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