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Nice Job Fixing It, Villain!
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Danny Peary Cult Movies List
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Not What It Looks Like
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Affably Evil
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Scary Black Man
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It Can Think
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Face Death with Dignity
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Get Out!
Never Trust a Trailer
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Drives Like Crazy
Psychological Thriller
Even Evil Has Loved Ones
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Authority Equals Asskicking
Together in Death
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Shoot the Shaggy Dog
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Screw the Money, I Have Rules!
Sealed Evil in a Can
Girl-on-Girl Is Hot
Martial Arts Movie
Failed a Spot Check
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Why Don't You Just Shoot Him?
Married to the Job
Reasonable Authority Figure
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Chewing the Scenery
Made of Explodium
Author Avatar
There Is No Kill Like Overkill
Fatal Family Photo
It's All About Me
'80s Hair
Italian Films
No Name Given
Heterosexual Life-Partners
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Handicapped Badass
Black and Gray Morality
A Minor Kidroduction
The Starscream
The '70s
Nice Job Breaking It, Hero!
Sinister Minister
Noodle Incident
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Meaningful Name
Police are Useless
Green-Eyed Monster
Bottomless Magazines
Insistent Terminology
Catapult Nightmare
Chekhov's Skill
Outrun the Fireball
Manly Tears
Really Gets Around
Imagine Spot
Evil Plan
Belligerent Sexual Tension
Black Dude Dies First
Match Cut
Laser-Guided Karma
Unreliable Narrator
Music Stories
Deliberate Values Dissonance
Historical Villain Upgrade
Woman in White
Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking
The Dreaded
The '80s
Funny Background Event
Taking You with Me
Jitter Cam
Actor Allusion
Adaptation Dye-Job
Only Known by Their Nickname
Foregone Conclusion
Villainous Breakdown
A God Am I
Manic Pixie Dream Girl
My Greatest Failure
Fiery Redhead
Market-Based Title
Bond Villain Stupidity
Horror Doesn't Settle for Simple Tuesday
Brick Joke
Death by Irony
Poor Communication Kills
Hidden Depths
Card-Carrying Villain
Death by Adaptation
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Reality Is Unrealistic
BFG
Calling the Old Man Out
Undying Loyalty
Unspoken Plan Guarantee
The Un-Reveal
Posthumous Character
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Loophole Abuse
Enemy Mine
Improbable Infant Survival
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Five-Man Band
Bitch in Sheep's Clothing
Mistaken for Gay
Badass Longcoat
And I Must Scream
The Ghost
The End... Or Is It?
The Stoic
Title Drop
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The Hero Dies
Only in It for the Money
Star-Crossed Lovers
Never My Fault
World of Ham
Darkest Hour
Death by Sex
Ambiguous Ending
Driven to Suicide
Male Gaze
I Did What I Had to Do
Unusually Uninteresting Sight
Re-Cut
Intergenerational Friendship
Hooker with a Heart of Gold
Evil Sounds Deep
"Well Done, Son!" Guy
Creator Cameo
Bald of Evil
Sir Swears-a-Lot
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Empathic Environment
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Pre-Mortem One-Liner
Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil
Evil Laugh
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Gainax Ending
Our Vampires Are Different
Greater-Scope Villain
NO INDOOR VOICE
Sequel Escalation
The Oner
Storming the Castle
After the End
Disney Villain Death
Only Sane Man
Ironic Echo
Only a Flesh Wound
Back from the Dead
Pragmatic Villainy
Coming-of-Age Story
Cluster F-Bomb
Kids Are Cruel
Babies Ever After
Reckless Gun Usage
Shown Their Work
Sci-Fi Horror
Be Careful What You Wish For
Throwing Your Sword Always Works
Berserk Button
It Will Never Catch On
The Faceless
Hair-Trigger Temper
Half the Man He Used to Be
Deconstruction
You Killed My Father
Didn't Think This Through
Kill It with Fire
Humans Are Bastards
Dropped a Bridge on Him
Epic Movie
Mama Bear
Dies Wide Open
Bloody Hilarious
Chekhov's Gunman
La Résistance
A Date with Rosie Palms
The Quiet One
Zombie Stories
Action Film, Quiet Drama Scene
Sir Not-Appearing-in-This-Trailer
Meaningful Echo
No Good Deed Goes Unpunished
Alpha Bitch
Smug Snake
Cool Old Guy
An Arm and a Leg
Vampire Fiction
Screw This, I'm Outta Here!
Determinator
From Bad to Worse
Too Dumb to Live
Fire-Forged Friends
Sanity Slippage
Evil Cannot Comprehend Good
Dramedy
Meaningful Background Event
Recap /
RiffTrax
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Dressing as the Enemy
Romantic Comedy
Cool Guns
Cruel and Unusual Death
Funny Foreigner
Blood from the Mouth
Not So Stoic
No-Sell
Important Haircut
Would Hit a Girl
Determinator
aka: The Determinator
Bloodier and Gorier
Captain Obvious
Blood Knight
The Stinger
Sports Stories
Japanese Films
Kick the Son of a Bitch
The Mafia
Red Herring
Fun with Acronyms
Suddenly SHOUTING!
Big Eater
Boom, Headshot!
Properly Paranoid
Pet the Dog
Laughing Mad
No-Holds-Barred Beatdown
Fatal Flaw
Sassy Black Woman
The '50s