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* DemonOfHumanOrigin: According to the legend, Miller Hendrick was a human who made a DealWithTheDevil. When Hendrik was eventually killed by a mob, the Devil was so pleased with Hendrik's work that he [[DevilsJobOffer made him Hell's gatekeeper]]. However, as demon, Hendrik now cannot harm the innocent or those who truly repent of their sins.

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* DemonOfHumanOrigin: According to the legend, Miller Hendrick was a human who made a DealWithTheDevil. When Hendrik was eventually killed by a mob, the Devil was so pleased with Hendrik's work that he [[DevilsJobOffer made him Hell's gatekeeper]]. However, as a demon, Hendrik now cannot harm the innocent or those who truly repent of their sins.
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* LandOfTulipsAndWindmills: The film is about a group of tourists on a sightseeing tour of windmills that goes horribly wrong. Dutch stereotypes and both played straight and horribly subverted.

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* LandOfTulipsAndWindmills: The film is about a group of tourists on a sightseeing tour of windmills that goes horribly wrong. Dutch stereotypes and are both played straight and horribly subverted.
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* HauntedHouseHistorian: When the tourists take shelter in the old shed, Abe finds some documents that that detail the history of Miller Hendrick and his ultimate, which he reads out to everyone else. [[spoiler:By the end of the film, it is revealed that Abe already knew of these facts before 'finding' the documents.]]

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* HauntedHouseHistorian: When the tourists take shelter in the old shed, Abe finds some documents that that detail the history of Miller Hendrick and his ultimate, ultimate fate, which he reads out to everyone else. [[spoiler:By the end of the film, it is revealed that Abe already knew of these facts before 'finding' the documents.]]
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* FauxAffablyEvil: [[spoiler:The coach driver Abe]] initially comes across as an extremely affable character: generous, helpful and jovial. He even allows Jennifer to [[spoiler:board the bus without a ticket]]. However, this eventually revealed as an act designed to allow him to lure victims to their doom in the windmill.
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* LanguageBarrier: All of Takashi's dialogue is in untranslated Japanese, indicating that he doesn't speak English or Dutch; the common languages of the other characters. When Ruby is present, she is able to translate (although her Japanese is implied to be rusty, and she frequently has to ask him to slow down). When Ruby is not present, Jennifer is reduced to mime and guesswork to work out what he is saying, which is not easy when he needs to convey information on complex topics like guilt and repentance.

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* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:Abe kills off everybody who survived, and Jennifer is — perhaps undeservingly — DraggedOffToHell.]]

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* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:Abe kills off everybody who survived, and Jennifer is — perhaps undeservingly — DraggedOffToHell. Furthermore, it's implied there are multiple bus drivers working together with the the Miller, and the next one is already set to take more people there.]]


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* EvilAllAlong: [[spoiler:Abe, the bus driver, turns out to be working in tandem with the Miller and was the one to strand them.]]
* {{Foreshadowing}}: When receiving Jennifer, Abe says that she can get in the bus and that there's always space for "one more sinner". This foreshadows that everyone in the bus has a sin they will have to pay for. [[spoiler:And that Abe is working together with the Miller.]]
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* WindmillScenery: A busload of tourists are on a day trip viewing Dutch windmills. [[MyCarHatesMe The bus breaks down]], forcing to take shelter in a shed next to an old windmill. A windmill that, according to local legend, is inhabited by a demonic miller who harvests the souls of sinners as grist for his mill...
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* DemonOfHumanOrigin: According to the legend, Miller Hendrick was a human who made a DealWithTheDevil. When Hendrik was eventually killed by a mob, the Devil was so pleased with Hendrik's work that he [[DevilsJobOffer made him Hell's gatekeeper]]. However, as demon, Hendrik now cannot harm the innocent or those who truly repent of their sins.
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* ShellShockedVeteran: Jack is a Royal Marine recently returned from Afghanistan. Suffering from PTSD, his squad mates take him to visit a prostitute, where he suffers a flashback, freaks out and commits AccidentalMurder.
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* AccidentalMurder: ShellShockedVeteran Jack suffers a flashback while visiting a prostitute, thinks she is attacking him and kills her reflexively.

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