in rural Vermont begins physically harming himself after each session with clients and his wife finds the wounds but he cannot explain their origin or meaning.
2. A mysterious intruder terrorizes a quiet neighborhood with brutal violence while police search for him, and when he invades a couple's home, his attacks reveal a hidden motive connected to their past.
3. A documentary filmmaker records interviews with asylum patients but the footage reveals something following him home and his editing assistant notices the changes in his behavior and appearance.
4. Two estranged brothers inherit their father's taxidermy shop in Oregon and discover his private collection includes human specimens that match descriptions from unsolved missing persons cases in the area.
5. A plastic surgeon in Minneapolis develops an addiction to disfiguring his patients during procedures and a medical investigator discovers the pattern when her own sister becomes his victim.
6. A retirement home nurse notices residents losing fingers and toes overnight but the wounds are self-inflicted and security footage shows them sleepwalking to the basement where something waits for them.