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* CallingCard: The Cupid killer leaves valentines for his targets signed J.M.. For the parents of one of his victims, he signs his name.
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* AnAesop:
** The film has a pretty clear anti-bullying message: beware who you mistreat because they will come back and haunt you.
** On the flip side, an act of kindness or two can go a long way. Specifically the difference between life and death.
** The film has a pretty clear anti-bullying message: beware who you mistreat because they will come back and haunt you.
** On the flip side, an act of kindness or two can go a long way. Specifically the difference between life and death.
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* AManIsAlwaysEager: Zig-zagged. While Max has no problem trying to make out with his girlfriend (and his assistant) and later tries to smooch up Kate, Adam politely turns down an offer to come up to the apartment with Kate.
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* AnAesop:
** The film has a pretty clear anti-bullying message: beware who you mistreat because they will come back and haunt you.
** On the flip side, an act of kindness or two can go a long way. Specifically the difference between life and death.
** The film has a pretty clear anti-bullying message: beware who you mistreat because they will come back and haunt you.
** On the flip side, an act of kindness or two can go a long way. Specifically the difference between life and death.
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* AManIsAlwaysEager: Zig-zagged. While Max has no problem trying to make out with his girlfriend (and his assistant) and later tries to smooch up Kate, Adam politely turns down an offer to come up to the apartment with Kate.
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* CreepyCrossdresser: Kate's creepy neighbor Gary breaks into her apartment and tries on her stockings. [[spoiler: When discovered by the killer, he puts his hands up and even remarks that he is unwell]].
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** [[spoiler:The killer shoots Lily until she falls into [[TrashLanding a conveniently placed dumpster.]]
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** [[spoiler:The killer shoots Lily until she falls into [[TrashLanding a conveniently placed dumpster.]]]]]]
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* DisposingOfABody:
** [[spoiler:The killer shoots Lily until she falls into [[TrashLanding a conveniently placed dumpster.]]
** Presumably happens to [[spoiler:Gary]] because nobody finds his body after [[spoiler:he gets BludgeonedToDeath.]]
** [[spoiler:The killer shoots Lily until she falls into [[TrashLanding a conveniently placed dumpster.]]
** Presumably happens to [[spoiler:Gary]] because nobody finds his body after [[spoiler:he gets BludgeonedToDeath.]]
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** Dorothy is revealed to have a lot of resentment built up over the years over being the one member of the friend group who always had bad luck with guys.
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* BottomlessMagazines: Inverted; when [[spoiler:Adam shoots Dorothy]], seven shots are fired from a fresh magazine when the gun locks empty, less than half the standard 15-round magazine.
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** As Kate walks through the billiard room after finding [[spoiler:Detective Vaughn's head]], the viewer can see [[spoiler:Adam descending a staircase behind Kate, which explains how he winds up behind her when he asks to dance. This is also the same staircase that Kate gets tackled down by Dorothy; Adam has already knocked Dorothy out and put her in his costume.]]
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** As Kate walks through the billiard room after finding [[spoiler:Detective Vaughn's head]], the viewer can see [[spoiler:Adam descending a staircase behind Kate, which explains how he winds up behind her when he asks to dance. This is also the same staircase that Kate gets tackled down by Dorothy; Adam has already knocked Dorothy out and put her in his costume.]]
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* ArtisticLicenseGunSafety: Justified in the climax because Kate is panicking and has never wielded a gun before, so she winds up aiming the gun at her head while fumbling with loading the magazine.
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* DangerousKeyFumble: A variant involving guns. When Kate breaks into Mr. Wheeler's gun safe and grabs a pistol, she fumbles the magazine twice in her panic.
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* DramaticKeyFumble: A variant involving guns. When Kate breaks into Mr. Wheeler's gun safe and grabs a pistol, she fumbles the magazine twice in her panic.
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* ApologeticAttacker: Kate apologizes to Adam before [[spoiler:kneeing him in the nuts.]]
-->'''Adam''': What's the matter baby? You're shaking.
-->'''Kate''': I don't want to hurt you, Adam... but I will.
-->'''Adam''': What's the matter baby? You're shaking.
-->'''Kate''': I don't want to hurt you, Adam... but I will.
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* CoolGuns: During the climax, Kate, finding herself AloneWithThePsycho, smashes open Mr. Wheeler's gun cabinet and picks up a Beretta [=92FS=] Inox pistol with black grips and controls. The Cupid killer tackles Kate down the stairs, leaving the gun at the top. When both characters come to, Adam grabs the gun and shoots the killer.
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* DramaticKeyFumble: A variant involving guns. When Kate breaks into Mr. Wheeler's gun safe and grabs a pistol, she fumbles the magazine twice in her panic.
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* BloodFromTheMouth: [[spoiler:Lily and Dorothy are shown bleeding from the corners of their mouths after getting shot.]]
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* KubrickStare: Adam parodies one when imitating Gary at the bar with Kate.
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* LovelyAssistant: Amy to Max at his art exhibit; it's implied he's using her to cheat on Lily.
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* LovelyAssistant: Amy to Max Amy, who manages Max's Powerpoint slideshows at his the art exhibit; it's implied he's using her to cheat on Lily.
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** Max's assistant Amy mentions she's having trouble with the video playback. While it was likely an excuse to get Max for a make-out session, the slideshows cut out later in the scene when [[spoiler:Lily gets lost in the maze... just in time to get shot by the killer, implying he had something to do with the cutoff.]]
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* ChildhoodFriends: Kate, Paige, Lily, Shelley and Dorothy have been friends since at least middle school.
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** Shelley's fellow student does one by accident in the locker room.
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** One of Shelley's fellow med students initially appears to be the Cupid killer because her Valentine is first seen after he leaves the locker room.
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* ValentinesDayViolence:
** The prologue is set at a Valentine's dance years prior, when Jeremy Melton asked each of the girls to dance with him. Only Dorothy accepted, but when they were caught making out, Dorothy accused Jeremy of raping her. Their classmates then attacked him and pigs' blood poured on him.
** Years later, Jeremy returns in the run-up to Valentine's Day and murders the girls he asked to dance (and anyone else close to them). He sends them gory Valentine's Day cards, before hunting them down and killing them in a Cupid mask. He then attacks at a Valentine's Day party, where he kills all of them (the police, and plenty of the guests) [[spoiler:except FinalGirl Kate, gets Dorothy killed by the police and misidentified as the killer in revenge, and appears to get away with all his crimes.]]
-->''Roses are red, violets are blue, they'll need dental records to identify you.''
** The prologue is set at a Valentine's dance years prior, when Jeremy Melton asked each of the girls to dance with him. Only Dorothy accepted, but when they were caught making out, Dorothy accused Jeremy of raping her. Their classmates then attacked him and pigs' blood poured on him.
** Years later, Jeremy returns in the run-up to Valentine's Day and murders the girls he asked to dance (and anyone else close to them). He sends them gory Valentine's Day cards, before hunting them down and killing them in a Cupid mask. He then attacks at a Valentine's Day party, where he kills all of them (the police, and plenty of the guests) [[spoiler:except FinalGirl Kate, gets Dorothy killed by the police and misidentified as the killer in revenge, and appears to get away with all his crimes.]]
-->''Roses are red, violets are blue, they'll need dental records to identify you.''
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%%* DiesWideOpen: [[spoiler:Detective Vaughn and Dorothy.]]
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%%* DiesWideOpen: [[spoiler:Detective Vaughn [[spoiler:Shelley, Detective Vaughn, and Dorothy.]]
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* SuspectExistenceFailure: Several of the victims in the middle portion of the film are [[RedHerring Red Herrings]], such as [[spoiler:Kate's stalker Gary and the GoldDigger Campbell.]]
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* SuspectExistenceFailure: Several of the RedHerring characters are victims in the middle portion of the film are [[RedHerring Red Herrings]], film, such as [[spoiler:Kate's stalker Gary and the GoldDigger Campbell.]]
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* SuspectExistenceFailure: Several of the victims in the middle portion of the film are {{Red Herrings}}, such as [[spoiler:Kate's stalker Gary and the GoldDigger Campbell.]]
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* SuspectExistenceFailure: Several of the victims in the middle portion of the film are {{Red Herrings}}, [[RedHerring Red Herrings]], such as [[spoiler:Kate's stalker Gary and the GoldDigger Campbell.]]
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* SuspectExistenceFailure: Several of the victims in the middle portion of the film are {{Red Herrings}}, such as [[spoiler:Kate's stalker Gary and the GoldDigger Campbell.]]
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* GirlPosse: The five main leads are a clique of girls who have been friends since at least middle school. Unlike most examples there are co-leads, AlphaBitch Paige and ClassPrincess Kate, with StrawLoser Dorothy, GenkiGirl Lily, and ambitious doctor-to-be Shelley rounding out the group. Ultimately it is the actions of Dorothy that spell doom for most of them.
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** [[spoiler:Paige makes a sudden appearance in Kate's apartment, right where the killer was last seen when he killed Gary. This one is lampshaded in an interview with Entertainment Tonight where Denise Richards says "''I'' could be the killer!"]]
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** [[spoiler:Paige makes a sudden appearance in Kate's apartment, right where the killer was last seen when he killed Gary. This one is lampshaded in an interview with Entertainment Tonight where Denise Richards says said "''I'' could be the killer!"]]
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* InstantDeathStab: [[spoiler:While most of the victims are killed in a way that would be quickly fatal in real life (decapitation) or are struck multiple times (shot three times with arrows then falling multiple stories, multiple strikes with an iron, multiple gunshots within five yards), Campbell is notable since he's killed with a single axe blow to the back]].
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* InstantDeathStab: [[spoiler:While While most of the victims are killed in a way that would be quickly fatal in real life (decapitation) [[spoiler:(decapitation) or are struck multiple times (shot three times with arrows then falling multiple stories, multiple strikes with an iron, multiple gunshots within five yards), Campbell is notable since he's killed with a single axe blow to the back]].
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** The third is during the party where [[spoiler:Max Max reveals to Kate that Lily [[spoiler:Lily has been missing for a week, meaning that Jeremy killed her.]]
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* AnAxeToGrind: [[spoiler:The killer uses an axe to kill Campbell and presumably Detective Vaughn, considering [[OffWithHisHead how he was found dead]].]]
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* BlackEyesOfEvil: The eyes of the Cupid killer's mask are shadowed over, giving off a look similar to IrislessMaskOfMystery.
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* WhamShot: The TwistEnding. [[spoiler:After Adam kills the killer, and then reveals that it's Dorothy, Kate apologizes for suspecting him and they hug, relieved that it's over. But since Kate's eyes are closed, she doesn't see ''Adam's nose start bleeding'', which reveals to us that he was ''Jeremy'' all along, and just got away with multiple murders by setting up Dorothy, [[LaserGuidedKarma just like she had with him all those years ago.]]]]
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* WhamShot: The TwistEnding. [[spoiler:After Adam kills the killer, and then reveals that it's Dorothy, Kate apologizes for suspecting him and they hug, relieved that it's over. But since Kate's eyes are closed, she doesn't see ''Adam's nose start bleeding'', which reveals to us that he was ''Jeremy'' all along, and just got away with multiple murders by setting up Dorothy, Dorothy to be his FallGuy, [[LaserGuidedKarma just like she had with him all those years ago.]]]]
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* BlandNameProduct: While researching Jeremy Melton, Kate can be seen consulting an "Interlink" browser, likely a reference to the Internet Explorer.
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* BlandNameProduct: While researching Jeremy Melton, Kate can be seen consulting an "Interlink" browser, likely a reference to the Windows' Internet Explorer.
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* DisproportionateRetribution: Treat the nerd like garbage, mock him when he asks you to dance, stand by and laugh as he gets beaten by bullies after a false sexual assault allegation, and corroborate the false allegation? He will come back for you later on and kill the lot of you.
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* DisproportionateRetribution: DisproportionateRetribution:
** Treat the nerd like garbage, mock him when he asks you to dance, stand by and laugh as he gets beaten by bullies after a false sexual assault allegation, and corroborate the false allegation? He will come back for you later on and kill the lot ofyou.you.
** Beckett Broda, one of Lily's exes, sent her a computer virus.
** Treat the nerd like garbage, mock him when he asks you to dance, stand by and laugh as he gets beaten by bullies after a false sexual assault allegation, and corroborate the false allegation? He will come back for you later on and kill the lot of
** Beckett Broda, one of Lily's exes, sent her a computer virus.
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* ThisIsADrill: [[spoiler:The killer picks up a power drill and uses it to stab at Paige while she's in the hot tub. Eventually stabbing her in the shoulder, he then tosses the power drill inside, electrouting her.]]
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* ThisIsADrill: [[spoiler:The killer picks up a power drill and uses it to stab at Paige while she's in the hot tub. Eventually stabbing her in the shoulder, he then tosses the power drill inside, electrouting electrocuting her.]]
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* LastNoteNightmare: Used at the very end of the film. [[spoiler:A soothing set of chords on violin and piano plays as Kate and Adam declare their love and wait for the cops to arrive, which is followed by a [[HellIsThatNoise piercing whistle]], droning cello, and Jeremy's OminousMusicBoxTune {{Leitmotif}}, as Adam's nose starts bleeding and conveying to the audience that he was Jeremy and the real killer all along.]]
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-->'''Dorothy''': ''[after a moment]'' …[[WhamLine No]].…No.
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* AluminumChristmasTrees: Yes, video dates were a thing back in the [=2000s=] as [[WebVideo/TheKillCount James A. Janisse]] details in his Kill Count video for the film.
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* AluminumChristmasTrees: Yes, video dates were a thing back in the [=2000s=].[=2000s=] as [[WebVideo/TheKillCount James A. Janisse]] details in his Kill Count video for the film.
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* KarmicJackpot: [[spoiler:Because of Kate's kindness to Jeremy, she is spared from being murdered by him, unlike her friends.]]
