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Not to be confused with a 2009 thriller movie with [[NamesTheSame also called]] "The Hole", or with yet another work called ''[[ParallelPornTitles The Hole]]'' which is a gay porn parody of ''Film/TheRing'', or with the movie ''Film/{{Holes}}'' by Louis Sachar, or with Film/TheHoleInTheGround (2019).

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Not to be confused with a 2009 thriller movie with [[NamesTheSame also called]] "The Hole", or with yet another work called ''[[ParallelPornTitles The Hole]]'' which is a gay porn parody of ''Film/TheRing'', or with the movie ''Film/{{Holes}}'' by Louis Sachar, or with Film/TheHoleInTheGround ''Film/TheHoleInTheGround'' (2019).

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* DramaticDrop: Liz drops the biscuit jar she is holding when Martyn hammers unexpectedly on the door.

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* DramaticDrop: Liz drops the biscuit jar she is holding when Martyn hammers unexpectedly on the door. This provides a minor ChekhovsGun [[spoiler: to make her mother think Philippa kidnapped her from the house]].


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* {{Foreshadowing}}: Philippa's briefing of the police before they bring Martyn actually [[spoiler: refers to Liz rather than him]].
** "Narcissistic personality" [[spoiler: Liz in her story paints herself as the most responsible and level-headed member of the group, and she has a sequence where she sets herself apart from the other airheaded bimbos at school]].
** "Probably thinks he's above the law" - [[spoiler: Liz refuses to take responsibility and writes it off as "something that went wrong."]]
** "Coming up with a very strong alibi" - [[spoiler: Liz's entire first version of events]].


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* {{Irony}}: [[spoiler: After Frankie's death, Geoff blames Liz for everything (because the party was her idea), and then apologises for his outburst. Little does he know how right he is]].

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* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: Subverted. The teens start to look quite nasty after being locked up for ten days with minimal food and water. [[spoiler: Frankie's body is especially unpleasant]]. A contrast is drawn to Liz's version of events where everyone looks fine [[spoiler: because she made it all up]].



* DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale: In-universe example. [[spoiler: Liz's obsession with Mike, including trapping him down in a bunker so that he's willing to sleep with her when he wouldn't normally, is shown to be creepy and horrifying. Liz however views it as a tragic love story]].



* EvilWearsBlack: [[spoiler: Once it's revealed that Liz is an UnreliableNarrator, she's shown dressed in black with much darker make-up]].



* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler: Liz. She trapped her friends down to the hole so she could get Mike to fall in love with her. When that didn't work, she pinned the blame on Martyn by hiding the key in his pocket. And she got away with everything.]]

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* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler: Liz. She trapped her friends down to the hole so she could get Mike to fall in love with her. When that didn't work, she pinned the blame on Martyn by hiding the key in his pocket. And she got away with everything. If you don't take the deleted ending as canon, it does leave it open for Philippa to bust her eventually.]]



* NoDressCode: Liz is apparently allowed to dye her hair herself at a posh boarding school, using peroxide she stole from the science lab! [[spoiler: Likely another clue that she's making everything up]].



* PinkMeansFeminine: Frankie the AlphaBitch is seen wearing a pink dress in an early scene with Liz, brings several pink things down to the bunker with her and her accessory is an inflatable pink chair.

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* PinkMeansFeminine: Frankie the AlphaBitch is seen wearing a pink dress in an early scene with Liz, brings several pink things down to the bunker with her and her accessory is an inflatable pink chair. Her dorm room in the school is painted pink as well.


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* TheSociopath: [[spoiler: Liz shows some remorse for getting her friends killed but ultimately views it as an accident and "something that went wrong" that's not worth "ruining my life" over]].

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* CoitusUninterruptus: Mike and Liz have to sit in the same room and try to sleep while Frankie and Geoff go at it. Geoff then has to endure the same another night with Mike and Liz.

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* CoitusUninterruptus: Mike and Liz have to sit in the same room and try to sleep while Frankie and Geoff go at it. Liz opens her bed covers and looks pointedly at Mike, wanting to drown out Frankie and Geoff's noises with some of their own, but [[NotDistractedByTheSexy Mike turns her down]]. Averted when Geoff then has interrupts Mike and Liz getting into some heavy petting by telling them [[MoodWhiplash that Frankie is very sick]].
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to endure the be held straight that same another night with Mike and Liz.Liz as they are shown sleeping in the same bed before she wakes up to find Frankie's body.


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** Liz wears a see-through shirt with a bra underneath through parts of it.
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* AdaptedOut: Book character Alex does not appear in the movie.

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!!This film series provides examples of the following tropes:

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* AdaptationExpansion: The book summarizes that Liz is an UnreliableNarrator, that [[spoiler:everybody but her]] died in the Hole in a few lines, which is revealed halfway through the movie.
* AdaptationalHeroism:
** Although Mike [[spoiler:does kill Geoff]], it is an impulsive accident. [[spoiler:Little is learned about Mike for certain in the book, but it's heavily implied that he raped Liz while they were trapped in the Hole.]]
** Martyn, relatively. In the book, although it's suggested that [[spoiler:he may not even exist]], he is portrayed both as an irredeemable sociopath and a ''rapist''; in the book, he is merely [[spoiler:Liz's patsy]].


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* VillainBall: In an amazing act of ThirdActStupidity, after [[spoiler:he rapes Lisa]], Martyn just...walks out and leaves her to find [[spoiler:the tapes he recorded of the captives in the Hole.]] However, this is fully justified, as it's lampshaded by the psychologist how unlikely this is, and it's suggested to be another hallmark of Liz's status as the UnreliableNarrator.
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* AdaptationalVillainy: Liz in the book is never confirmed to be [[spoiler:evil or in any way responsible for what happened, although it's definitely a possibility.]]


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* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: [[spoiler:Martyn]] fully crosses the line when he [[spoiler:rapes Lisa...or, from another perspective, when Mike rapes Liz.]]


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* UnreliableNarrator: Liz is a much more evasive one here, not specifying how anybody died or even that they did, although it's never confirmed why she did.
* WhamLine: The psychiatrist's notes at the end are full of them, but especially this apparent throwaway, that [[spoiler:"Michael died on the fourteenth day."]] Liz has herself had Mike surviving and the Hole is over in less than a week.
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!!The book contains examples of:

* CollectiveIdentity: [[spoiler:The ending strongly implies that Liz and Lisa are the same person, as are Mike and Martyn, but this is never confirmed.]]
* ScrapbookStory: Liz and "Lisa" tell the story through journal entries and, apparently, cassettes recorded of their experiences in and outside of the Hole.
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* InNameOnlyAdaptation: The book and the film share a premise and character names, and that's about it. ''Maybe''.

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* InNameOnlyAdaptation: InNameOnly: The book and the film share a premise and character names, and that's about it. ''Maybe''.
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* InNameOnlyAdaptation: The book and the film share a premise and character names, and that's about it. ''Maybe''.
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Not to be confused with another work called ''[[ParallelPornTitles The Hole]]'', which is a gay porn parody of ''Film/TheRing''; ''Film/{{Holes}}'' by Louis Sachar; or ''The Hole'' (2009).

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Not to be confused with a 2009 thriller movie with [[NamesTheSame also called]] "The Hole", or with yet another work called ''[[ParallelPornTitles The Hole]]'', Hole]]'' which is a gay porn parody of ''Film/TheRing''; ''Film/TheRing'', or with the movie ''Film/{{Holes}}'' by Louis Sachar; Sachar, or ''The Hole'' (2009).
with Film/TheHoleInTheGround (2019).
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* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: It was all Liz's fault; she held herself, Frankie, Mike and Geoff hostage because she wanted Mike to fall in love with her, and caused Frankie's death, and had Mike murder Geoff because of what he thought to be the last can of stuff to drink they had; Mike found out about Liz when he woke up to see her opening the door of the "hole", he angrily climbed up the stairs to wring her neck and unfortunately ended up getting killed. The psychiatrist knows the truth, but Liz managed to set a trap on her and to pin the blame on somebody else - Martyn, who she has drowned right after hiding the key in his pocket.]] And in an AlternateEnding [[spoiler: we see her beginning another obsession, now with long blonde hair and calling herself 'Beth'.]]

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* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: It was all Liz's fault; she held herself, Frankie, Mike and Geoff hostage because she wanted Mike to fall in love with her, and caused Frankie's death, and had Mike murder Geoff because of what he thought to be the last can of stuff to drink they had; Mike found out about Liz when he woke up to see her opening the door of the "hole", he angrily climbed up the stairs to wring her neck and unfortunately ended up getting killed. The psychiatrist knows the truth, but Liz managed to set a trap on her and to pin the blame on somebody else - Martyn, who she has drowned right after hiding the key in his pocket.]] And in an AlternateEnding alternate ending [[spoiler: we see her beginning another obsession, now with long blonde hair and calling herself 'Beth'.]]

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* {{Fanservice}}:
** In the bunker, when Liz and Mike discover the microphones in the air vents, Mike and Geoff are wearing nothing but their boxers.
** Frankie briefly flashes her breasts for no apparent reason - just to tease Geoff who has a RagingStiffie.



* ImportantHaircut: Subverted. Liz dyes her hair blonde to get Mike to notice her. When she sees she's surrounded by blonde bimbos doing the same, she dyes it back to her natural brown. Ironically her actress Creator/ThoraBirch is naturally blonde.



* LikeGoesWithLike: Downplayed. The two blondes - Geoff and Frankie - become a couple. The two brunettes - Mike and Liz - eventually do it too.



* NotLikeOtherGirls: Liz is this in the first version of events - studious, practical, intelligent, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and not blonde]]. [[spoiler: Turns out she's not like the other girls because they're not sociopathic!]]



* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Each of the protagonists - Elizabeth (Liz), Michael (Mike), Frances (Frankie), Geoffrey (Geoff). Oddly on the school records, Geoff is just down as that, but the coroner refers to him as 'Geoffrey'.
* OohMeAccentsSlipping: Thora Birch slips out of the English accent a couple of times - notably when she says "I've got food". Of course it would make sense for Liz to have a few American pronunciations if she's trying to impress Mike.



* QuestionableConsent: There's a scene where Mike and Geoff both start seducing Frankie - despite her attempting to rebuff them. It's unclear if she's only protesting because Mike is supposed to be Liz's. And the fact that she was clearly high.



* TheReveal: [[spoiler: ''Liz'' had the key.]]

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* TheReveal: [[spoiler: ''Liz'' had the key. And she locked them in.]]


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* SmartPeopleWearGlasses: Martyn is a real nerd who of course has glasses.


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* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Liz is presented as a more down-to-earth brainiac who has troubles with things like hair dye, compared to glamorous pink-loving AlphaBitch Frankie. [[spoiler: Naturally the real flashbacks show that this is another lie created by Liz]].

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* RugbyIsSlaughter: Mike, who is American, is shown throwing the rugby ball gridiron style. As he does so, he is viciously tackled by one of the opposing players. Mike then hauls off and punches the guy in the face, which starts a brawl between the two sides. It is later shown that Mike does know how to play rugby and was just mucking about when he decided to throw the ball.



* VomitIndescretionShot: Frankie is shown vomiting into the toilet after getting sick from the dirty water. This marks the point where the situation in the bunker begins to deteriorate rapidly.

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* VomitIndescretionShot: VomitIndiscretionShot: Frankie is shown vomiting into the toilet after getting sick from the dirty water. This marks the point where the situation in the bunker begins to deteriorate rapidly.
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* VomitIndescretionShot: Frankie is shown vomiting into the toilet after getting sick from the dirty water. This marks the point where the situation in the bunker begins to deteriorate rapidly.
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* LoveMakesYouCrazy: [[spoiler:In order to win the affections of Mike, Liz arranges for them to be locked underground for nearly two weeks. This results in the death of Frankie, Geoff and Mike, and ultimately Martyn, who Liz murders to cover up her crimes.]]
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* MyHairCameOutGreen: In Liz's first version of events, she attempts to dye her hair with peroxide from the lab and something catastrophic happens, but Frankie is able to fix it for her.
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* PetTheDog: Despite being portrayed as the AlphaBitch, Frankie helps Liz fix her hair after the disaster with the peroxide, and is quite sweet about it. [[spoiler:Of course, this is part of one of Liz's fabrications and probably never happened]].
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* HighSchoolHustler: Liz's original story portrays Martyn as this; able to get hold of anything for a price, including the keys to the bunker. Later events indicate that [[spoiler:this is a complete fabrication on Liz's part; part of her plan to frame Martyn]].
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* DramaticDrop: Liz drops the biscuit jar she is holding when Martyn hammers unexpectedly on the door.

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* UnreliableNarrator:
** The psychiatrist knows Liz is being this one when her story has a happy ending, given the fact that [[spoiler: all the other kids in The Hole with her are dead]]. Though she doesn't know that the reason for the inconsistent story is because [[spoiler: it's all Liz's fault]].
** This is even more true in the book, since the entire thing is from [[spoiler:Liz's]] perspective, and we only get a hint of the truth at the end in [[spoiler:the doctor's letter, which makes a reference to Liz being "the only survivor."]]


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* UnreliableNarrator:
** The psychiatrist knows Liz is being this one when her story has a happy ending, given the fact that [[spoiler: all the other kids in The Hole with her are dead]]. Though she doesn't know that the reason for the inconsistent story is because [[spoiler: it's all Liz's fault]].
** This is even more true in the book, since the entire thing is from [[spoiler:Liz's]] perspective, and we only get a hint of the truth at the end in [[spoiler:the doctor's letter, which makes a reference to Liz being "the only survivor."]]
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* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler: Liz frames Martyn for the crimes, making it look like a suicide]].


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* FinalGirl: Liz fits a lot of the requirements - brunette, more modest, slightly wallflowerish, brainy [[spoiler: but in the actual events, we see she's not like that at all]].


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* HiddenDepths: Geoff especially seems like a typical JerkJock but turns out to genuinely care for Frankie.


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* InspectorJavert: DCS Howard is almost desperate to pin the case on Martyn.


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* MaleFrontalNudity: Geoff and the rest of the rugby team go full frontal for a scene in which Frankie walks through the boys' locker room.


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* NotWhatItLooksLike: Martyn confronts Liz in her house, leading to her breaking a biscuit tin in the kitchen. Later, Philippa visits Liz and is seen taking her away in her car just as Mrs Dunn arrives home. She then phones the station, claiming Liz has been abducted.
* PinkMeansFeminine: Frankie the AlphaBitch is seen wearing a pink dress in an early scene with Liz, brings several pink things down to the bunker with her and her accessory is an inflatable pink chair.
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* ThePlace: What happened at the hole is the focus of the story. Also an example of TheTheTitle.


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* TheTheTitle: Also ThePlace, as what happened at the hole is the focus of the story.
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* ThereAreNoTherapists: Averted initially as the police therapist guesses early on [[spoiler: that Liz is making her story up]] but then played straight when [[spoiler: she's unable to stop Liz from getting caught]].

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* ThereAreNoTherapists: Averted initially as the police therapist guesses early on [[spoiler: that Liz is making her story up]] but then played straight when [[spoiler: she's unable to stop get Liz from getting caught]].caught for her actions]].

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* AdultsAreUseless: In this case [[spoiler: Liz]] knows their uses and manipulates them for her own ends.

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* AdultsAreUseless: In this case [[spoiler: Liz]] Liz Dunn]] knows their uses and manipulates them for her own ends.



* ClusterFBomb: Mike.

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* ClusterFBomb: Mike.Mike is prone to rattling off a lot of curse words. But hey, he's a teenager.
--> "Hey, I'm not fucking retarded. The fucking door won't fucking open!"



* FaceHeelDoorSlam: [[spoiler: Liz is given two opportunities to undo what she did. The first is when she's about to unlock the door but then discovers Frankie's body. The second is when the psychologist hears her story and says she has to make a statement. Liz then pretends to be innocent and that she was forced into the bunker]].



* TheGhost: Mike's ex-girlfriend Amber.
* HardDrinkingPartyGirl: Frankie.

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* TheGhost: Mike's ex-girlfriend Amber.
Amber is mentioned several times but never appears on-screen.
* HardDrinkingPartyGirl: Frankie.Frankie, who keeps bottles in her dorm room.



* JerkJock: Mike and Geoff

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* JerkJock: Mike and GeoffGeoff, rugby players who rough house and bully other people.



* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Mike when he [[spoiler: murders Geoff in a fit of rage]].

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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Mike when he [[spoiler: murders Geoff in a fit of rage]].rage, Liz also appears to have a moment like this]], though how genuine it is...
--> "I've killed all of you!"



* RapunzelHair: Frankie.
* RedHerring: [[spoiler: Martyn]].
* UnreliableNarrator: The psychiatrist knows Liz is being this one when her story has a happy ending, given the fact that [[spoiler: all the other kids in The Hole with her are dead]]. Though she doesn't know that the reason for the inconsistent story is because [[spoiler: it's all Liz's fault]].

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* RapunzelHair: Frankie.
Frankie's beautiful blonde hair goes down to her waist.
* RedHerring: [[spoiler: Martyn]].
Martyn, as invoked by Liz]].
* UnreliableNarrator: UnreliableNarrator:
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The psychiatrist knows Liz is being this one when her story has a happy ending, given the fact that [[spoiler: all the other kids in The Hole with her are dead]]. Though she doesn't know that the reason for the inconsistent story is because [[spoiler: it's all Liz's fault]].



* UncannyValleyGirl: [[spoiler: Liz]].

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* UncannyValleyGirl: [[spoiler: Liz]].Liz who seems like a CoolLoser but is totally nuts]].
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* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: It was all Liz's fault; she held herself, Frankie, Mike and Geoff hostage because she wanted Mike to fall in love with her, and caused Frankie's death, and had Mike murder Geoff because of what he thought to be the last can of stuff to drink they had; Mike found out about Liz when he woke up to see her opening the door of the "hole", he angrily climbed up the stairs to wring her neck and unfortunately ended up getting killed. The psychiatrist knows the truth, but Liz managed to set a trap on her and to pin the blame on somebody else - Martyn, who she has drowned right after hiding the key in his pocket.]] And in an AlternateEnding [[spoiler: We saw her beginning another obsession, now with long blonde hair and calling herself 'Beth'.]]

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* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: It was all Liz's fault; she held herself, Frankie, Mike and Geoff hostage because she wanted Mike to fall in love with her, and caused Frankie's death, and had Mike murder Geoff because of what he thought to be the last can of stuff to drink they had; Mike found out about Liz when he woke up to see her opening the door of the "hole", he angrily climbed up the stairs to wring her neck and unfortunately ended up getting killed. The psychiatrist knows the truth, but Liz managed to set a trap on her and to pin the blame on somebody else - Martyn, who she has drowned right after hiding the key in his pocket.]] And in an AlternateEnding [[spoiler: We saw we see her beginning another obsession, now with long blonde hair and calling herself 'Beth'.]]



* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: [[spoiler: After Liz reveals to Mike that she locked them in order to make him fall in love with her, Mike curses her and threatens to kill her. Before he can get to her, the ladder which he's climbing on breaks and stabs him in the chest.]]

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* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: [[spoiler: After Liz reveals to Mike that she locked them in order to make him fall in love with her, Mike curses her and threatens to kill her. Before he can get to her, the ladder which he's climbing on breaks and stabs him in the chest.]]



* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler: Liz. She trapped her friends down to the hole so she could get Mike to fall in love with her. When that didn't work, she pins the blame on Martyn by hiding the key in his pocket. And she gets away with everything.]]

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* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler: Liz. She trapped her friends down to the hole so she could get Mike to fall in love with her. When that didn't work, she pins pinned the blame on Martyn by hiding the key in his pocket. And she gets got away with everything.]]



** This is even more true in the book, since the entire thing is from [[spoiler:Liz's]] perspective, and we only get a hint of the truth at the end in [[spoiler:the doctor's letter, which makes an reference to Liz being "the only survivor."]]

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** This is even more true in the book, since the entire thing is from [[spoiler:Liz's]] perspective, and we only get a hint of the truth at the end in [[spoiler:the doctor's letter, which makes an a reference to Liz being "the only survivor."]]
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* BunkerWoman: With a literal bunker. [[spoiler: Albeit that is the girl behind it, and she's pretending to be just as trapped.]]
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* BlondGuysAreEvil: Geoff though he turns out to be alright after all. [[spoiler: And a female version with 'Beth' in an AlternateEnding]].
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Not to be confused with another work called ''[[ParallelPornTitles The Hole]]'', which is a gay porn parody of ''Film/TheRing''; ''Film/{{Holes}}'' by Louis Sacher; or ''The Hole'' (2009).

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Not to be confused with another work called ''[[ParallelPornTitles The Hole]]'', which is a gay porn parody of ''Film/TheRing''; ''Film/{{Holes}}'' by Louis Sacher; Sachar; or ''The Hole'' (2009).

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