– Jack's cruelty peaks as he psychologically torments his girlfriend, whom he nicknames "Simple." He eventually mutilates her and uses her body parts to create a horrific display.
Jack eventually builds his "house" using the frozen corpses of his victims. Inside the structure, he meets , who leads him into a tunnel that opens into the underworld.
– Jack takes a woman and her two young sons on a "hunting trip." He forces the mother to have a picnic among their corpses before killing her, treating the event like a macabre art installation.
– Jack attempts to kill a group of men with a single "full metal jacket" bullet. While preparing the scene, he realizes he lacks the space to build the "house" he has always dreamed of—an architectural project he has failed at repeatedly with traditional materials. The Ending: The House of Bodies
The film , directed by Lars von Trier, follows Jack, a highly intelligent serial killer, over the course of 12 years in Washington state during the 1970s and 80s. Jack views his gruesome murders as works of art and describes five specific "incidents" to a mysterious figure named Virgil (Verge) as they descend through the circles of Hell. The Five Incidents
They journey through landscapes reminiscent of Dante’s Inferno . They eventually reach a broken bridge over a fiery abyss (the center of Hell). Verge informs Jack that there is a path to Heaven across the pit, but it is nearly impossible to traverse. Jack, fueled by his hubris and belief in his own greatness, attempts to climb the rock face to reach the other side. He loses his grip and falls into the depths of the inferno as the screen turns blood-red.
– Jack encounters a woman with a broken jack. After her constant badgering and insults, he bludgeons her with the tool. This first kill awakens his psychopathic tendencies.
– Jack poses as a policeman to enter a widow's home and strangles her. He obsessively returns to the scene multiple times to clean, nearly getting caught due to his then-undiagnosed OCD.