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* ActorAllusion: This is not be the [[Film/TheHardWay first time]] Creator/StephenLang played a SerialKiller villain. However, in his last outing, he was a LargeHam unlike his character for this film.

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* ActorAllusion: This is not be the [[Film/TheHardWay first time]] Creator/StephenLang played a SerialKiller villain. However, in his last outing, he was a LargeHam unlike his character for this film.

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* AbusiveParents: Rocky's mother is very verbally abusive and also used to lock her in the trunk of a car as punishment for crying. Rocky's primary motivation for stealing the Blind Man's money is so that she can get herself and her younger sister out of the house.

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* AbusiveParents: Rocky's LowerClassLout mother is very verbally abusive and also used to lock her in the trunk of a car as punishment for crying. Rocky's primary motivation for stealing the Blind Man's money is so that she can get herself and her younger sister out of the house.house.
* ActorAllusion: This is not be the [[Film/TheHardWay first time]] Creator/StephenLang played a SerialKiller villain. However, in his last outing, he was a LargeHam unlike his character for this film.
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* DiesWideOpen: [[spoiler:Subverted. Rocky assumes that the Blind Man is dead after seeing his inert body with eyes wide open at the bottom of the basement ladder, but it turns out that he survived.

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* DiesWideOpen: [[spoiler:Subverted. Rocky assumes that the Blind Man is dead after seeing his inert body with eyes wide open at the bottom of the basement ladder, but it turns out that he survived.]]
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* BaitAndSwitch: The Blind Man holds a pair of hedge clippers above the prone Alex and slams it down. We see an extreme close-up of the clippers stab through a dark jacket, then we cut away. Later we find out that [[spoiler:the Blind Man had stabbed Money's corpse by mistake. Alex is still alive]].
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* AbandonedArea: Most of the action takes place in the only inhabited house in an otherwise deserted neighborhood in Detroit. Before breaking in, the thieves establish that there are no neighbors for several blocks. This means that no one will hear any gunshots, and no one will be calling the cops or coming to help. They learn the hard way that it works both ways.

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* AbandonedArea: Most of the action takes place in the only inhabited house in an otherwise deserted neighborhood in Detroit. Before breaking in, the thieves establish that there are no neighbors for several blocks. This means that no one will hear any gunshots, and no one will be calling the cops or coming to help. They learn The first shot of the hard way that it works both ways.film is the Blind Man dragging Rocky's unconscious body down the center of the street in broad daylight, completely unmolested.

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* EstablishingCharacterMoment: The break-in at the film's opening serves as this for the three main characters.
** Rocky puts on rich people's clothes and lays on their bed, representing her desire to ditch the old life and start a better one.
** Alex looks through some books, showing him as a more thoughtful, meek person.
** By breaking vases and pissing on the floor, it is evident that Money is a rude and careless {{Jerkass}}.

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* EstablishingCharacterMoment: EstablishingCharacterMoment:
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The break-in at the film's opening serves as this for the three main characters.
** *** Rocky puts on rich people's clothes and lays on their bed, representing her desire to ditch the old life and start a better one.
** *** Alex looks through some books, showing him as a more thoughtful, meek person.
** *** By breaking vases and pissing on the floor, it is evident that Money is a rude and careless {{Jerkass}}. {{Jerkass}}.
** The dog gets one when it tries to attack the trio from outside Money's car, establishing that it's a vicious guard dog that will roam outside of its home to attack intruders. Later in the film, [[spoiler:it chases Rocky back to Money's car and tries to get inside]].

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* CallBack: Earlier in the film, Rocky relates a story of how her mother would lock her in a car trunk for hours, but one time a ladybug flew in and made her feel safe. Just before her final confrontation with the Blind Man, a ladybug lands on her hand, inadvertently pointing out the means for her to escape.



* DiesWideOpen: [[spoiler:Subverted. Rocky assumes that the Blind Man is dead after seeing his inert body with eyes wide open at the bottom of the basement ladder, but it turns out that he survived.



%%%* DoggedNiceGuy: Alex towards Rocky.

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%%%* * DoggedNiceGuy: Alex towards Rocky. is "in the friend zone" with Rocky, though he clearly has designs on her. Money warns him away in the beginning of the film.



** Money, the most amoral of the three robbers by far, is still very hesitant to actually shoot an elderly man. He actually has the Blind Man helpless at gunpoint early in the movie. [[spoiler: His inability to follow through on his threats is what ends up getting him killed and getting a gun in the old man's hands. Furthermore, once he's in the Blind Man's grasp, he lies and tells him he's the only one of the robbers to give Rocky a chance at escaping.]]

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** Money, the most amoral of the three robbers by far, is still very hesitant to actually shoot an elderly man. He actually has the Blind Man helpless at gunpoint early in the movie. [[spoiler: His inability to follow through on his threats is what ends up getting him killed and getting a gun in the old man's hands. Furthermore, once he's in the Blind Man's grasp, he lies and tells him he's the only one of the robbers to give Rocky a chance at escaping.]]escaping]].



* {{Foreshadowing}}: Shortly before breaking into the house, Alex wonders if the Blind Man is really asleep, as one of the lights is still on, only for Money to retort that light doesn't mean a thing to the Blind Man. [[spoiler:When Rocky and Alex are in the basement, the Blind Man kills the power, as it doesn't mean a thing to him.]]

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* {{Foreshadowing}}: {{Foreshadowing}}:
** When Alex balks at the idea of robbing a blind man, Money says, "Just because he's blind doesn't mean he's a saint." It turns out that the Blind Man is quite villainous.
** When the trio first enter the home, we see an upside-down picture of a girl with a bloody fingerprint on the glass. This foreshadows the Blind Man's recent bloody business and obsession over his daughter, which becomes clear later.
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Shortly before breaking into the house, Alex wonders if the Blind Man is really asleep, as one of the lights is still on, only for Money to retort that light doesn't mean a thing to the Blind Man. [[spoiler:When Rocky and Alex are in the basement, the Blind Man kills the power, as it doesn't mean a thing to him.]]



* FinalGirl: [[spoiler: Rocky is the only one to escape clean.]]

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* FinalGirl: [[spoiler: Rocky is the only one protagonist to escape clean.]]alive]].



* HowWeGotHere: The film opens with Rocky being dragged by the hair through a street by the Blind Man.

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* HowWeGotHere: The film opens with Rocky being dragged by the hair through a street by the Blind Man.Man before flashing back. We catch up late in the third act.



* MinimalistCasting: Only four characters have any significant amount of dialogue, and one of them is killed in the first act.



* MutuallyAssuredDestruction: [[spoiler:The scenario Rocky and the Blind Man are in by the end. Neither of them can rat out each other without giving away their own secrets.]]

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* MutuallyAssuredDestruction: [[spoiler:The scenario [[spoiler:Discussed when Alex and Rocky and decide whether to take the money or call the police on the Blind Man are in by Man. If Rocky takes the end. Neither money, then neither of them can rat out each the other out without giving away their own secrets.]]secrets. Sure enough, after Rocky does take the money, and the Blind Man does not tell the police about her]].



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%%%%* * RasterVision: Appears on the final TV screen.screen showing the news report.



* RightForTheWrongReasons: When Alex learns that the Blind Man is, well, [[ShapedLikeItself blind,]] he expresses hesitation at [[EvenEvilHasStandards the idea of stealing from him.]] Money reassures him that just because he's blind "doesn't mean he's a saint." Though Money says it to keep the plan going, he turns out to be far more accurate than he wished he was...

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* RightForTheWrongReasons: When Alex learns that the Blind Man is, well, [[ShapedLikeItself blind,]] he expresses hesitation at [[EvenEvilHasStandards is opposed to the idea of stealing from him.]] Money reassures him that just because he's blind "doesn't mean he's a saint." Though Money says it to keep the plan going, he Blind Man due to the morals and scale of the operation. It turns out that he was right to be far more accurate than he wished he was...oppose the robbery, but the real reason is [[spoiler:because the Blind Man is a kill-crazy psychopath with a chained-up woman in his basement]].



%%%* SirSwearsALot: Money.

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%%%* * SirSwearsALot: Money.Money is a foul-mouthed hoodlum.



* StrawAtheist: The Blind Man [[spoiler: justifies what he does because there's no God to stop him.]]



* TooDumbToLive: Money is just too dumb, and cocky, to live. The Blind Man was (apparently) incapacitated -- why bother shooting the lock out when you have time to find another, quieter way to break in? He's blind, not deaf. Even then, he seems to only wait a few minutes after [[spoiler:the (failed) chloroform bomb to start being loud, even though he had already seen the Blind Man awake and alert.]]

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* TooDumbToLive: Money is just too dumb, dumb and cocky, cocky to live. The Blind Man was (apparently) incapacitated -- why bother shooting the lock out when you have time to find another, quieter way to break in? He's blind, not deaf. Even then, he seems to only wait a few minutes after [[spoiler:the (failed) chloroform bomb to start being loud, even though he had already seen He simply assumes that the Blind Man awake is unconscious and alert.]]proceeds to make unnecessary racket, as if to ensure that the Blind Man will rush downstairs before the chloroform has time to work.



* UnderestimatingBadassery: The teenagers thinking that breaking into a blind man's house would be a simple task.

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* UnderestimatingBadassery: The teenagers thinking that breaking into a blind man's house would be a simple task. He's much more dangerous they they anticipate.
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* MutuallyAssuredDestruction: [[spoiler: The scenario Rocky and the Blind Man are in by the end. Neither of them can rat out each other without giving away each others secrets.]]

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* MutuallyAssuredDestruction: [[spoiler: The [[spoiler:The scenario Rocky and the Blind Man are in by the end. Neither of them can rat out each other without giving away each others their own secrets.]]



** Even though Money is just another amoral low-life small-time crook, [[spoiler:his last acts]] involve being very hesitant to actually shoot an elderly man and when overpowered, he lies to the Blind Man and claims to be the only burglar there to give [[spoiler: Rocky a chance to escape [[SacrificialLamb before he]] [[NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished is killed]].]]

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** Even though Money is just another amoral low-life small-time crook, [[spoiler:his last acts]] involve being very hesitant to actually shoot an elderly man and when overpowered, he lies to the Blind Man and claims to be the only burglar there to give [[spoiler: Rocky [[spoiler:Rocky a chance to escape [[SacrificialLamb before he]] [[NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished is killed]].]]
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* AbandonedArea: Most of the action takes place in the only inhabited house in an otherwise deserted neighborhood in Detroit. Before breaking in, the thieves establish that there are no neighbors for several blocks. This means that no one will hear any gunshots, and no one will be calling the cops or coming to help.

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* AbandonedArea: Most of the action takes place in the only inhabited house in an otherwise deserted neighborhood in Detroit. Before breaking in, the thieves establish that there are no neighbors for several blocks. This means that no one will hear any gunshots, and no one will be calling the cops or coming to help. They learn the hard way that it works both ways.
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* AbusiveParents: Rocky's mother is very verbally abusive and also used to lock her in the trunk of a car as punishment for crying.

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* AbusiveParents: Rocky's mother is very verbally abusive and also used to lock her in the trunk of a car as punishment for crying. Rocky's primary motivation for stealing the Blind Man's money is so that she can get herself and her younger sister out of the house.
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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Rocky survives and escapes with the money, giving her and her sister a chance at a better life, but Alex and Money are still dead. Worse, the Blind Man survives and, if a news report at the end is any indication, may escape punishment for his crimes, and ensuring Rocky will look over her shoulder for the rest of her life.]].

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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Rocky survives and escapes with the money, giving her and her sister a chance at a better life, but Alex and Money are still dead. Worse, the Blind Man survives and, if a news report at the end is any indication, may escape punishment for his crimes, and ensuring Rocky will look over her shoulder for the rest of her life.]].life]].
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* NightVisionGoggles: No actual goggles are shown, but the scene in the pitch-black cellar wouldn't be thrilling at all if the audience couldn't see a thing, so it's shot with a monochrome filter instead that looks like night vision. The effect is even more terrifying than it sounds.
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* {{Irony}}: Being too quiet actually gives the Blind Man more of an advantage over the burglars. As seen later in the film, [[spoiler:too much noise will overwhelm the Blind Man and make him flail around desperately trying to shut it off, leaving him open to attack]].
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* CreepyBasement: The burglars think its just another house, until they discover the secret downstairs....
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* {{Anti Hero}}es: Our protagonists are a couple of thieves, but they're sympathetic due to the greater crimes of the antagonist.

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* {{Anti Hero}}es: Our protagonists MainCharacters are a couple of thieves, but they're sympathetic due to the greater crimes of the antagonist.



* BlackAndGreyMorality: Our protagonists are three burglars trying to steal from a blind man. The antagonist is [[spoiler:a blind, insane man who has kidnapped a woman and forcibly inseminated her...the woman who killed his daughter in a car accident]].

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* BlackAndGreyMorality: Our protagonists MainCharacters are three burglars trying to steal from a blind man. The antagonist is [[spoiler:a blind, insane man who has kidnapped a woman and forcibly inseminated her...the woman who killed his daughter in a car accident]].



* BoundAndGagged: Cindy, the woman who [[spoiler: killed the Blind Man's daughter.]]

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* BoundAndGagged: Cindy, the woman who [[spoiler: killed the Blind Man's daughter.]]daughter, is kept tied up so the Blind Man can impregnate her.]]



* ChekhovsArmoury: The camera lingers on a number of seemingly random objects as the three protagonists initially enter the house, almost all of which serve some sort of purpose as the movie progresses.

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* ChekhovsArmoury: The camera lingers on a number of seemingly random objects as the three protagonists MainCharacters initially enter the house, almost all of which serve some sort of purpose as the movie progresses.



* DoggedNiceGuy: Alex towards Rocky.

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* %%%* DoggedNiceGuy: Alex towards Rocky.



* FromBadToWorse: Things get very bad very quickly for the protagonists, and only continue for much of the film.
* FinalGirl: Rocky.
* HandicappedBadass: The whole plot of the movie is that the teenagers break into a house of an old blind man who turns out to be one.

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* FromBadToWorse: Things get very bad very quickly for the protagonists, MainCharacters, and only continue for much of the film.
* FinalGirl: Rocky.
[[spoiler: Rocky is the only one to escape clean.]]
* HandicappedBadass: The whole plot of the movie is that the teenagers break into a house of an old blind man who turns out to be one.capable of defending himself very well.



* NothingIsScarier: The premise of the film is that the protagonists have to be quiet in order to escape the Blind Man's house.

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* NothingIsScarier: The premise of the film is that the protagonists MainCharacters have to be quiet in order to escape the Blind Man's house.



* PrayerIsALastResort: Rocky indulges in this while shes's tied up and helpless. The Blind Man cruelly scorns her for doing so.
* ProtectThisHouse: An inversion with the antagonist protecting his house from the protagonists.

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* PrayerIsALastResort: Rocky indulges in this prayer while shes's tied up and helpless. The Blind Man cruelly scorns her for doing so.
* ProtectThisHouse: An inversion with the antagonist protecting his house from the protagonists.MainCharacters.



* RasterVision: Appears on the final TV screen.

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* %%%%* RasterVision: Appears on the final TV screen.



* RightHandAttackDog: The Blind Man's guide dog is large and menacing Rottweiler, who is in fact introduced barking ferociously at the protagonists. It's why their first step in the robbery is neutralizing it with sleeping medicine. [[spoiler: But it eventually wears off and the dog wakes up. The Blind Man makes full use of him to hunt them down in the movie's third act]].

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* RightHandAttackDog: The Blind Man's guide dog is large and menacing Rottweiler, who is in fact introduced barking ferociously at the protagonists.MainCharacters. It's why their first step in the robbery is neutralizing it with sleeping medicine. [[spoiler: But it eventually wears off and the dog wakes up. The Blind Man makes full use of him to hunt them down in the movie's third act]].



* SirSwearsALot: Money.

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* %%%* SirSwearsALot: Money.



* StrawAtheist: The Blind Man [[spoiler: who justifies what he does because there's no God to stop him.]]

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* StrawAtheist: The Blind Man [[spoiler: who justifies what he does because there's no God to stop him.]]
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Either not body horror or not adequately explained as such.


* BodyHorror: The Blind Man's eyes are mangled, having been blinded from grenade shrapnel.
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* PrayerIsALastResort: Rocky indulges in this while shes's tied up and helpless. The Blind Man cruelly scorns her for doing so.
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* ExcrementStatement: Money engages in mindless vandalism of the home he breaks into, including pissing on the floors.
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* TheAdjectivalMan: "The Blind Man."

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* TheAdjectivalMan: Norman Nordstrom, "The Blind Man."



* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:Money]] spends his fleeting screentime being an obnoxious asshole, so that his sudden death doesn't overshadow the audience's sympathy for the remaining characters.

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* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:Money]] spends his fleeting screentime screen time being an obnoxious asshole, so that his sudden death doesn't overshadow the audience's sympathy for the remaining characters.



* CantKillYouStillNeedYou: The Blind Man doesn't kill Rocky when he has the chance, [[spoiler: because he has other plans for her]].

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* CantKillYouStillNeedYou: The Blind Man doesn't kill Rocky when he has the chance, [[spoiler: because he has other plans for her]].her.]]



** [[spoiler:Rocky survives the encounter ''and'' gets away with all the ill-gotten money she's stolen throughout her career, allowing her to achieve her goal of starting a new life with her sister in California]].

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** [[spoiler:Rocky survives the encounter ''and'' gets away with all the ill-gotten money she's stolen throughout her career, allowing her to achieve her goal of starting a new life with her sister in California]].California.]]



* RightForTheWrongReasons: When Alex learns that the Blind Man is, well, [[ShapedLikeItself blind,]] he expresses hesitation at [[EvenEvilHasStandards the idea of stealing from him.]] Money reassures him that just because he's blind "doesn't mean he's a saint". Though Money says it to keep the plan going, he turns out to be far more accurate than he wished he was...

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* RightForTheWrongReasons: When Alex learns that the Blind Man is, well, [[ShapedLikeItself blind,]] he expresses hesitation at [[EvenEvilHasStandards the idea of stealing from him.]] Money reassures him that just because he's blind "doesn't mean he's a saint". saint." Though Money says it to keep the plan going, he turns out to be far more accurate than he wished he was...



* TemptingFate: Rocky at one point taunts the Blind Man with a "You're useless out here!". [[spoiler:The literal second she finishes that sentence, his dog leaps in her direction.]]

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* TemptingFate: Rocky at one point taunts the Blind Man with a "You're useless out here!". here!" [[spoiler:The literal second she finishes that sentence, his dog leaps in her direction.]]
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** Alex and Rocky could have made a quick exit from the basement, but Rocky insists on [[spoiler:saving Cindy, stating that even though she killed the Blind Man's daughter, no one deserves her fate.]] [[NoGoodDeed The attempt fails,]] but it's the thought that counts.

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** Alex and Rocky could have made a quick exit from the basement, but Rocky insists on [[spoiler:saving Cindy, stating that even though she killed the Blind Man's daughter, no one deserves her fate.]] [[NoGoodDeed [[NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished The attempt fails,]] but it's the thought that counts.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: Shortly before breaking into the house, Alex wonders if the Blind Man is really asleep, as one of the lights is still on, only for Money to retort that light doesn't mean a thing to the Blind Man. [[spoiler:When Rocky and Alex are in the basement, the Blind Man kills the power, as it doesn't mean a thing to him.]]
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* OneDialogueTwoConversations: When the Blind Man first confronts Money, Money tries to scare him off by saying he knows what's in the basement and isn't leaving without it, thinking the Blind Man's safe is down there. [[spoiler:Unfortunately for Money, cash isn't what's in the basement.]]
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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Rocky survives and escapes with the money, giving her and her sister a chance at a better life, but Alex and Money are still dead. Worse, the Blind Man survives and, if a news report at the end is any indication, may escape punishment for his crimes, yet he doesn't report any stolen goods, either]].

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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Rocky survives and escapes with the money, giving her and her sister a chance at a better life, but Alex and Money are still dead. Worse, the Blind Man survives and, if a news report at the end is any indication, may escape punishment for his crimes, yet he doesn't report any stolen goods, either]].and ensuring Rocky will look over her shoulder for the rest of her life.]].
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Rape with an object is still rape.


* EvenEvilHasStandards: The Blind Man states firmly that he is not a rapist. [[spoiler:Which means he forcibly inseminates his victims by means of a turkey baster instead]].
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'''Cast:'''

* '''Jane Levy''' as Rocky
* '''Dylan Minnette''' as Alex
* '''Creator/{{Stephen Lang}}''' as The Blind Man
* '''Daniel Zovatto''' as Money
* '''Sergej Onopko''' as Trevor
* '''Jane May Graves''' as Cindy Roberts
* '''Jon Donahue''' as Mathew
* '''Katia Bokor''' as Ginger
* '''Christian Zagia''' as Raul
* '''Emma Bercovici''' as Diddy
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'''Don't Breathe''' is a 2016 American horror thriller film directed by Fede Alvarez and written by Alvarez and Rodo Sayagues. The film stars Jane Levy, Dylan Minnette, Daniel Zovatto, and Creator/StephenLang.

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'''Don't Breathe''' ''Don't Breathe'' is a 2016 American horror thriller film directed by Fede Alvarez and written by Alvarez and Rodo Sayagues. The film stars Jane Levy, Dylan Minnette, Daniel Zovatto, and Creator/StephenLang.
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* NoGoodDeed:

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* NoGoodDeed:NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished:
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* BlackAndGreyMorality: Our protagonists are three burglars trying to steal from a blind man. The antagonist is [[spoiler:a blind, insane man who has kidnapped a woman and forcibly inseminated her]].

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* BlackAndGreyMorality: Our protagonists are three burglars trying to steal from a blind man. The antagonist is [[spoiler:a blind, insane man who has kidnapped a woman and forcibly inseminated her]].her...the woman who killed his daughter in a car accident]].

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* BadassGrandpa: The Blind Man is a Gulf War veteran who looks to be in his sixties, yet maintains a chiseled physique and repeatedly overpowers his younger opponents.



* VillainousUnderdog: While the Blind Man - being Creator/StephenLang - is a BadassGrandpa, one can't deny the fact ''he is completely blind'', up against three burglars several decades younger than him, one of them armed with a pistol.

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* VillainousUnderdog: While the Blind Man - being Creator/StephenLang - is a BadassGrandpa, menacing villain, one can't deny the fact ''he is completely blind'', up against three burglars several decades younger than him, one of them armed with a pistol.
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* DisabilitySuperpower: Downplayed. The Blind Man's blindness is mostly played as a critical weakness that allows the thieves to stay alive as long as they do. The one time he turns it to his advantage is when he shuts off the lights in the basement, and it's only his familiarity with his surroundings that enables him to get the advantage, not super-senses.

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* DisabilitySuperpower: Downplayed. The Blind Man's blindness is mostly played as a critical weakness that allows the thieves to stay alive as long as they do. The one time he turns it to his advantage is when he shuts off the lights in the basement, and it's only his familiarity with his surroundings that enables him to get the advantage, not super-senses. That said, as mentioned in BlindWeaponmaster above, he's ''really'' good at being blind.

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