Tropescilloscope: Slasher Smile

An evil, bloodthirsty grinning Nightmare Face. (read more at tvtropes.org)

More Tropes Not So Above It All Conspicuous CG Genre Shift Calling the Old Man Out Dirty Old Man Fainting Henpecked Husband Recycled IN SPACE! Action Girl Gender Flip Mercy Kill Dark Action Girl Closed Circle Disappeared Dad You Have Got to Be Kidding Me! Fake Shemp Punch-Clock Villain Well-Intentioned Extremist Bury Your Gays Ship Tease Pimped-Out Dress Off with His Head! Race Against the Clock Broken Pedestal Dark and Troubled Past I Just Shot Marvin in the Face Serious Business Adaptational Badass Deliberately Monochrome Beard of Evil Crazy-Prepared Those Two Bad Guys Big Eater Disney Death Romantic Comedy The Musical Plucky Comic Relief Pet the Dog The Ghost Blood Knight Auto Erotica Casting Gag Car Fu Monumental Damage Bittersweet Ending Take a Third Option Sacrificial Lion Jerkass Fatal Flaw Face–Heel Turn Sequel Hook Evil Is Petty Animal Title Index Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas A.I. Is a Crapshoot Silent Movie My Beloved Smother Did Not Get the Girl Dramatic Gun Cock Sports Stories The Un-Reveal Revenge Make It Look Like an Accident What Happened to the Mouse? Creator Cameo Informed Ability All Just a Dream More Dakka Bottomless Magazines Chase Scene Expository Hairstyle Change Back from the Dead Mad Scientist Grievous Bottley Harm Cruel and Unusual Death Woman in White Pragmatic Villainy Animal Motifs Cool Shades Documentary Armor-Piercing Question Central Theme Anyone Can Die The Remake Soundtrack Dissonance Celebrity Paradox Throwing Your Sword Always Works Gainax Ending Imagine Spot Antagonist Title Diabolus ex Machina Stealth Pun Woman Scorned Dirty Coward Decoy Protagonist Ambiguously Gay How We Got Here Extremely Short Timespan I'm a Humanitarian Sci-Fi Horror Bad "Bad Acting" Parental Incest Girl-on-Girl Is Hot Product Placement A Father to His Men Exact Words French Films Public Domain Feature Films Canadian Movies Disguised in Drag Bland-Name Product Twist Ending It Will Never Catch On The Hero Dies Humans Are Bastards Evil Sounds Deep Brainless Beauty Token Minority Roaring Rampage of Revenge Actually Pretty Funny Animated Credits Opening Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping Cain and Abel Lighter and Softer Fanservice Bullying a Dragon Undying Loyalty Gory Discretion Shot Bring My Brown Pants Logo Joke Pretty in Mink Downer Ending Narrator Creative Closing Credits Film Noir Index Foreshadowing Kids Are Cruel Bolivian Army Ending Annoying Younger Sibling Military and Warfare Films Brutal Honesty Rewatch Bonus Fiery Redhead Death by Irony She's Got Legs Punny Name Adaptational Attractiveness Oh, Crap! Jerkass Has a Point Together in Death My God, What Have I Done? Insane Troll Logic Cool Old Lady The Quiet One Cluster F-Bomb Better to Die than Be Killed Breaking the Fourth Wall The '70s Spared by the Adaptation Blood from the Mouth Stock Footage Knight Templar Crazy Jealous Guy Mighty Whitey Posthumous Character Our Zombies Are Different Lock and Load Montage Japanese Films Roger Ebert: Great Movies List Only a Flesh Wound Final Girl Dual Wielding Stuff Blowing Up The Smart Guy Friend to All Children Offscreen Moment of Awesome The Brute Male Gaze As the Good Book Says... Whole Plot Reference Rasputinian Death Amusing Injuries Break the Cutie Dissonant Serenity Accidental Murder Reality Has No Subtitles Actor Allusion Bunny-Ears Lawyer Unreliable Narrator Drives Like Crazy Call-Back The '80s The Chessmaster Sliding Scale of Idealism vs. Cynicism Rousing Speech Word of God It Can Think Interrupted Suicide Artistic License – History Obfuscating Stupidity Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane Time Skip Dramedy Freudian Excuse The Starscream Despair Event Horizon What the Hell, Hero? Politically Incorrect Villain Boom, Headshot! Major Injury Underreaction Bloodless Carnage Sanity Slippage Important Haircut The '50s Drowning My Sorrows Cool Old Guy Historical Hero Upgrade Unusual Euphemism Darkest Hour Karmic Death Dwindling Party Dark Reprise Wicked Cultured Epic Fail Daylight Horror Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass Mooks Never My Fault Red Eyes, Take Warning Wretched Hive Spiteful Spit Alliterative Name Badass in a Nice Suit Rule of Cool Naked People Are Funny My Greatest Failure She Cleans Up Nicely The '60s Anguished Declaration of Love Cassandra Truth No Celebrities Were Harmed Hollywood Darkness Why Did It Have to Be Snakes? Dropped a Bridge on Him The Bully You Killed My Father Precision F-Strike Fun with Acronyms Not So Different Lampshade Hanging Papa Wolf Due to the Dead In Name Only Shower Scene Double Entendre Mundane Made Awesome Age Lift Fanservice Extra Black Dude Dies First Those Two Guys Love at First Sight Fantasy Films Mama Bear Funny Foreigner Reckless Gun Usage Laughing Mad Broken Bird From Bad to Worse The Casanova Country Matters Framing Device One-Word Title Crucified Hero Shot The Reveal Totally Radical Parental Neglect Rule of Symbolism Determinator aka: The Determinator Impaled with Extreme Prejudice Kick the Son of a Bitch Sinister Minister Failed a Spot Check Ms. Fanservice Only in It for the Money Outrun the Fireball Take That! Man on Fire Peek-a-Boo Corpse All for Nothing Up to Eleven Psychological Thriller Gold Digger Police Brutality Retirony For the Evulz Corrupt Corporate Executive Setting Update Bond One-Liner Dirty Cop May–December Romance The Cameo Badass Longcoat Unresolved Sexual Tension All There in the Manual Not Even Bothering with the Accent Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds Eiffel Tower Effect The Dog Bites Back Deconstruction Retired Badass Dying Moment of Awesome Determinator "Where Are They Now?" Epilogue Tempting Fate Manic Pixie Dream Girl Destination Defenestration Let's Get Dangerous! Femme Fatale Married to the Job Disney Villain Death Big Bad Duumvirate Meaningful Name Exactly What It Says on the Tin Suddenly SHOUTING! Refuge in Audacity Recap / RiffTrax aka: Riff Trax Movies Film Series Screw the Money, I Have Rules! Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy Extreme Doormat Moment Killer Villain Song The '90s Face Death with Dignity Vomit Discretion Shot BFG Reality Is Unrealistic Be Careful What You Wish For The Stoic Taking the Bullet The Mafia Kick the Dog Scenery Porn Credits Gag Redemption Equals Death Adults Are Useless Serial Killer Would Hit a Girl After the End And the Adventure Continues Mistaken for Gay Famous Last Words Arch-Enemy The Voiceless Science Fiction Films Storming the Castle Big "NO!" Dramatic Irony Fan Disservice Five-Man Band Chewing the Scenery Villain with Good Publicity Even Evil Has Loved Ones For Want of a Nail Anti-Villain A God Am I Line-of-Sight Name Based on a True Story Unwitting Instigator of Doom Mr. Fanservice Cool Guns Horror Doesn't Settle for Simple Tuesday Vomit Indiscretion Shot Neck Lift British Films Blonde, Brunette, Redhead Contrived Coincidence Black Best Friend Honor Before Reason Retcon One-Man Army Evil Is Hammy Training Montage Romantic False Lead Scenery Gorn Cowboy Cop Foil Instant Death Bullet Badass Boast Dumb Blonde Evil Plan The End... Or Is It? Author Appeal Does This Remind You of Anything? Suspiciously Specific Denial Tap on the Head Batman Gambit Zombie Stories Stalker with a Crush Sole Survivor Improbable Infant Survival aka: Infant Immortality Villainous Breakdown Put on a Bus Horror Comedy The Smurfette Principle Sequel Escalation The Atoner Bald of Evil No-Holds-Barred Beatdown Berserk Button Villain Protagonist Smug Snake '80s Hair Vampire Fiction Expy Ax-Crazy Darker and Edgier Dressing as the Enemy Homage Intrepid Reporter Redshirt Army Have a Gay Old Time The Dragon Guns Akimbo 20 Minutes into the Future Anachronism Stew Betty and Veronica Punctuated! For! Emphasis! Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique Fingore Light Is Not Good Names to Run Away from Really Fast Heroic Sacrifice Leave the Camera Running Drill Sergeant Nasty Missing Mom Title Drop Action Genre Death Seeker Empathic Environment Babies Ever After Shirtless Scene Cloudcuckoolander Psychopathic Manchild Anachronic Order MacGuffin As You Know Artistic License – Law Dull Surprise Here We Go Again! Parental Substitute Defrosting Ice Queen Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking Historical-Domain Character Handicapped Badass The Stinger Jerk with a Heart of Gold He Who Fights Monsters Cat Scare Big Bad Dies Wide Open Humiliation Conga Loads and Loads of Characters Evil Cannot Comprehend Good Mexican Standoff Aww, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other Adaptation Distillation B-Movie Screw the Rules, I Have Money! Italian Films The Bad Guy Wins Those Wacky Nazis Thriller Superhero Shoot the Shaggy Dog Nice Job Fixing It, Villain! Bilingual Bonus Rated M for Manly Groin Attack Pretty Little Headshots Driven to Suicide Artistic License – Gun Safety Laser-Guided Karma Pre-Mortem One-Liner Implacable Man An Axe to Grind Trailers Always Spoil Chekhov's Gun Beware the Nice Ones Only One Name Hate Sink Non-Indicative Name Your Cheating Heart The Ditz Deus ex Machina Took a Level in Badass Too Dumb to Live Fate Worse than Death Arranged Marriage Super Strength Freeze-Frame Bonus Slasher Smile Genre Savvy Adorkable Reasonable Authority Figure Improbable Aiming Skills Mood Whiplash Wounded Gazelle Gambit This Is Gonna Suck Ascended Extra Covers Always Lie Call-Forward Hooker with a Heart of Gold Rule of Funny Foregone Conclusion Brother–Sister Incest Really Gets Around Historical In-Joke Everyone Has Standards The Chick Ugly Guy, Hot Wife Only Sane Man Sadistic Choice Loophole Abuse Awesome, but Impractical Worthy Opponent Random Events Plot The Cavalry Even Evil Has Standards Wrong Genre Savvy Becoming the Mask Meet Cute Malevolent Masked Men Improbable Weapon User There Is No Kill Like Overkill Badass Normal Russian Films Soft Glass True Companions Villain Opening Scene Combat Pragmatist Action Survivor Big Applesauce Costume Porn Good Is Not Nice Abusive Parents Manly Tears Adaptation Name Change Stepford Smiler The X of Y Match Cut Camp Gay Belligerent Sexual Tension Bar Brawl You Have Failed Me The Un-Favourite aka: The Un Favorite Shout-Out Slasher Movie Genre Throwback Silence Is Golden "The Reason You Suck" Speech Not Using the "Z" Word Bond Villain Stupidity From Nobody to Nightmare Wham Shot Reality Ensues All There in the Script Show Within a Show Heterosexual Life-Partners Shell-Shocked Veteran Sir Swears-a-Lot Kill 'em All Men Are the Expendable Gender NO INDOOR VOICE Captain Obvious Shipper on Deck Heroes Want Redheads Insult Backfire Cold-Blooded Torture Does Not Like Shoes Unspoken Plan Guarantee Taking You with Me No OSHA Compliance Biopic No Good Deed Goes Unpunished The Film of the Book Curse Cut Short Corpsing Apocalypse How Martial Arts Movie Truth in Television Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep" The Lancer Vacation Films Star-Crossed Lovers Pay Evil unto Evil Nice Guy The Hero Self-Deprecation Needs Wiki Magic Love Affectionate Parody Four-Temperament Ensemble Ominous Latin Chanting Tranquil Fury Kill It with Fire He Knows Too Much Off-into-the-Distance Ending Meaningful Background Event Amoral Attorney Badass Bookworm Hong Kong Films Pragmatic Adaptation Action Prologue The Oner No Ending Adaptation Expansion The Stoner Catch-Phrase Unusually Uninteresting Sight Chuck Cunningham Syndrome The Vamp I Did What I Had to Do Ambiguous Disorder Fantastic Racism Developing Doomed Characters Straight Gay Action Film, Quiet Drama Scene Older Than They Look Motor Mouth An Aesop Slashed Throat Christmas Movies Index Authority Equals Asskicking Attempted Rape The Load Ghost Fiction Funny Background Event Overly Long Gag Works Set in World War II Dark Is Not Evil Rich Bitch Danny Peary Cult Movies List Demoted to Extra Bound and Gagged As Himself Jitter Cam As Long as It Sounds Foreign Gone Horribly Right Gratuitous English Colour-Coded for Your Convenience aka: Color Coded For Your Convenience Dutch Angle Never Trust a Trailer aka: Trailers Always Lie All Girls Want Bad Boys Wham Line folderlabel Badass Grandpa Mugging the Monster Our Vampires Are Different Ragtag Bunch of Misfits Love Triangle It's Personal Playing Gertrude Butt-Monkey Evil Brit Spell My Name with an "S" Demonic Possession Fourth Date Marriage Pyrrhic Victory Last-Name Basis Ironic Echo Immune to Bullets Obstructive Bureaucrat Blatant Lies Why Don't You Just Shoot Him? Composite Character Skewed Priorities Aluminum Christmas Trees Air-Vent Passageway Agony of the Feet Yandere Real Life Race Lift Big-Bad Ensemble Big Brother Instinct "Well Done, Son!" Guy Music Stories Adaptation Dye-Job Toilet Humour aka: Toilet Humor Double-Meaning Title Award-Bait Song Leitmotif Crapsack World World of Ham Break the Haughty timeperiod Canon Foreigner Character Development It's All About Me The Great Depression Guile Hero Mr. Exposition Chekhov's Gunman Vitriolic Best Buds A Minor Kidroduction Spanner in the Works Black Comedy Rape Gilligan Cut Hair-Trigger Temper Scary Black Man Ripped from the Headlines Market-Based Title Nice Hat Beta Couple Spiritual Successor Arc Words Intergenerational Friendship Cat Fight Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold Improvised Weapon Irony Fish out of Water Visual Pun The Place Slap-Slap-Kiss Bad Boss The Mole Same Language Dub Novelization Took a Level in Jerkass Eyepatch of Power Death by Sex Morality Pet Real Life Writes the Plot Never Found the Body Not So Stoic Red Right Hand The Faceless Epic Movie Adaptational Heroism Red Shirt Stealth Hi/Bye Never Trust a Trailer Left the Background Music On An Arm and a Leg Facial Horror Evil vs. Evil Almost Kiss Translation Convention Insistent Terminology Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right! Australian Movies "Shaggy Dog" Story Heel–Face Turn Karma Houdini The Dreaded Greater-Scope Villain Accidental Misnaming Captain Ersatz Madness Mantra Half the Man He Used to Be Re-Cut Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil In Medias Res Jump Scare Ass Shove The Sociopath Comically Missing the Point And I Must Scream Artistic License – Geography Ambiguous Ending Fatal Family Photo Artistic License – Biology Get Out! Hope Spot Very Loosely Based on a True Story Brick Joke Gorn I Need a Freaking Drink Every Car Is a Pinto Hidden Depths Flashback Eye Scream Eureka Moment And Starring Sealed Evil in a Can Continuity Nod Distracted by the Sexy Camera Abuse Small Name, Big Ego Sudden Sequel Death Syndrome Fire-Forged Friends Catapult Nightmare Bavarian Fire Drill Big Fancy House Children Are Innocent Blackmail Death of a Child Heroic BSoD Kubrick Stare Hero Antagonist Body Horror Not Quite Dead Made of Iron Curb-Stomp Battle Red Herring Depraved Bisexual Film Noir Faux Affably Evil Damsel in Distress Killed Mid-Sentence Sassy Black Woman The Lost Lenore Nice Job Breaking It, Hero! I Have Your Wife Eagleland La Résistance Bowdlerise Pre-Asskicking One-Liner Television Movie Index Alpha Bitch Eldritch Abomination Riddle for the Ages Once More, with Clarity! I Want My Beloved to Be Happy Manipulative Bastard Fat Bastard Chekhov's Skill Chiaroscuro N-Word Privileges German Films Dogged Nice Guy Creepy Child Department of Redundancy Department Toplessness from the Back Victoria's Secret Compartment Author Avatar Would Hurt a Child Paper-Thin Disguise Easily Forgiven Meaningful Echo Faking the Dead Hero of Another Story Beauty Is Never Tarnished Flipping the Bird Only Known by Their Nickname All Men Are Perverts Frame-Up Deadpan Snarker Made of Explodium Heel Realization No Antagonist Large Ham Scare Chord Early Installment Weirdness Pun aka: Incredibly Lame Pun Black and Gray Morality Anti-Hero Affably Evil Hoist by His Own Petard Poor Communication Kills Disproportionate Retribution Hypocrite Earn Your Happy Ending Didn't Think This Through Tagline Neck Snap Rape as Drama The Alleged Car Bi the Way Parental Abandonment Evil Laugh The Ace Shown Their Work The Alcoholic Rule of Three Alas, Poor Villain The Big Guy Plot Hole Maybe Ever After Historical Villain Upgrade Mythology Gag Deal with the Devil Black Comedy Broken Aesop One Steve Limit Idiot Ball Bare Your Midriff In the Back Mystery and Detective Films Red Oni, Blue Oni Hypocritical Humor Nothing Is Scarier Noodle Incident Bloodier and Gorier Say My Name You Have Outlived Your Usefulness Index of Film Westerns Domestic Abuse Happily Married Cool Car Horror Films Suspiciously Similar Substitute Daddy's Girl Hell Is That Noise Male Frontal Nudity Artistic License – Physics Early-Bird Cameo Protagonist Title Room Full of Crazy Enemy Mine Obviously Evil Jerk Jock Death Glare Offscreen Teleportation Sir Not-Appearing-in-This-Trailer Your Head A-Splode Evil-Detecting Dog Evil Counterpart Villain Ball Bitch in Sheep's Clothing Bloody Hilarious War Is Hell Adapted Out Running Gag Artistic License – Military Defiant to the End Ungrateful Bastard Adaptational Villainy Video Credits Psycho for Hire Properly Paranoid Deliberate Values Dissonance Not What It Looks Like Card-Carrying Villain Screw This, I'm Outta Here! Adult Fear Mind Screw Book-Ends Hollywood Law No-Sell Sexy Discretion Shot Asshole Victim Leaning on the Fourth Wall Overprotective Dad Drugs Are Bad Establishing Character Moment Advertised Extra Grey and Gray Morality Police are Useless The Power of Love What You Are in the Dark Abhorrent Admirer Naïve Newcomer Getting Crap Past the Radar Shut Up, Hannibal! O.O.C. Is Serious Business Smoking Is Cool Manchild "Awesome McCool" Name No Name Given Bait-and-Switch Death by Adaptation Big Damn Heroes Stylistic Suck A Date with Rosie Palms Aside Glance Knife Nut Green-Eyed Monster Coming-of-Age Story