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Panic erupts. Serge, seeing an opportunity for publicity, decides to milk the event. Meanwhile, a real, incompetent, and utterly ridiculous police detective named (Dominique Farrugia) is assigned to the case. Simon is terrified of everything, has zero deductive skills, and is secretly in love with Agnès. The Investigation (Such as it is) Simon, Serge, and Agnès form an unlikely trio. Simon’s "method" of investigation involves guessing randomly and hiding behind furniture. Serge is only interested in promoting his film. Agnès is blissfully unaware of the danger, more concerned with her acting "craft" (which consists of reciting lines like "I’m sad. Very sad. I’m going to eat an apple").

The killer is (played by the director of the real film, Alain Berberian, in a cameo). Why? Because the director was furious that Serge had rewritten his script, turning his serious psychological thriller into a stupid horror-comedy. So, he decided to literally kill the film by murdering people in the most ridiculous way possible—with a baguette—to make the whole project a laughingstock. cite de la peur

In the final confrontation, the director (in diving mask, holding a baguette) explains his elaborate, pretentious motive involving the death of cinema. Simon, trembling, tries to arrest him but trips. Agnès, by pure accident, knocks the director unconscious with a falling prop tombstone. The film ends exactly as it began: with a screening. Red Is Dead becomes the biggest hit of the year, not because it’s good, but because people think the baguette murders were a genius marketing campaign. Panic erupts

Simon, despite being a complete failure as a detective, gets the girl. He and Agnès kiss while a subtitle on screen reads: "They lived happily ever after. Until the sequel." Simon is terrified of everything, has zero deductive

The film’s lead actress is a gorgeous but talentless starlet named (Chantal Lauby). Her dialogue is laughably bad, her acting is wooden, and the film’s plot makes no sense: a killer wearing a diving mask murders people with a claw hammer while a detective repeats, "The murderer is the one who kills people." The "Murderer" Arrives During the screening, a strange man in a diving mask and wetsuit—exactly like the killer in Red Is Dead —walks into the theater. But instead of a claw hammer, he’s carrying a baguette . He walks up to a film critic and beats him to death with the bread. No one is sure if it’s part of the film’s promotional stunt or a real murder.