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* AnAxeToGrind: A wood-splitting axe was how the headmistress was dispatched by the three witches, according to school legend. [[spoiler:And, this (apparently even the same axe) is how Heather disposes of the witches in the end]].
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* GoodAllAlong: [[spoiler:Samantha, surprisingly, with it being revealed she is aware of the evil in the school and trying to fight it, with her actions somehow being meant to help Heather or divert the witches attention away from her.]]

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* GoodAllAlong: [[spoiler:Samantha, surprisingly, with it being revealed she is aware of the evil in the school and trying to fight it, with her actions bullying somehow being meant to help Heather or divert keep the witches attention away from her.]]discovering how powerful Heather and Marcy are.]]
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* ProperlyParanoid: Ann, with her fear that she's the next one who will vanish as the witches are taking an interest in her.
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* PapaWolf: In the third act, when Joe discovers how bad things are and Heather is taken, he grabs an axe and charges the witches. [[spoiler:The witches incapacitate him [[NegatedMomentOfAwesome pretty quickly]], but the witches had to let Heather go to focus on him, and so Heather picks up the axe and finished the job.]]
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* GoodAllAlong: [[spoiler:Samantha, surprisingly, with it being revealed she is aware of the evil in the school and trying to fight it, with her actions somehow being meant to help Heather or divert the witches attention away from her.]]
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A deconstruction of the horror genre, with a refreshingly low body count, directed by Lucky [=McKee=].

It follows Heather, a rebellious teenager played by Agnes Bruckner, who is sent to an all-girl boarding school set against a large and spooky forest. She is given a scholarship after circling random answers on a test paper and starts to make a strong friend, and possible lover, in the nerd girl Marcy. From there we see Heather slowly realize the school is not all it seems and the teachers running the school are very closely linked to the forest and the disappearance of several classmates.

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A ''The Woods'' is a 2006 deconstruction of the horror genre, with a refreshingly low body count, directed by Lucky [=McKee=].

It follows Heather, a rebellious teenager played by Agnes Bruckner, who is sent to an all-girl boarding school set against a large and spooky forest. She is given a scholarship after circling random answers on a test paper and starts to make a strong friend, and possible lover, in the nerd girl Marcy. From there we see Heather slowly realize the school is not all it seems and the teachers running the school are very closely linked to the forest and the disappearance of several classmates.
classmates. Creator/BruceCampbell plays a smaller role as Alice's father, Joe.



* BoardingSchoolOfHorrors
* NoRomanticResolution: Marcy and Heather; they fail to even verbally acknowledge each other after Heather finds her alive and her father saves them.

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* BoardingSchoolOfHorrors
AlphaBitch: Early in her tenure, Heather is dogged by Samantha, a blond-haired bully, and her posse.
* AnAxeToGrind: A wood-splitting axe was how the headmistress was dispatched by the three witches, according to school legend. [[spoiler:And, this (apparently even the same axe) is how Heather disposes of the witches in the end]].
* BigDamnHeroes: Just when things look worst, [[spoiler:Joe throws off his incapacitation, smashes through the doors of the school with an axe, and prompts Heather to action]].
* BoardingSchoolOfHorrors: The school is dogged with rumors of mysterious student disappearances, and possibly an axe-murder a hundred years ago of the headmistress. When Heather is taken to her room, she learns that the empty bed belongs to a student to attempted to kill herself in Chemistry class. She then meets that girl in her dreams and learns that the truth is much worse...
* CombatTentacles: [[spoiler:The woods]] steals away students and kills interlopers via [[spoiler:weaponized tree-roots and branches]].
* FieryRedhead: Heather is a partial aversion in that she actually tends to be relatively passion, albeit quite capable of violence once her ire is raised.
* NoRomanticResolution: Marcy and Heather; they fail to even verbally acknowledge each other after Heather finds her alive and her father saves them.them.
* WhenTreesAttack: Most of the attacks involve tree roots and branches.
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A deconstruction of the horror genre, with a refreshingly low body count, directed by Lucky McKee.

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A deconstruction of the horror genre, with a refreshingly low body count, directed by Lucky McKee.
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A deconstruction of the horror genre, with a refreshingly low body count, directed by Lucy Mckee.

It follows Heather, a rebellious teenager played by Agnes Bruckner, who is sent to an all-girl boarding school set against a large and spooky forest. She is given a scholarship after circling random answers on a test paper and starts to make a strong friend, and possible lover, in the nerd girl Marcy. From there we see Heather slowly realise that the school is not all it seems and that the teachers running the school are very closely linked to the forest and the recent disappearance of classmate.

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A deconstruction of the horror genre, with a refreshingly low body count, directed by Lucy Mckee.

Lucky McKee.

It follows Heather, a rebellious teenager played by Agnes Bruckner, who is sent to an all-girl boarding school set against a large and spooky forest. She is given a scholarship after circling random answers on a test paper and starts to make a strong friend, and possible lover, in the nerd girl Marcy. From there we see Heather slowly realise that realize the school is not all it seems and that the teachers running the school are very closely linked to the forest and the recent disappearance of classmate.
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A deconstruction of the horror genre, with a refreshingly low body count, directed by Lucy Mckee.

It follows Heather, a rebellious teenager played by Agnes Bruckner, who is sent to an all-girl boarding school set against a large and spooky forest. She is given a scholarship after circling random answers on a test paper and starts to make a strong friend, and possible lover, in the nerd girl Marcy. From there we see Heather slowly realise that the school is not all it seems and that the teachers running the school are very closely linked to the forest and the recent disappearance of classmate.

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* NoRomanticResolution: Marcy and Heather; they fail to even verbally acknowledge each other after Heather finds her alive and her father saves them.

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