Luke Ford's obsession with the movie branded 'the most sexist, violently misogynistic film ever' led him to abuse nine women. His victims reveal their horrifying ordeal at the hands of..
.the real-life America Psycho By Annie Brown For The Scottish Daily Mail Published: 20:34 BST, 9 August 2024 | Updated: 20:34 BST, 9 August 2024 e-mail View comments Aspiring actor Luke Ford’s infatuation with the movie America Psycho was fanatical. He had watched the film hundreds of times and could quote, verbatim, chilling dialogue from the titular character Patrick Bateman.
Even on his social media profile picture, Ford replicated the movie poster – his head thrown back in the same demonic scream as in the promotional image of Bateman, played by Christian Bale. This obsession with the horror movie dubbed ‘the most sexist, violently misogynistic film of all time’, reflected Ford’s own pathological hatred of women. Today, Ford, 34, is in a cell in HMP Barlinnie in Glasgow , awaiting sentence on 18 charges of abusing nine female partners, including raping five of them and the attempted rape of another.
Luke Ford was obsessed with Patrick Bateman’s character in American Psycho and even mimicked him in his social media picture Charges were dropped in relation to the abuse of two more women. Ford used dating apps as a hunting ground to target professional women he could exploit sexually and financially. The women he persecuted included a scientist, a doctor, a brand executive and a P.