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* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:Mark, still chained to the cop car, encounters the possessed Wendy in the desert, begging her to free him. She aims a shotgun at him, then decides to just leave him there to die instead. Seeing how he was an abusive asshole, it's difficult to feel sorry for him.]]
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* KickTheSonOfABitch: [[spoiler:Mark, still chained to the cop car, encounters the possessed Wendy in the desert, begging her to free him. She aims a shotgun at him, then decides to just leave him there to die instead. Seeing how he was an abusive asshole, it's difficult to feel sorry for him.]]
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* KnifeNut: It's the Dust Devil's weapon of choice when he cuts up his victims.
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* PsychoKnifeNut: It's the Dust Devil's weapon of choice when he cuts up his victims.
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* CreatorCameo: When Wendy is driving to Bethany at night, she falls asleep behind the wheel and is startled by the Dust Devil, who is on the side of the road transforming into a dog. Stanley himself is under the makeup.
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* DomesticAbuse: Mark is a paranoid husband who thinks Wendy is cheating on him, and hits her whenever he thinks she’s lying.
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* DomesticAbuse: Mark is a paranoid husband who thinks Wendy is cheating on him, and hits her whenever he thinks she’s she's lying.
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* GenreMashup: Stanley described the film as a marriage between Italian gialli films and the {{spaghetti western}}s of Creator/SergioLeone.
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''Dust Devil'' is a 1992 horror movie directed by [[Film/{{Hardware}} Richard Stanley]].
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''Dust Devil'' is a 1992 horror movie directed by [[Film/{{Hardware}} Richard Stanley]].
Creator/RichardStanley.
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Wendy is fleeing to the desert to escape from her abusive husband, where she runs across a strange man on the side of the road who isn't what he appears to be.
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Wendy (Chelsea Field) is fleeing to the desert to escape from her abusive husband, where she runs across a strange man (Creator/RobertJohnBurke) on the side of the road who isn't what he appears to be.
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* YourSoulIsMine: This is the Dust Devil’s entire M.O. Apparently, the process of soul stealing entails shooting photographs of the victim, dismembering them, painting the walls with their blood and fat, and keeping their fingers.
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* YourSoulIsMine: This is the Dust Devil’s entire M.O. Apparently, the process of soul stealing entails shooting photographs of the victim, dismembering them, painting the walls with their blood and fat, and keeping their fingers.fingers.
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Example fits better in Out With A Bang.
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* DeathBySex: A woman and the Dust Devil get it on, and he breaks her neck right as they both climax.
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* OutWithABang: A woman and the Dust Devil get it on, and he breaks her neck right as they both climax.
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* BewareOfHitchhikingGhosts: According to the DVD commentary, the film was inspired by the director's memory of being told the Vanishing Hitchhiker legend as a youngster.
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* DomesticAbuser: Mark is a paranoid husband who thinks Wendy is cheating on him, and hits her whenever he thinks she’s lying.
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* DomesticAbuser: DomesticAbuse: Mark is a paranoid husband who thinks Wendy is cheating on him, and hits her whenever he thinks she’s lying.
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* {{Fingore}}: The Dust Devil severs the fingers of its victims, and keeps them in a jewel box.
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* {{Fingore}}: The Dust Devil severs the fingers of its his victims, and keeps them in a jewel box.
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* KnifeNut: It's the Dust Devil's weapon of choice when it cuts up its victims.
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* KnifeNut: It's the Dust Devil's weapon of choice when it he cuts up its his victims.
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* SenselessSacrifice: [[spoiler:Ben is stabbed by the Dust Devil and left to limp towards his death, and when he’s on the ground, takes the opportunity to plant the fetish given to him by Joe at the host’s feet to neutralize the spirit. Unfortunately, he fails to burn the root needed to complete the banishment before Wendy kills the host body, at which point, it hops into her.]]
* SerialKiller: Subverted, as per the tagline. The Dust Devil has characteristics of one, such as having a consistent M.O. and taking trophies, but it's all part of a ritual that it needs to to claim enough souls to return to the spirit world. Furthermore, its crimes stretch all the way back to the dawn of man.
* TragicMonster: Joe tries to paint the Dust Devil as such, with little actual success. He claims that it only wants to go back to the spirit realm, but the sheer enjoyment that it derives from its basic human pleasures, coupled with the fact that it puts many innocents in harm’s way and persuades others to ''want'' to die, and the time it takes to seduce its female victims strongly suggest otherwise.
* SerialKiller: Subverted, as per the tagline. The Dust Devil has characteristics of one, such as having a consistent M.O. and taking trophies, but it's all part of a ritual that it needs to to claim enough souls to return to the spirit world. Furthermore, its crimes stretch all the way back to the dawn of man.
* TragicMonster: Joe tries to paint the Dust Devil as such, with little actual success. He claims that it only wants to go back to the spirit realm, but the sheer enjoyment that it derives from its basic human pleasures, coupled with the fact that it puts many innocents in harm’s way and persuades others to ''want'' to die, and the time it takes to seduce its female victims strongly suggest otherwise.
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* SenselessSacrifice: [[spoiler:Ben is stabbed by the Dust Devil and left to limp towards his death, and when he’s on the ground, takes the opportunity to plant the fetish given to him by Joe at the host’s feet to neutralize the spirit. Unfortunately, he fails to burn the root needed to complete the banishment before Wendy kills the host body, at which point, it the Dust Devil hops into her.]]
* SerialKiller: Subverted, as per the tagline. The Dust Devil has characteristics of one, such as having a consistent M.O. and taking trophies, but it's all part of a ritual thatit he needs to to claim enough souls to return to the spirit world. Furthermore, its his crimes stretch all the way back to the dawn of man.
* TragicMonster: Joe tries to paint the Dust Devil as such, with little actual success. He claims thatit he only wants to go back to the spirit realm, but the sheer enjoyment that it he derives from its basic human pleasures, coupled with the fact that it he puts many innocents in harm’s way and persuades others to ''want'' to die, and the time it he takes to seduce its his female victims strongly suggest otherwise.
* SerialKiller: Subverted, as per the tagline. The Dust Devil has characteristics of one, such as having a consistent M.O. and taking trophies, but it's all part of a ritual that
* TragicMonster: Joe tries to paint the Dust Devil as such, with little actual success. He claims that
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* DemonOfHumanOrigin: According to Joe, the Dust Devils had once been men before passing on to the spirit world.
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* DyingDeclarationOfLove: "I love you, Wendy." [[spoiler:Said by the Dust Devil just before getting his head blown off, ''after'' he'd tried to eviscerate her, roast her alive in her own car, summon a sandstorm to kill her, and before hijacking her body.]]
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: According to Wendy, Mark is actually a good man behind his paranoia and temper. [[InformedAttribute He does very little to back this up, though]].
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: According to Wendy, Mark is actually a good man behind his paranoia and temper. [[InformedAttribute He does very little to back this up, though]].however]].
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* WretchedHive: Bethany is shown to be little more than a wasteland full of human suffering, which is why it's such a perfect hunting ground for the Dust Devil.
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* WretchedHive: Bethany is shown to be little more than a wasteland full of human suffering, which is why it's such a perfect hunting ground for the Dust Devil.Devil, since it likes to pick off those who are ready to die.
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* TragicMonster: Joe tries to paint the Dust Devil as such, with little actual success. He claims that it only wants to go back to the spirit realm, but the sheer enjoyment that it derives from its basic human pleasures, coupled with the fact that it puts many innocents in harm’s way and persuades others to want to die, and the time it takes to seduce its female victims strongly suggest otherwise.
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* TragicMonster: Joe tries to paint the Dust Devil as such, with little actual success. He claims that it only wants to go back to the spirit realm, but the sheer enjoyment that it derives from its basic human pleasures, coupled with the fact that it puts many innocents in harm’s way and persuades others to want ''want'' to die, and the time it takes to seduce its female victims strongly suggest otherwise.otherwise.
* WretchedHive: Bethany is shown to be little more than a wasteland full of human suffering, which is why it's such a perfect hunting ground for the Dust Devil.
* WretchedHive: Bethany is shown to be little more than a wasteland full of human suffering, which is why it's such a perfect hunting ground for the Dust Devil.
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* AnArmAndALeg: Most of the bodies left behind by the film's villain are dismembered, and their arms are left hanging by ropes.
* CreepySouvenir: Polaroid photographs and human fingers. Justified, in that they're part of a ritual.
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* DemonicPossession: How Dust Devils can exist on the material plane.
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* DemonicPossession: How Dust Devils can exist on the material plane. [[spoiler:At the end, it possesses Wendy.]]
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* EvilIsOneBigHappyFamily: Defied. The Dust Devils are all aware of each other, but they share no interaction and prefer to hunt alone.
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* EvilIsOneBigHappyFamily: Defied. Averted. The Dust Devils are all aware of each other, but they share no interaction and prefer to hunt alone.alone.
* {{Fingore}}: The Dust Devil severs the fingers of its victims, and keeps them in a jewel box.
* {{Fingore}}: The Dust Devil severs the fingers of its victims, and keeps them in a jewel box.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: According to Wendy, Mark is actually a good man behind his paranoia and temper. [[InformedAttribute He does very little to back this up, though]].
* NoNameGiven: The titular antagonist has no real name to speak of, though Wendy calls him "Texas" at one point.
* SceneryGorn: Much like Stanley's previous effort, it's set in a desert wasteland with vicious sandstorms and decrepit-looking houses.
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* SerialKiller: Subverted. Subverted, as per the tagline. The Dust Devil has characteristics of one, such as having a consistent M.O. and taking trophies, but in reality, it's all part of a ritual that it needs to to claim enough souls to return to the spirit world. Furthermore, its murders and trophy-taking date crimes stretch all the way back to the dawn of man, and are all part of a ritual in order to pass onward to the spirit world.man.
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''Dust Devil'' is a 1992 horror movie directed by [[Film/{{Hardware}} Richard Stanley]].
Wendy is fleeing to the desert to escape from her abusive husband, where she runs across a strange man on the side of the road who isn't what he appears to be.
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!!This film includes examples of:
* AntagonistTitle: The main antagonist of the movie is none other than an entity known as a Dust Devil.
* BadassLongcoat: The Dust Devil is seldom seen without it.
* BlueAndOrangeMorality: The Dust Devil claims to only kill those who are prepared to die, but it’s not above using loopholes to push people to want to die. It seems to have somewhat of a clear concept of simple human pleasures and love, but still chooses to commit gruesome acts of violence.
* DeathBySex: A woman and the Dust Devil get it on, and he breaks her neck right as they both climax.
* DemonicPossession: How Dust Devils can exist on the material plane.
* DomesticAbuser: Mark is a paranoid husband who thinks Wendy is cheating on him, and hits her whenever he thinks she’s lying.
* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:Wendy kills the host body of the Dust Devil, but Ben dies having failed to neutralize the spirit, who jumps into Wendy’s body and leaves Mark to die chained to a car before going out to claim more souls.]]
* EnfantTerrible: One of the Dust Devils is possessing the body of a young child, who seems a little too efficient with his shooting.
* EvilIsOneBigHappyFamily: Defied. The Dust Devils are all aware of each other, but they share no interaction and prefer to hunt alone.
* InterruptedSuicide: Villainous example. Wendy is preparing to take her own life when she hears the Dust Devil close in on the bathroom, and she seems to change her mind.
* KickTheSonOfABitch: [[spoiler:Mark, still chained to the cop car, encounters the possessed Wendy in the desert, begging her to free him. She aims a shotgun at him, then decides to just leave him there to die instead. Seeing how he was an abusive asshole, it's difficult to feel sorry for him.]]
* KnifeNut: It's the Dust Devil's weapon of choice when it cuts up its victims.
* OurDemonsAreDifferent: While the term "demon" is never used, the Dust Devils certainly seem demonic. They’re vicious wind spirits of human origin that have to reside in human bodies, but wish to escape into the spirit realm through use of black magic.
* SenselessSacrifice: [[spoiler:Ben is stabbed by the Dust Devil and left to limp towards his death, and when he’s on the ground, takes the opportunity to plant the fetish given to him by Joe at the host’s feet to neutralize the spirit. Unfortunately, he fails to burn the root needed to complete the banishment before Wendy kills the host body, at which point, it hops into her.]]
* SerialKiller: Subverted. The Dust Devil has characteristics of one, but in reality, its murders and trophy-taking date way back to the dawn of man, and are all part of a ritual in order to pass onward to the spirit world.
* TragicMonster: Joe tries to paint the Dust Devil as such, with little actual success. He claims that it only wants to go back to the spirit realm, but the sheer enjoyment that it derives from its basic human pleasures, coupled with the fact that it puts many innocents in harm’s way and persuades others to want to die, and the time it takes to seduce its female victims strongly suggest otherwise.
* YourHeadAsplode: [[spoiler:How Wendy kills the Dust Devil’s host.]]
* YourSoulIsMine: This is the Dust Devil’s entire M.O. Apparently, the process of soul stealing entails shooting photographs of the victim, dismembering them, painting the walls with their blood and fat, and keeping their fingers.
''Dust Devil'' is a 1992 horror movie directed by [[Film/{{Hardware}} Richard Stanley]].
Wendy is fleeing to the desert to escape from her abusive husband, where she runs across a strange man on the side of the road who isn't what he appears to be.
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!!This film includes examples of:
* AntagonistTitle: The main antagonist of the movie is none other than an entity known as a Dust Devil.
* BadassLongcoat: The Dust Devil is seldom seen without it.
* BlueAndOrangeMorality: The Dust Devil claims to only kill those who are prepared to die, but it’s not above using loopholes to push people to want to die. It seems to have somewhat of a clear concept of simple human pleasures and love, but still chooses to commit gruesome acts of violence.
* DeathBySex: A woman and the Dust Devil get it on, and he breaks her neck right as they both climax.
* DemonicPossession: How Dust Devils can exist on the material plane.
* DomesticAbuser: Mark is a paranoid husband who thinks Wendy is cheating on him, and hits her whenever he thinks she’s lying.
* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:Wendy kills the host body of the Dust Devil, but Ben dies having failed to neutralize the spirit, who jumps into Wendy’s body and leaves Mark to die chained to a car before going out to claim more souls.]]
* EnfantTerrible: One of the Dust Devils is possessing the body of a young child, who seems a little too efficient with his shooting.
* EvilIsOneBigHappyFamily: Defied. The Dust Devils are all aware of each other, but they share no interaction and prefer to hunt alone.
* InterruptedSuicide: Villainous example. Wendy is preparing to take her own life when she hears the Dust Devil close in on the bathroom, and she seems to change her mind.
* KickTheSonOfABitch: [[spoiler:Mark, still chained to the cop car, encounters the possessed Wendy in the desert, begging her to free him. She aims a shotgun at him, then decides to just leave him there to die instead. Seeing how he was an abusive asshole, it's difficult to feel sorry for him.]]
* KnifeNut: It's the Dust Devil's weapon of choice when it cuts up its victims.
* OurDemonsAreDifferent: While the term "demon" is never used, the Dust Devils certainly seem demonic. They’re vicious wind spirits of human origin that have to reside in human bodies, but wish to escape into the spirit realm through use of black magic.
* SenselessSacrifice: [[spoiler:Ben is stabbed by the Dust Devil and left to limp towards his death, and when he’s on the ground, takes the opportunity to plant the fetish given to him by Joe at the host’s feet to neutralize the spirit. Unfortunately, he fails to burn the root needed to complete the banishment before Wendy kills the host body, at which point, it hops into her.]]
* SerialKiller: Subverted. The Dust Devil has characteristics of one, but in reality, its murders and trophy-taking date way back to the dawn of man, and are all part of a ritual in order to pass onward to the spirit world.
* TragicMonster: Joe tries to paint the Dust Devil as such, with little actual success. He claims that it only wants to go back to the spirit realm, but the sheer enjoyment that it derives from its basic human pleasures, coupled with the fact that it puts many innocents in harm’s way and persuades others to want to die, and the time it takes to seduce its female victims strongly suggest otherwise.
* YourHeadAsplode: [[spoiler:How Wendy kills the Dust Devil’s host.]]
* YourSoulIsMine: This is the Dust Devil’s entire M.O. Apparently, the process of soul stealing entails shooting photographs of the victim, dismembering them, painting the walls with their blood and fat, and keeping their fingers.
