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* ADateWithRosiePalms: The [[StalkerWithACrush hacker]] lusts over Emma, and is shown taking snapshots of her feet and watching her as she showers, exercises, sleeps... and pleasures herself.
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* BuildingPfAdventure: All of the action takes place inside Emma's apartment.

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* BuildingPfAdventure: BuildingOfAdventure: All of the action takes place inside Emma's apartment. apartment.
* CaughtWithYourPantsDown: The [[StalkerWithACrush hacker]] lusts over Emma, and is shown taking snapshots of her feet and watching her as she showers, exercises, sleeps... and pleasures herself.

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* TheBadGuyWins: [[spoiler:At the end, the hacker breaks into Emma's apartment and abducts her]].

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* TheBadGuyWins: [[spoiler:At the end, the hacker breaks into Emma's apartment and abducts her]].her]].
* BuildingPfAdventure: All of the action takes place inside Emma's apartment.



* ADateWithRosiePalms: The [[StalkerWithACrush hacker]] lusts over Emma, and is shown taking snapshots of her feet and watching her as she showers, exercises, sleeps... and pleasures herself.



* SocialMediaIsBad: A young girl is harassed by a stalker/hacker who has hacked into her devices and can track her because she's always online.

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* SocialMediaIsBad: A young girl woman is harassed by a stalker/hacker who has hacked into her devices and can track her because she's always online.
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* TheStinger: In a mid-credits scene, [[spoiler:the police finally arrive at Emma's wrecked apartment, but her and the stalker are already gone. Whether or not they find her eventually is up to the viewer's interpretation]].

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* TheStinger: In a mid-credits scene, [[spoiler:the police finally arrive at Emma's wrecked apartment, but her she and the stalker are already gone. Whether or not they find her eventually is up to the viewer's interpretation]].
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* AdultFear: [[spoiler: While Emma is being attacked and abducted by her stalker towards the end of the movie, her mother can only watch through webcam as it happens]].
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* StalkerWithACrush: It's made ''uncomfortably'' clear that the hacker lusts over Emma, as he's shown taking snapshots of her feet and watching her as she showers, exercises, and sleeps.

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* StalkerWithACrush: It's made ''uncomfortably'' clear that the hacker lusts over Emma, as he's shown taking snapshots of her feet and watching her as she showers, exercises, sleeps... and sleeps.pleasures herself.
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* CreativeClosingCredits: The main credits are accompanied by a multitude of screens showing everyday people going about their private lives, completely unaware that they're ''secretly being filmed''.


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* FoundFootageFilms: Emma is secretly being monitored by a cyber stalker who has hacked into her phone, laptop, and other devices with a camera. The entire film is shown through each of these devices, as if the audience themselves is intruding on Emma's private life.
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* ProperlyParanoid: Emma grows increasingly anxious once she realizes she's being watched. It's especially tragic since we, as an audience, [[DramaticIrony know just how much danger she's in right from the get-go... since we've been stalking her alongside the culprit]].

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* ProperlyParanoid: Emma grows increasingly anxious once she realizes she's being watched. It's especially tragic since we, as an audience, [[DramaticIrony know just how much danger she's in right from the get-go... ]] since we've been stalking her alongside the culprit]].culprit.
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* ProperlyParanoid: Emma grows increasingly anxious once she realizes she's being watched. It's especially tragic since we, as an audience, [[DramaticIrony know just how much danger she's in right from the get-go... since we've been stalking her alongside the culprit]].
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* StalkerWithACrush: It's made ''uncomfortably'' clear that the hacker lusts over Emma, as he's shown taking snapshots of her feet in a few scenes.

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* StalkerWithACrush: It's made ''uncomfortably'' clear that the hacker lusts over Emma, as he's shown taking snapshots of her feet in a few scenes.and watching her as she showers, exercises, and sleeps.
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* TheBadGuyWins: [[spoiler:At the end, the hacker breaks into Emma's apartment and abducts her]].
* TheCracker: The BigBad is a creepy hacker who cracks through all the main character's devices to stalk her. The entire film is shown from his perspective, through all the different cameras surrounding the lead.


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* HackerCave: The poster above depicts the stalker watching Emma through a screen in a very dark room.


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* StalkerWithACrush: It's made ''uncomfortably'' clear that the hacker lusts over Emma, as he's shown taking snapshots of her feet in a few scenes.
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* TheStinger: In a mid-credits scene, [[spoiler:the police finally arrive at Emma's wrecked apartment, but her and the stalker are already gone. Whether or not they find her eventually is up to the viewer's interpretation]].
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''Ratter'' is a 2015 horror film starring Ashley Benson and Matt [=McGorry=]. Benson plays Emma, a new college student who has just moved into a new apartment. However, things take a turn for the worse when she begins receiving clues that someone is watching her.

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''Ratter'' is a 2015 horror film starring Ashley Benson Creator/AshleyBenson and Matt [=McGorry=].Creator/MattMcGorry. Benson plays Emma, a new college student who has just moved into a new apartment. However, things take a turn for the worse when she begins receiving clues that someone is watching her.
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* SocialMediaIsBad: A young girl is harassed by a stalker/hacker who has hacked into her devices and can track her because she's always online.

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* TheUnreveal: [[spoiler: Emma's stalker turns out to be a complete stranger]].
* RedHerring: A few, with the biggest one being Emma's jilted ex-boyfriend.

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* RearWindowWitness: At the end of the film, [[spoiler:Emma's mother in Wisconsin can only watch helplessly via webcam as Emma is assaulted and abducted in New York]].
* RedHerring: A few, with the biggest one being Emma's jilted ex-boyfriend.
* TheUnreveal: [[spoiler: Emma's stalker turns out to be a complete stranger]].
* RedHerring: A few, with the biggest one being Emma's jilted ex-boyfriend.
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* DeadAnimalWarning: Emma returns to her apartment to find her cat Clover dead. While others try to convince her that this could have been an accident or natural causes, Emma is convinced it is the work of her stalker.

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Ratter is a 2015 horror film starring Ashley Benson and Matt McGorry. Benson plays Emma, a new college student who has just moved into a new apartment. However, things take a turn for the worse when she begins receiving clues that someone is watching her.

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Ratter [[quoteright:287:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ratter.jpg]]

''Ratter''
is a 2015 horror film starring Ashley Benson and Matt McGorry.[=McGorry=]. Benson plays Emma, a new college student who has just moved into a new apartment. However, things take a turn for the worse when she begins receiving clues that someone is watching her.
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* NoReveal: [[spoiler: Emma's stalker turns out to be a complete stranger]].

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* NoReveal: TheUnreveal: [[spoiler: Emma's stalker turns out to be a complete stranger]].
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The film is notable for its voyeuristic POV, as every angle is from a device with a camera that the stalker has hacked into (a cell phone, a laptop, a Kinect, etc).

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The film is notable for its voyeuristic POV, as every angle is from a device with a camera that the stalker has hacked into (a cell phone, a laptop, a Kinect, etc).etc).
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* AdultFear: [[spoiler: While Emma is being attacked and abducted by her stalker towards the end of the movie, her mother can only watch through webcam as it happens]].
* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: Emma is kidnapped by her stalker while her mother watches helplessly via webcam, crying and begging in vain for the stalker to let her go before he slowly closes the laptop]].
* NoReveal: [[spoiler: Emma's stalker turns out to be a complete stranger]].
* RedHerring: A few, with the biggest one being Emma's jilted ex-boyfriend.
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Ratter is a 2015 horror film starring Ashley Benson and Matt McGorry. Benson plays Emma, a new college student who has just moved into a new apartment. However, things take a turn for the worse when she begins receiving clues that someone is watching her.
The film is notable for its voyeuristic POV, as every angle is from a device with a camera that the stalker has hacked into (a cell phone, a laptop, a Kinect, etc).

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