10 Most Disturbing Backstories Behind Quentin Tarantino Movie Side Characters

10. Big John Brittle

When Tarantino laid out the premise for Django Unchanged, the prospect of seeing a freed slave dole out some western style justice had serious entertainment potential. There was also a decent chance we were going to be exposed to some pretty harrowing scenes, given the subject matter, though.

As expected, Django received the same old criticism usually levelled at this director: the violence was gratuitous, the language was obscene, and the handling of the subject matter was insensitive.

We saw Leonardo DiCaprio and Samual L. Jackson portray the most reprehensible characters of their careers, but it went with the territory. Set a story in the Deep South during the height of the slave trade and you're going to run into some questionable individuals.

Big John Brittle was no exception. A sadistic slave driver, who took pleasure in whipping his charges, he stood out for exhibiting a religious fever - hinting at a much darker backstory.

One quote he's heard muttering: "and the Lord said to fear ye and the dread of ye shall be on the beasts of the earth" is taken from the story of Noah - when God gave him dominion over the animals of the world. This alluded to the wider practise used by slavers, who manipulated religious scripture to exert their dominion over the slaves they deemed like animals.