History Film / TheLovedOnes

* ChekovsGun:

* BlackComedy: And how!

* SacrificialLion: the [[spoiler:police Sergeant who goes out searching for Brent, and actually finds Brent in the basement, only to be killed before he can get Brent out. Lola callously shoves his body through the trapdoor... and added to the stack of her previous victims, gives Brent just enough of a boost that he can reach the rim of the trapdoor and finally escape.]]

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: during Brent's torture-induced flashback, [[spoiler: he realizes that the car crash that killed his father happened not because of Brent's driving, but because one of Lola's previous victims suddenly appeared in the road. Lola mentions that one of her previous 'boyfriends' escaped, and wandered off into the hills, where he presumably died of exposure or dehydration. It's not until the last scenes that we realized that it must have been Tim, the missing son of the police sergeant.]] Did Brent ever get to put two and two together? [[spoiler: Or will Mia and her mother never find out what happened to him, in addition to mourning their father and husband?]]
* {{Woolseyism}}: a rare English-to-English version. Most of the blurbs describing this movie refer to Lola wanting Brent to be her prom date. But in Australia, the end-of-year dance for final year high school students is simply called 'the formal' or 'school formal' (probably because it's the only school dance where[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin you're required to attend in formal wear]]). Strangely, even the Australian Blu-ray release refers to Brent becoming the 'Prom King' of Lola's twisted fantasy, when Australian formal's don't have any equivalent to the American Prom King or Queen.

** In an early scene, Brent is shown rock-climbing without any equipment, including a shot where he pulls himself up almost by his fingertips. [[spoiler:This is how he escapes the basement, once Lola heads out and leaves the trapdoor open.]]

* ChekovsGun: the razor blade Brent uses in an early scene for self-harm. [[spoiler:He uses it to cut himself free of his bonds, making his first, ultimately unsuccessful escape attempt]]
** In an early scene, Brent is shown rock-climbing without safety gear, including a shot where he pulls himself up almost by his fingertips. [[spoiler:This is how he escapes the basement, once Lola heads out and leaves the trapdoor open.]]
** also the opening scene where Brent is driving in the car with his father, and has a crash in which his father dies. It's initially used to explain why Brent's in such a depressed frame of mind. [[spoiler:During his torture, Brent has a flashback to the crash, realizing it wasn't his driving at fault; Brent actually swerved to avoid one of Lola's 'past boyfriends', who she later mentions escaped into the surrounding hills.]]

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Brent was able to kill Lola and her father, escaping in the process. But, he is probably mute for the rest of his life due to having bleach injected in his vocal chords and, considering he was already depressed before, now he has an even bigger trauma to deal with due to being severily tortured.]]

'''''The Loved Ones''''' is a Aussie horror (though very darkly comical) film released during the Fall of 2010. After turning down Lola's invitation to the prom, teenager Brent finds himself tied up at the girl's home, trapped in a hellish imitation of a prom with Lola and her sick father.

The film received a theatrical release in the United States during the summer of 2012.

* WasOnceAMan: [[spoiler: Lola's former victims are still alive and locked in the house basement under a hidden trap door. However they are twisted into agressive irrational beings, due to all of them being lobotomized, locked in the dark for so long and literally treated as beasts by her father, who feed them with dead animals.]]

* PsychopathicWomanchild: Besides being an incredibly entitled bitch ([[AxCrazy to say the]] ''[[AxCrazy very'' [[{{Yandere}} least]]), Lola has a ton of childish drawings in her scrapbook and acts overly giddy when she's torturing Brent.

* WouldHitAGirl: [[spoiler: Brent kicks Lola in his first attempt to escape]]. Justified, because she tortured and tried to kill him.

* WouldHitAGirl: [[spoiler: Brent kicks Lola in his first attempt to escape]].

* {{Yandere}}: Alternately, she could just be CuteAndPsycho, especially since [[spoiler:she was actually in love with her father, not any of the boys she kidnapped and tortured.]]

* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler: Lola's father has his neck slashed by Brent with kitchen knifes and falls under the hidden trap door, where the lobotomized former victims of Lola's [[TheresNoKillLikeOverkill eat his body]].]]

* {{Lobotomy}}: [[spoiler: The fate of Bright Eyes, and what Lola and her father have planned for Brent]].

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Brent was able to kill Lola and her father, escaping in the process. But, he is probably mute for the rest of his life due to having bleach injected in his vocal chords and, considering he was already depressed before, now he has an even bigger trauma to deal with.]]

The film is receiving a theatrical release in the United States during the summer of 2012.

* AlmostKiss - Lola and her father.
* AxeCrazy - Lola, Lola, Lola. . . .
* BewareTheQuietOnes - Both Lola and her father. However there is a major difference. Lola seems quiet and shy at first, but is actually very loud and wicked once Brent is captured. Her father on the other hand seems very reserved and quiet in personality, even when doing horrible things.
* BlackComedy - And how!
* DisproportionateRetribution - Say no to Lola because you already have a girlfriend? You'd better watch out.

* ElectraComplex - Lola. She is clearly jealous and hateful to her mother, and wants her father to love her back. [[spoiler: After her father's death, she makes sure to kill her mother. Something she likely wanted to do a long time ago.]]
* EnfanteTerrible - Lola's been torturing boys for a long time.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes - Lola and her father are a disturbing pair, but clearly care for one another.
* EvenEvilHasStandards - Lola's father is angry that Brent hit a girl. He's also uncomfortable with Lola's attempted incestuousness and mistreatment of Bright Eyes.
* FateWorseThanDeath - Bright Eyes [[spoiler: and the other previous victims.]]

* KickTheDog / MoralEventHorizon - showing us right from the start that Brent's kidnappers mean business.
* {{Leitmotif}} - ''Am I Not Pretty Enough'' for Lola
* LoveMakesYouCrazy
* ParentalIncest - Although Lola and her father have never slept together, it is clear that both want to. Lola being the aggressor in this case. Unlike her, her father at least seems somewhat hesitant, and understandably so.
* ShownTheirWork - Lola and her father's method of [[spoiler: lobotomizing their victims with a power drill]] is similar to Jeffrey Dahmer's method.

* {{Yandere}} - Alternately, she could just be CuteAndPsycho, especially since [[spoiler:she was actually in love with her father not any of the boys she kidnapped and tortured.]]

* EvenEvilHasStandards - Lola's father is angry that Brent hit a girl. He's also clearly uncomfortable with Lola's attempted incestuousness.

* EvenEvilHasStandards - Lola's father is angry that Brent hit a girl.

* BodyHorror - Quite a lot. Poor Brent.

* VillanousBreakdown: Lola goes through one when her [[spoiler:father dies at Brent's hands and when she's fighting his girlfriend.]]

It's ''{{Misery}}'' meets ''{{Carrie}}'' meets ''{{Audition}}''.

* PsychoticLover - Alternately, she could just be CuteAndPsycho, especially since [[spoiler:she was actually in love with her father not any of the boys she kidnapped and tortured.]]

''The Loved Ones'' is a Aussie horror (though very darkly comical) film released during the Fall of 2010. After turning down Lola's invitation to the prom, teenager Brent finds himself tied up at the girl's home, trapped in a hellish imitation of a prom with Lola and her sick father.

* {{Yandere}} - Alternately, she could just be CuteAndPsycho, especially since [[spoiler:she was actually in love with her father not any of the boys she kidnapped and tortured.]]