Brightburn (2019) KILL COUNT

Brightburn (2019) KILL COUNT is the one hundred and nintieth video of James A. Janisse's series, The Kill Count

## Overview

In 2006, a spaceship crashes in Brightburn, Kansas. Tori and Kyle Breyer, who are unable to conceive a child, look inside to find an infant. The couple adopts and names him Brandon. They hide the spaceship in their barn to hide the truth from him.

In 2018, the ship begins transmitting an alien message, drawing Brandon to the barn. He tries to open the cellar, but Tori intervenes. Brandon begins to exhibit superhuman powers.

One day during a trust exercise in PE, Brandon falls toward a girl in his class named Caitlyn; she lets him fall and accuses him of being a pervert, having previously seen him in her room at night. Caitlyn is forced to help Brandon up, and Brandon, frustrated by her actions, crushes her hand. That night, Brandon is once again drawn to the ship and breaks into the barn where it is hidden. Tori follows and sees him levitating, chanting the ship's message: "Take the world." Tori reveals the truth of his origin, and Brandon goes on a rampage. He develops heat vision, which he uses to slowly murder Caitlyn's mother, Erica, at the diner where she works. Police find a series of runic Bs drawn on a window while investigating Erica's disappearance.

The next day, Brandon kills his uncle Noah by lifting and crashing his vehicle. The following morning, Tori and Kyle inform Brandon of Noah's death, but Brandon has no reaction, angering them both. Kyle accuses Brandon of murder and grabs him, and Brandon retaliates by violently shoving him. Kyle finds Brandon's blood-stained shirt and shows it to Tori, but she refuses to believe it.

Kyle takes Brandon on a father-son hunting trip in the woods. Kyle attempts to shoot and kill Brandon with his hunting rifle, but the execution fails when the bullet bounces off the back of Brandon's head. Realizing what Kyle has just tried to do, Brandon chases him and kills him with heat vision. A sheriff arrives at the Breyers' and ask to see Brandon. Tori tells the sheriff that Kyle and Brandon aren't home, so he shows Tori the symbol found at the scenes of Erica's and Noah's deaths. Tori finds Brandon's notebook with drawings of his murders and his message to "take the world" and begins to believe Kyle. She tries calling Kyle, but Brandon answers and implies he is now coming for Tori.

Brandon returns and begins destroying the house, easily killing all cops who come to the rescue. Remembering that the ship can injure Brandon, Tori runs to the barn and discovers Erica's mutilated body. As Brandon pursues her, Tori tries to talk down-to-earth to him about how much she loves him, appearing to share a genuine moment of compassion for each other. However, Tori then tries to stab him with a piece of the ship, which Brandon sees coming. Angered and heartbroken, Brandon flies Tori miles into the sky above the clouds and drops her to her death, just as an airplane approaches. The next day, we learn the airplane has mysteriously crashed into the farmhouse, with the news reporting that everyone on board was killed and that Brandon was the only survivor.

During the credits, Brandon begins his worldwide attacks, which news reports cover. Brandon is also dubbed "Brightburn" by the media. A conspiracy theorist named Big T discusses the Brightburn incident and the existence of other super-beings, pleading with humanity to take action.

## Deaths

### Counted Deaths

* Erica Connor - Super jump scared to death - 41 mins in
* Noah McNichol - Super car crash into the ground - 55 mins in
* Kyle Breyer - Super laser beamed in the faaaaace - 1 hr 12 mins in
* Sheriff Deever - Super air tackled into nothingness - 1 hr 15 mins in
* Deputy Ayres - Super beaten to death - 1 hr 17 mins in
* Tori Breyer - Super dropped from fucked hard to death - 1 hr 23 mins in
* 268 Plane Passengers - Super exploded midair - 1 hr 24 mins in

### Non-Counted Deaths

* People from the building - Presumably died when the building collapsed

## Trivia

* This is the first superhero horror movie to be covered on the Kill Count.