History Film / ArtOfTheDead

* PortalPainting: The paintings can not only corrupt the souls of those in contact with them, but once they are fully corrupted, they will be drawn into the painting and trapped there permanently. Wilde can also cause the paintings to reach out and snatch people and objects into them.

* ThePenIsMightier: During Louis' vision , Dorian Wilde kills a critic by stabbing him in the neck with a paintbrush.
* PigMan: While attempting to escape from the {{Portal Painting}}s, Kim and the kids have to get past the porcine embodiment of gluttony.

* ArtAttacker: Not only can Dorian Wilde's seven cursed paintings corrupt those in their presence, and leave them open to possession by Wilde, they can also attack people directly. When Douglas Winter attempts to blast the Wrath painting with a shotgun, the painting [[PortalPainting sucks the shotgun into itself]]. The now-painted shotgun barrel then emerges from the painting and blasts Douglas.

* BarefootLoon: Louis starts to walk around barefoot and [[WalkingShirtlessScene shirtless]] once he's under the effect of {{Wrath}}, giving him a more "wild" vibe.

* WalkingShirtlessScene: Louis starts to walk around shirtless and [[BarefootLoon barefoot]] once he's under the effect of {{Wrath}}, giving him a more "wild" vibe.

* AssholeVictim: Tiffany is an AlphaBitch and a CruelCheerleader, but probably didn't deserve the be murdered and cut up by the {{Envy}} affected Donna.

* OrganTheft: While possessed by {{Envy}}, Donna murders the AlphaBitch [[CruelCheerleader head cheerleader]] Tiffany, amputates her breasts, and gives herself a 'boob job' by transplanting them on to herself. She does the same thing with Tiffany's lips.

* SensibleHeroesSkimpyVillains: The {{Envy}} affected Donna wears much skimpier clothing than she did as her normal, ShrinkingViolet self.

* ShrinkingViolet: Donna is a shy and awkward teen, with both her family and her school life. This starts to change after she becomes affected by the {{Envy}} painting.

* AlphaBitch: Everything we hear about Donna's rival Tiffany, [[CruelCheerleader the head cheerleader]], implies that she is this, and we get to see a bit of her in action when Donna gatecrashes her party. However, it turns out AlphaBitch is no match for a geek empowered by {{Envy}}.

** {{Envy}} = Snake
** {{Wrath}} = Lion

* DemonicPossession: After enough time under the effect of the paints, the characters become actually possessed by the spirit of Dorian Wilde himself.

* PortalPainting: The paintings can not only corrupt the souls of those in contact with them, but once they are fully corrupted, they will be drawn into the painting and trapped there permanently. Wilde can also cause the paintings to reach out and snatch people and objects into them.

* SensibleHeroesSkimpyVillains: The {{Envy}} affected Donna wears much skimpier clothing than she did as her normal, ShrinkingViolet self.
* SexGoddess: Gina gets an ExtremeLibido under the effect of the {{Lust}} painting, and gives Dylan the best sex they ever had. He claims it almost have him a heart attack.

* ArtAttacker: Not only can Dorian Wilde's seven cursed paintings corrupt those in their presence, and leave them open to possession by Wilde, they can also attack people directly. When Douglas Winter attempts to blast the Wrath painting with a shotgun, the painting [[PortalPainting sucks the shotgun into itself]]. The now-painted shotgun barrel then emerges from the painting and blasts Douglas.

When Dylan Wilson (Creator/LukasHassel RichardGrieco) purchases a collection of seven paintings to hang in his wealthy estate, he has no idea what horrors he has unleashed for himself, his wife, Gina (Creator/JessicaMorris), his college son, Louis (Creator/ZachChyz), his teenage daughter, Donna (Creator/CynthiaAileenStrahan), and his two little kids.

Only Father Mendale (Creator/RobertDonavan) knows what evils lurk inside this deadly art and the history of Dorian Wilde (Creator/DannyTesla), the artist who made a pact with dark forces when he created these paintings that represent the SevenDeadlySins. Now, anyone who comes in contact with these pictures are corrupted by Pride, Lust, Gluttony, Sloth, Greed, Envy, and Wrath. It's up to Father Mendale and Louis' girlfriend, Kim (Creator/AlexRinehart), to save Dylan and his family before they are all destroyed by the Art of the Dead.

* BuxomBeautyStandard: AlphaBitch Tiffany has a well-endowed chest, which [[BigBreastPride she herself brags about]]. Donna is so jealous of breasts that when she kills Tiffany, she also cuts off her breasts and gives them to herself.

* ExtremeOmnisexual: Gina seems like a chaste, straight and HappilyMarried woman, but under the effects of {{Lust}} she starts lusting after anyone and anything, including Kim, her son's girlfriend and ''[[ParentalIncest her own daughter]]''.

* GrandTheftMe: The spirit of MadArtist Dorian Wilde can possess the body of anyone who been completely corrupted by one of his evil paintings. He possesses Gina after she has been completely corrupted by Lust.

* ModestyBedsheet: Dylan and Givan both have bedsheets up to their shoulders when they have sex. Later, when Gina is masturbating, the sheet also hides the actual act from view.

* PostCoitalCollapse: We see Dylan collapsing beside his wife in bed after they have amazing sex under the {{Lust}} painting influence.

* ProudBeauty: When AlphaBitch Tiffany is mocking Donna for throwing herself at her boyfriend and being rejected, she does so by highlighting that she's more attractive than Donna, untying her shawls and [[BuxomBeautyStandard groping her large breasts]], saying nobody would want Donna if they could have her.

* TeaserOnlyCharacter: Douglas Winter (Richard Grieco) and his family in the pre-title sequence who show what happened to the last person to assemble all seven paintings in one place.

''Art of the Dead'' is a 2019 American horror written and directed by Rolfe Kanefsky and starring Creator/TaraReid, Richard Grieco, Jessica Morris, Tania Fox, Sarah French, and Lukas Hassel.

When Dylan Wilson purchases a collection of seven paintings to hang in his wealthy estate, he has no idea what horrors he has unleashed for himself, his wife, Gina, his college son, Louis, his teen-age daughter, Donna, and his two little kids. Only Father Mendale knows what evils lurk inside this deadly art and the history of Dorian Wilde, the artist who made a pact with dark forces when he created these paintings that represent the seven deadly sins. Now, anyone who comes in contact with these pictures are corrupted by Pride, Lust, Gluttony, Sloth, Greed, Envy, and Wrath. It's up to Father Mendale and Louis' girlfriend, Kim, to save Dylan and his family before they are all destroyed by the Art of the Dead.

* AdvertisedExtra: Despite his prominence in the credits, Richard Grieco plays a TeaserOnlyCharacter who dies before the main action starts.
* AlphaBitch: Everything we hear about Donna's rival Tiffany, [[CruelCheerleader the head cheerleader]], implies that she is this, and we get to see a bit of her in action when Donna gatecrashes her party. However, it turns out AlphaBitch is no match for a geek empowered by Envy.

** Pride = Peacock
** Lust = Goat
** Gluttony = Pig
** Sloth = Snail
** Greed = Toad
** Envy = Snake
** Wrath = Lion

* CoitusUninterruptus: When Douglas Winter is going through his house to trying to tell his family that he has acquired the final painting in the set, he enters his son Richie's room and discovers Richie and his girlfriend Becky about to get it on. They are so wrapped up in each other that they don't even notice the interruption.

* ADateWithRosiePalms: Having been corrupted by the Lust painting, Gina exhausts her husband Dylan in the bedroom. When he staggers off to try to get some work done, she finds herself still craving sexual satisfaction, so she plants the kids in front of the television, tells them she needs some "alone time", and retreats to her bedroom to furiously masturbate. While she is in this vulnerable position, she is approached by Dorian's spirit, who promises her eternal pleasure.

* GoingCommando: During her shopping spree, Donna leaves behind her panties in a bag as a present for the shop assistant: telling him that she doesn't wear them any more.

* OrganTheft: While possessed by Envy, Donna murders the AlphaBitch [[CruelCheerleader head cheerleader]] Tiffany, amputates her breasts, and gives herself a 'boob job' by transplanting them on to herself. She does the same thing with Tiffany's lips.

* MeaningfulName: Can't get much more meaningful a name in a movie about evil paintings than [[Literature/ThePortraitOfDorianGray Dorian]] [[Creator/OscarWilde Wilde]], now can we?

* OutWithABang: Richie Winter and his girlfriend Becky are murder by Richie's father while having sex.

* CrowbarCombatant: When Louis [[AnAxeToGrind attacks her with an axe]], Kim grabs a crowbar to defend herself. After dropping it, she manages to grab it again and slug him with it.

* AnAxeToGrind: When Louis is possessed by Wrath in the garage, he grabs an axe and attempts to kill Kim. Shortly after, the Envy-possessed Donna gets hold of it and buries it in the head of the prostitute.

* AlphaBitch: Everything we hear about Donna's rival Tiffany, [[TheCheerleader the head cheerleader]], implies that she is this, and we get to see a bit of her in action when Donna gatecrashes her party. However, it turns out AlphaBitch is no match for a geek empowered by Envy.

* TheCheerleader: Tiffany, the AlphaBitch at Donna's school is also the head cheerleader. Every time Donna has an ImagineSpot regarding her, she is always dressed in her cheerleader outfit.

* OrganTheft: While possessed by Envy, Donna murders the AlphaBitch [[TheCheerleader head cheerleader]] Tiffany, amputates her breasts, and gives herself a 'boob job' by transplanting them on to herself. She does the same thing with Tiffany's lips.

* TeaserOnlyCharacter: Douglas Winter (Richar Grieco) and his family in the pre-title sequence who show what happened to the last person to assemble all seven paintings in one place.

* AnimalMotifs: In the 'Animals' painting series, each of the SevenDeadlySins is represented by an animal. character corrupted by that painting begin to take on aspects of that animal.

* CrowbarCombatant: When Louis [[AnAxeToGrind attacks her with an axe]], Kim grabs a crowbar to defend herself. After dropping it, she manages to grab it gain and slug him with it.

* DisposableSexWorker: Dorian Wilde creates the canvas for the Lust painting from the skin of a dead prostitute provided for him by UsefulNotes/JackTheRipper. in the present day, Louis hires a prostitute to serve as a subject (and canvas) for his painting intending to kill her afterwards. She manages to escape his attack but is later killed by Donna.
* EyeScream: When Father Mendale is affected by the Envy painting, he rids himself of its influence by plunging his crucifix on his rosary into his eye.
* FictionalPainting: The film centres around a series of seven painting by MadArtist Dorian Wilde. Known collectively as 'The Animals', each of the paintings depicts an animal representing one of the SevenDeadlySins.

* GlassEye: Father Mendale has a glass from when he [[EyeScream gouged his own eye out]] to free himself from the influence of the Envy painting.

* PortalPainting: The paintings can not only corrupt the souls of those in contact with them, but once they are fully corrupted, they will be drawn into the painting and trapped there permanently. Wilde can also cause the paintings to reach and snatch people and objects into them.