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Never Trust a Trailer aka: Trailers Always Lie Greater-Scope Villain Expy Sassy Black Woman Television Movie Index Gory Discretion Shot Death by Sex Hong Kong Films Star-Crossed Lovers Adaptational Attractiveness Never My Fault For Want of a Nail Nice Job Breaking It, Hero! Vomit Discretion Shot Artistic License – History Film Noir Index Missing Mom There Is No Kill Like Overkill Due to the Dead Retired Badass Meaningful Echo Bitch in Sheep's Clothing Villainous Breakdown The Casanova Slasher Movie Stealth Pun My Beloved Smother Older Than They Look Sealed Evil in a Can Cool Old Guy The Dragon What You Are in the Dark Villain Protagonist Betty and Veronica Villain Song The Ace As the Good Book Says... 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The Lost Lenore Offscreen Teleportation British Films Implacable Man Pre-Asskicking One-Liner Camera Abuse Even Evil Has Loved Ones Dwindling Party Only Sane Man Spiritual Successor Here We Go Again! The Remake Jump Scare She's Got Legs Important Haircut Same Language Dub Would Hit a Girl Bilingual Bonus Cluster F-Bomb Alpha Bitch Leaning on the Fourth Wall Playing Gertrude Only in It for the Money Film Noir Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking Honor Before Reason Silent Movie Obviously Evil Foreshadowing No-Holds-Barred Beatdown Vitriolic Best Buds Dutch Angle Big "NO!" Rousing Speech Frame-Up Historical Villain Upgrade Hooker with a Heart of Gold Shirtless Scene The Vamp Hope Spot Off-into-the-Distance Ending Heroic Sacrifice Curse Cut Short Asshole Victim Retirony "Well Done, Son!" 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