The Deaths of Ian Stone

Ian Stone's To Do List:


The Deaths of Ian Stone is a 2007 film released as part of the After Dark Horrorfest of that year. It follows Ian Stone, an American living in England, who dies each day... Let me rephrase that. Ian is killed each day in an ever more gruesome fashion and is reborn into a new life. As time goes on he begins to remember his past lives, but this is usually the prelude to his being killed again. In each life, there are familiar faces, few of them friendly except for two girls who seem to like him and a mysterious stranger who gives him warnings. Each time the clocks stop, the Harvesters come and bring death with them.

Stan Winston was a producer and his studio also did design work for the film.

This film features examples of:

 * Ascended Demon - Gray
 * Betty and Veronica - Jenny's the Betty, Medea's the Veronica.
 * Black Eyes of Evil - The Harvesters.
 * Black Sheep - Gray  might be more of a case of My Species Doth Protest Too Much. Either way, it was   that caused it.
 * Dream Within a Dream - Every single day.
 * Emotion Eater - The Harvesters feed on fear and pain.
 * Hell-Bent for Leather -, late in the movie.
 * Heroic Sacrifice -
 * Horror Hunger - Harvester's don't have to kill their victims--Gray gains his nourishment as a Peek a Bogey Man. However, the fear of the dying is powerfully addictive.
 * Humanoid Abomination - Their nature may be incomprehensible, but the Harvesters look basically human, and to a certain extent they think like humans do.
 * Hunter of His Own Kind -
 * Ironic Nursery Rhyme - "Cross my heart and hope to die" turns out to be relevant to the plot.
 * It Got Worse - Every day Ian descends a little lower in status and lifestyle.
 * Reality Warper - The Harvesters possess this power. Some of Gray's lines indicate they created The Multiverse to farm humanity.
 * Shapeshifter Weapon - The Harvesters create blades of varying lengths on the ends of their arms. Dual-Wielding optional.
 * Shoot the Hostage:
 * The Power of Love - It changes the nature of Harvesters, granting them the power to kill their own kind
 * Torture Technician -
 * Voluntary Shapeshifting - The Harvesters can shift from human to monster or merely transform their body parts (typically for purposes of slicing and dicing.)
 * Woman Scorned -
 * You Have No Idea Who You're Dealing With: Well, technically, Gray says "what" rather than "who," but the principle is the same.
 * Woman Scorned -
 * You Have No Idea Who You're Dealing With: Well, technically, Gray says "what" rather than "who," but the principle is the same.