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* DropTheHammer: When Bill finds Craig spying on Jennifer outside, he attacks him with a hammer.
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Even though it is a by-the-book SlasherMovie, the film gained a cult status after its release in 1989 for having a plenty of Creator/SamRaimi regulars present (including the man himself), director Scott Spiegel's camerawork, and its {{gorn}}tastic kills.

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Even though it is a by-the-book SlasherMovie, the film gained a cult status after its release in 1989 for having a plenty of Creator/SamRaimi regulars present (including the man himself), director Scott Spiegel's camerawork, camerawork and its {{gorn}}tastic kills.



* ChekhovsGun: The knife used to kill [[spoiler: Linda]]. Jennifer tears it from [[spoiler:her]] chest, and attacks the killer with it.

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* ChekhovsGun: The knife used to kill [[spoiler: Linda]]. Jennifer tears it from [[spoiler:her]] chest, chest and attacks the killer with it.



* CoversAlwaysLie: Some stylized VHS-covers shows the killer with an axe. He never uses one.

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* CoversAlwaysLie: Some stylized VHS-covers shows VHS covers show the killer with an axe. He never uses one.



* LockedOutOfTheLoop: After he puts on his walkman, Joe has no idea what is going on. This leads to his death as the music drowns out the approach of the killer.

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* LockedOutOfTheLoop: After he puts on his walkman, Walkman, Joe has no idea what is going on. This leads to his death as the music drowns out the approach of the killer.



* OffscreenTeleportation: The killer manages to get outside in a record time to kill the bread deliverer in front Jennifer.

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* OffscreenTeleportation: The killer manages to get outside in a record time to kill the bread deliverer in front Jennifer.



* PoliceAreUseless: When the cops come after Craig's troublemaking, they just ask the cast to call them again if he shows up. Taken further [[spoiler:in the ending, as a different pair cops arrest the surviving characters for the murders]].

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* PoliceAreUseless: When the cops come after Craig's troublemaking, they just ask the cast to call them again if he shows up. Taken further [[spoiler:in the ending, as a different pair of cops arrest the surviving characters for the murders]].
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* NiceHat: Mr Abernathi and Tim when he first appears
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** Also when Dave is being dragged across the floor, he spots a cleaver and tries to grab it.
* KnifeNut: The killer prefers big knives. For the last third of the film he picks up a cleaver.
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* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:Bill is dead, but Jennifer and Craig end up being accused and arrested for the murder spree]].
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* WoundedGazelleGambit: [[spoiler:The killer uses his woundedness to implicate the surviving charaters for the murders]].

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* WoundedGazelleGambit: [[spoiler:The killer uses his woundedness to implicate the surviving charaters characters for the murders]].

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%%* ChekhovsGun: The knife used to kill [[spoiler: Lynda]]
%%* ChekhovsSkill: Bill impersonating Danny

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%%* * ChekhovsGun: The knife used to kill [[spoiler: Lynda]]
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Linda]]. Jennifer tears it from [[spoiler:her]] chest, and attacks the killer with it.
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ChekhovsSkill: Bill [[spoiler:Bill]] impersonating DannyDanny. He uses it to lure Jennifer into a trap.



%%* FinalGirl: Jennifer.

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%%* * FinalGirl: Jennifer.Jennifer is the last surviving, and thus is left to fight the killer. [[spoiler:In an interesting twist, she gets help from [[RedHerring Craig]].]]



%%* OnceIsNotEnough

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%%* OnceIsNotEnough* OnceIsNotEnough: Jennifer manages to jab [[spoiler:Craig]] in the throat, apparently killing him. [[spoiler:He later turns up alive, and is not actually the killer]].
** Subverted at the end, where [[spoiler:Craig attacks Bill, the real killer, with a meat cleaver]], ferociously hacking at him over and over until he drops. [[spoiler:Then Double Subverted when it turns out that STILL wasn't quite enough to kill him.]]



%%* ScreamingWoman

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%%* ScreamingWoman* ScreamingWoman: Understandably, Jennifer becomes this when she finds the remains of the killer's victims.

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[[SimilarlyNamedWorks Has no relation]] to the 2019 multiplayer [[VideoGame/{{Intruder}} video game]] of the same name. It is equally unrelated to the Creator/{{BBC}} series ''Series/{{Intruders}}'', the 2006 novel ''Literature/TheIntruders'', or the 2015 films ''Film/{{Intruders}}'' '''and''' ''Film/TheIntruders''.






* BigNo: Dave when he see's the table saw.

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* BigNo: Dave when he see's sees the table saw.



* ChekhovsGun: The knife used to kill [[spoiler: Lynda]]
* ChekhovsSkill: Bill impersonating Danny

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* %%* ChekhovsGun: The knife used to kill [[spoiler: Lynda]]
* %%* ChekhovsSkill: Bill impersonating Danny



* FinalGirl: Jennifer.

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* %%* FinalGirl: Jennifer.



* OnceIsNotEnough
* OneWordTitle

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* OnceIsNotEnough
* OneWordTitle
%%* OnceIsNotEnough



* ScreamingWoman

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* %%* ScreamingWoman
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* CharacterInTheLogo: Done in the VHS releases, with its killer in the "I" of the logo.
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** Also when Dave is being dragged across the floor, he spots a cleaver and tries to grab it.
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* BillingDisplacement: Despite having just a small part near the end, Creator/BruceCampbell has a top billing on the DVD-releases.
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* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: One of the victims is found cut in half. With "1/2 price" sign on him.
* HeadphonesEqualIsolation: This is what leads to Joe's death

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* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: One of the victims is found cut in half. With "1/2 price" sign on him.
half.
* HeadphonesEqualIsolation: This is what leads to Joe's deathWalkman drowns out the approach of the killer as he's chopping up meat for the deli.

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* HeadphonesEqualIsolation: This is what leads to Joe's death



* LockedOutOfTheLoop: After he puts on his walkman, Joe has no idea what is going on.

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* LockedOutOfTheLoop: After he puts on his walkman, Joe has no idea what is going on. This leads to his death as the music drowns out the approach of the killer.
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* LockedOutOfTheLoop: After he puts on his walkman, Joe has know idea what is going on.

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* LockedOutOfTheLoop: After he puts on his walkman, Joe has know no idea what is going on.
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* AbsurdlySharpBlade: One of the killer's first kills is slamming a knife halfway through and down his victim's skull. Note that this is a cutting knife, not a cleaver (he picks that up later), and he doesn't stab with it, he chops, and it STILL goes halfway through the skull.
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Hey Its That Guy cut by TRS decision. Ditto for Hey Its That Voice.


Even though it is a by-the-book SlasherMovie, the film gained a cult status after its release in 1989 for having a plenty of Creator/SamRaimi [[HeyItsThatGuy regulars]] present (including the man himself), director Scott Spiegel's camerawork, and its {{gorn}}tastic kills.

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Even though it is a by-the-book SlasherMovie, the film gained a cult status after its release in 1989 for having a plenty of Creator/SamRaimi [[HeyItsThatGuy regulars]] regulars present (including the man himself), director Scott Spiegel's camerawork, and its {{gorn}}tastic kills.

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* BigNo: Dave when he see's the table saw.



* ChekhovsGun: The knife used to kill [[spoiler: Lynda]]
* ChekhovsSkill: Bill impersonating Danny



* EyeScream: Dave's eye is pierced by a spike.

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* EyeScream: Dave's Danny's eye is pierced by a spike.


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* NiceHat: Mr Abernathi and Tim when he first appears
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* CoversAlwaysLie: Killer never uses an axe in this film.
* CreatorCameo: Scott Spiegel appears as the guy delivering the bread.
* DoubleTake: Randy when he sees a severed hand wrapped in meat packaging.

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* CoversAlwaysLie: Killer Some stylized VHS-covers shows the killer with an axe. He never uses an axe in this film.
one.
* CreatorCameo: Scott Spiegel appears as the guy delivering the bread.
bread, who is then killed off as the FinalGirl watches helplessly from inside the store.
* DoubleTake: Randy does it when he sees a severed hand wrapped in meat packaging.
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* ShoutOut: Bill's story about the guy in the fire rescue who "had the head in one hand, sandwich in the other", is lifted from ''Film/RaisingArizona''.

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In a market after closing hours, a bunch of people are working late. One of the worker's abusive ex-boyfriend then starts harassing her and soon they are being killed gruesomely one by one.

Even though it is a by-the-book SlasherMovie, it gained cult status after its release in 1989 for having plenty of Creator/SamRaimi [[HeyItsThatGuy regulars]] present (including the man himself) in the cast and its {{gorn}}tastic kills.

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In a market after closing hours, a bunch of people employees are working late. One of the worker's Then one cashier's abusive ex-boyfriend then starts harassing her her, and soon they everyone around the store are being killed gruesomely one by one.

Even though it is a by-the-book SlasherMovie, it the film gained a cult status after its release in 1989 for having a plenty of Creator/SamRaimi [[HeyItsThatGuy regulars]] present (including the man himself) in the cast himself), director Scott Spiegel's camerawork, and its {{gorn}}tastic kills.



* AccidentalMurder: How Craig got into prison prior to the events of the film.
* AnArmAndALeg
* BarehandedBladeBlock
* BillingDisplacement: Despite having just a small part near the end, Creator/BruceCampbell has a top billing on DVD-releases.
* BloodIsSquickerInWater: The killer drops a chopped hand into a lobster tank.
* BloodFromTheMouth

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* AccidentalMurder: How Craig got into prison prior to the events of the film.
film when he accidentally killed a man after Jennifer broke up with him.
* AnArmAndALeg
AnArmAndALeg: Severed hands and feet are discovered by the cast.
* BarehandedBladeBlock
BarehandedBladeBlock: When Jennifer tries to attack the killer with a knife, he grabs it by the blade and throws it aside.
* BillingDisplacement: Despite having just a small part near the end, Creator/BruceCampbell has a top billing on the DVD-releases.
* BloodIsSquickerInWater: The killer drops a chopped hand into a lobster tank.
* BloodFromTheMouth
tank, which quickly turns red with blood.



* CassandraTruth
* ClosedCircle

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* CassandraTruth
CassandraTruth: [[spoiler:The police arrest Jennifer and Craig in the end, ignoring their pleas for innocence]].
* ClosedCircleClosedCircle: The store, as the killer has the keys.



* DutchAngle
* EyeAwaken: Used twice.

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* DutchAngle
DutchAngle: When Bill notices a doorknob turning, the shot of him looking at it slowly turns into a tilted angle.
* EyeAwaken: Used twice.twice by NotQuiteDead characters.



* GigglingVillain
* GrievousBottleyHarm

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* GigglingVillain
GigglingVillain: The killer after his identity is revealed.
* GrievousBottleyHarmGrievousBottleyHarm: Used twice against the killer.



* HopeSpot: The couple, and the bread guy.

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* HopeSpot: The couple, couple trying to visit the store after closing hours, and the bread guy.



* NotQuiteDead
* OffWithHisHead
* OffscreenTeleportation

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* NotQuiteDead
LockedOutOfTheLoop: After he puts on his walkman, Joe has know idea what is going on.
* OffWithHisHead
NotQuiteDead: [[spoiler:Craig]] after Jennifer attacks him, and the killer in the ending.
* OffscreenTeleportationOffWithHisHead: Dave gets his head severed offscreen.
* OffscreenTeleportation: The killer manages to get outside in a record time to kill the bread deliverer in front Jennifer.



* PeekABooCorpse
* PoliceAreUseless
* ReadingYourRights
* RedHerring
* RedShirt: The bread man.

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* PeekABooCorpse
PeekABooCorpse: Jennifer is surprised by Randy's corpse.
* PoliceAreUseless
PoliceAreUseless: When the cops come after Craig's troublemaking, they just ask the cast to call them again if he shows up. Taken further [[spoiler:in the ending, as a different pair cops arrest the surviving characters for the murders]].
* ReadingYourRights
* RedHerring
* RedShirt: The bread man.
RedHerring: [[spoiler:Craig's behavior early in the film makes him seem like his responsible for the killings]].



* SpitefulSpit
* TheStoner: Bub.
* WindowPain
* WoundedGazelleGambit

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* SpitefulSpit
SpitefulSpit: Jennifer spits at the face of the gloating killer, who just licks it off.
* TheStoner: Bub.
Bub. To drive the point home, he speaks like a surfer.
* WindowPain
* WoundedGazelleGambit
WoundedGazelleGambit: [[spoiler:The killer uses his woundedness to implicate the surviving charaters for the murders]].
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Even though it is a by-the-book SlasherMovie, it gained cult status after its release in 1989 for having plenty of SamRaimi [[HeyItsThatGuy regulars]] present (including the man himself) in the cast and its {{gorn}}tastic kills.

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Even though it is a by-the-book SlasherMovie, it gained cult status after its release in 1989 for having plenty of SamRaimi Creator/SamRaimi [[HeyItsThatGuy regulars]] present (including the man himself) in the cast and its {{gorn}}tastic kills.
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* BillingDisplacement: Despite having just a small part near the end, BruceCampbell has a top billing on DVD-releases.

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* BillingDisplacement: Despite having just a small part near the end, BruceCampbell Creator/BruceCampbell has a top billing on DVD-releases.
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-> "Don't you see? I'm just CRAZY about this store!"

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-> "Don't ->''"Don't you see? I'm just CRAZY about this store!"store!"''



Even though it is a by-the-book {{slasher film}}, it gained cult status after its release in 1989 for having plenty of SamRaimi [[HeyItsThatGuy regulars]] present (including the man himself) in the cast and its {{gorn}}tastic kills.

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Even though it is a by-the-book {{slasher film}}, SlasherMovie, it gained cult status after its release in 1989 for having plenty of SamRaimi [[HeyItsThatGuy regulars]] present (including the man himself) in the cast and its {{gorn}}tastic kills.
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[[caption-width-right:335:Black Friday sales can get a little messy.]]

-> "I'm just CRAZY about this store!"

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[[caption-width-right:335:Black [[caption-width-right:335: [- Black Friday sales can get a little messy.messy. -] ]]

-> "I'm "Don't you see? I'm just CRAZY about this store!"
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* DoubleTake: Randy when he sees a severed hand wrapped in meat packaging.

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