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Speaking of, after performing a seance in the attic of her grandma's house during the Thanksgiving dinner, Mallory finds an old guitar in a case. Then she starts having strange nightmares. Before she knows it, Mallory and Rodney have found themselves being drawn into a dark page in blues history pertaining to the infamous blue musician Eugene Burns (Kenny Gardner).

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Speaking of, after performing a seance in the attic of her grandma's house during the Thanksgiving dinner, Mallory finds an old guitar in a case. Then she starts having strange nightmares. Before she knows it, Mallory and Rodney have found themselves being drawn into a dark page in blues history pertaining to the infamous blue blues musician Eugene Burns (Kenny Gardner).
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* ChekhovsGun: While Mallory and Rodney are retreading old ground, they come across Mr. Torres' old well. [[spoiler:Mallory remembers the well in the climax, and decides to drop Eugene and his guitar into it to rid the world of them.

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* ChekhovsGun: While Mallory and Rodney are retreading old ground, they come across Mr. Torres' old well. [[spoiler:Mallory remembers the well in the climax, and decides to drop Eugene and his guitar into it to rid the world of them.them]].
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* AssholeVictim: The redneck who [[spoiler:Eugene Burns]] kills was shown to be more interested in cleaning his guns than walking his dog, and argued with his wife about who should do it.


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* ChekhovsGun: While Mallory and Rodney are retreading old ground, they come across Mr. Torres' old well. [[spoiler:Mallory remembers the well in the climax, and decides to drop Eugene and his guitar into it to rid the world of them.


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* TheEndOrIsIt: [[spoiler:Eugene Burns and his guitar have been dropped into a deep well, and Rodney disposed of the Ghost Note album by throwing it into the raging river. All seems well... then we see a shot of some kids playing by the river, and the camera zooms in on the Ghost Note album in the branches of a nearby tree.]]


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* GetAHoldOfYourselfMan: After Mallory sees that [[spoiler:Eugene is still alive]], she's so distraught by it she regresses to a child-like state. She only returns to normal when Lillith slaps her across the face.


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* ScaryBlackMan: [[spoiler:Eugene Burns, especially with all of that metal stuck to his body.]]
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* {{Handguns}}: One man is shown to own a handgun. When he sees [[spoiler:Eugene Burns]], he tries to shoot him with it.


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* NoSell: One guy tries to kill [[spoiler:Eugene Burns]] by shooting him, but [[spoiler:Eugene]] just shrugs off each shot.


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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: When Xander informs Rodney that [[spoiler:Eugene Burns is still alive behind the brick wall, and makes known his intention to free him]], Rodney decides then and there to walk away.
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* TonkaTouch: Xander shows Rodney the Ghost Note record, and then takes a hammer to it. He shows it to him again, showing that it isn't even scratched, stating that the record is indestructible.

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* TonkaTouch: TonkaTough: Xander shows Rodney the Ghost Note record, and then takes a hammer to it. He shows it to him again, showing that it isn't even scratched, stating that the record is indestructible.
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* BaitAndSwitch: Late in the movie, when Mallory is alone, a lamp flickers and loud tapping is heard. Mallory, thinking it might be Eugene, covers her ears and shout "Go Away!". She then sits, and tearfully aks "What do you want from me!?". The camera then shows Mallory's grandma saying "I just wanted to make sure you were okay.".


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* ShroudedInMyth: Eugene Burns' infamous album, "Ghost Note". Since it disappeared before it could be mass-produced and distributed, the only way anyone even knows about it is word of mouth. Some even doubt it ever existed.


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* TonkaTouch: Xander shows Rodney the Ghost Note record, and then takes a hammer to it. He shows it to him again, showing that it isn't even scratched, stating that the record is indestructible.
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* BigBad: Eugene Burns.


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* NightmareSequence: Mallory has one where she enters a club full of masked people who start attacking eachother when Eugene Burns starts playing on his guitar.


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* SlashedThroat: Ashley kills herself this way [[spoiler:after sensing that Eugene Burns has awakened]].

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* CultureBlind: Mallory tells her grandmother that one thing she likes to do is watch Creator/{{Netflix}}, which she decides to join her on... then she asks "What's Netflix?".


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* MacGuffinTitle: Ghost Note is the name of Eugene Burn's unreleased album, which causes anyone who hears it to start raping/murdering people.


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* PopCulturalOsmosisFailure: Mallory tells her grandmother that one thing she likes to do is watch movies on Creator/{{Netflix}}, which she decides to join her on... then she asks "What's Netflix?".
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* AlmightyMom: When Lawrence is trying to get his younger kids into the car, they don't pay attention... then his wife shouts "Kids, listen to you father!", and they drop everything and get moving.
* CultureBlind: Mallory tells her grandmother that one thing she likes to do is watch Creator/{{Netflix}}, which she decides to join her on... then she asks "What's Netflix?".


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* MaleGaze: When Mallory is walking away after arranging to hang out with Rodney later, he looks in her direction, and the camera focuses on her butt.

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Mallory (Alicia Underwood) is a teenage girl who's attending a family Thanksgiving dinner at her grandmother's house. Once the dinner is over, however, her parents inform her they'll be going to Hawaii for a private holiday, so she'll be spending the weekend with grandma (Allyn Carrell), much to her chagrin. While she's there, though, she also reconnects with an old friend of hers living in the area, Rodney (Justin Duncan), who's really gotten into blues music lately.

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Mallory (Alicia Underwood) is a teenage girl who's attending a family Thanksgiving dinner at her grandmother's house. Once the dinner is over, however, her parents inform her they'll be going to Hawaii for a private holiday, so she'll be spending the weekend week with grandma (Allyn Carrell), much to her chagrin. While she's there, though, she also reconnects with an old friend of hers living in the area, Rodney (Justin Duncan), who's really gotten into blues music lately.


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* AbusiveParents: Apparently, Mallory's grandfather was this to his kids. He once beat up Rick for going into his workshop, and choked Jack and threw him down the attic stairs when he caught him up there. [[spoiler:We later find out it was because those places were where he was keeping Eugene and his guitar respectively.]]


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** After [[spoiler:sensing that Eugene is awake]], Ashley [[SlashedThroat slits her own throat]].
* DreadedKidsTable: Where Mallory has to sit during Thanksgiving dinner.
* FlippingTheBird: Mallory does this to her mother on the car ride to her grandma's house.
* ItIsDehumanizing: When Mallory's cousin Kyle hugs her, she responds with "Eww, get it off me!".
* SpookySeance: Mallory holds one in the attic with her cousins.
* TimeSkip: The prologue of the movie happens in 1971. Then it jumps ahead to the "Present Day".
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''Ghost Note'' is a [[HorrorFilms Horror Movie]] by Troy Hart.

Mallory (Alicia Underwood) is a teenage girl who's attending a family Thanksgiving dinner at her grandmother's house. Once the dinner is over, however, her parents inform her they'll be going to Hawaii for a private holiday, so she'll be spending the weekend with grandma (Allyn Carrell), much to her chagrin. While she's there, though, she also reconnects with an old friend of hers living in the area, Rodney (Justin Duncan), who's really gotten into blues music lately.

Speaking of, after performing a seance in the attic of her grandma's house during the Thanksgiving dinner, Mallory finds an old guitar in a case. Then she starts having strange nightmares. Before she knows it, Mallory and Rodney have found themselves being drawn into a dark page in blues history pertaining to the infamous blue musician Eugene Burns (Kenny Gardner).

The film was released on April the 21st, 2017.

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!!''Ghost Note'' contains examples of:
* DrivenToSuicide: Three examples.
** In 1971, after Eugene finishes playing a song, a man in the audience puts a gun to his own head and shoots himself.
** After touching Astaroth (Eugene's guitar), the exterminator drives back to his business, and then hangs himself.
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