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* QuestionableCasting: Richard Carlson was great at playing ScienceHero types. He is not remotely believable as a jazz musician.
** MonochromeCasting: Like a lot of '50s movies, there's not a single person of colour present, which becomes a lot more noticeable since, again, Tom is supposed to be a jazz pianist. This is specifically lampshaded in the ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' episode.
-->'''Crow''': It's a jazz musician's party and there's not ''one'' black person!
** MonochromeCasting: Like a lot of '50s movies, there's not a single person of colour present, which becomes a lot more noticeable since, again, Tom is supposed to be a jazz pianist. This is specifically lampshaded in the ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' episode.
-->'''Crow''': It's a jazz musician's party and there's not ''one'' black person!
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* QuestionableCasting: Richard Carlson was great at playing ScienceHero types. He is not remotely believable as a jazz musician.
** MonochromeCasting: Like a lot of '50s movies, there's not a single person of colour present, which becomes a lot more noticeable since, again, Tom is supposed to be a jazz pianist. This is specifically lampshaded in the ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' episode.
-->'''Crow''': It's a jazz musician's party and there's not ''one'' black person!
** MonochromeCasting: Like a lot of '50s movies, there's not a single person of colour present, which becomes a lot more noticeable since, again, Tom is supposed to be a jazz pianist. This is specifically lampshaded in the ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' episode.
-->'''Crow''': It's a jazz musician's party and there's not ''one'' black person!
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* RetroactiveRecognition: The blackmailing ferry captain is played by Joe Turkel, better known as [[Film/BladeRunner Dr. Eldon Tyrell]] or [[Film/TheShining Lloyd the bartender]].
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* RetroactiveRecognition: The blackmailing ferry captain is played by Joe Turkel, Creator/JoeTurkel, better known as [[Film/BladeRunner Dr. Eldon Tyrell]] or [[Film/TheShining Lloyd the bartender]].
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* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: One of the problems of the film.
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* TooBleakStoppedCaring: One of the problems of the film.
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* RetroactiveRecognition: The blackmailing ferry captain is played by Joe Turkel, better known as [[Film/BladeRunner Dr. Eldon Tyrell]] or [[Film/TheShining Lloyd the bartender]].
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* {{Narm}}: While meant to be creepy and disturbing, the scene with Vi's head is severely undermined by SpecialEffectsFailure
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** The film in general manages to succeed at being quite creepy, and is ''almost'' legitimately scary. It's mainly undermined by SpecialEffectsFailure, a slow pace mired with considerable padding, and a little too much {{narm}}.
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* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Even before her death, Vi is openly obsessed with hurting Tom. She comes all the way out to the small island where he's about to be married in order to re-seduce him. When he refuses, she threatens to expose their relationship and ruin his marriage just for the hell of it. She's so intense, it makes you wonder [[DomesticAbuse what there relationship was really like.]]
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* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Even before her death, Vi is openly obsessed with hurting Tom. She comes all the way out to the small island where he's about to be married in order to re-seduce him. When he refuses, she threatens to expose their relationship and ruin his marriage just for the hell of it. She's so intense, it makes you wonder [[DomesticAbuse what there their relationship was really like.]]
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** Joel and the 'Bots have a field day with Vi's head sitting calmly on Tom's end table talking to him.
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** [[Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 Joel and the 'Bots 'Bots]] have a field day with Vi's head sitting calmly on Tom's end table talking to him.
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* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Even before her death, Vi is openly obsessed with hurting Tom. She comes all the way out to the small island where he's about to be married in order to re-seduce him. When he refuses, she threatens to expose their relationship and ruin his marriage just for the hell of it. She's so intense, it makes you wonder [[DomesticAbuse what there relationship was really like.]]
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* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: One of the problems of the film.
* LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt: As if they'd let Tom murder a little girl.
* MoralEventHorizon:
** Any remaining sympathy for Tom vanishes when he tries to kill Sandy.
** Vi herself loses any sympathy when she tries to sadistically lure a blind seer to her death.
* NightmareFuel:
** The ghostly singing that starts up whenever Vi comes around. Also her laughing when the blind housekeeper goes to the lighthouse.
** The moment when Vi's ghost makes an invisible appearance at the wedding, throwing the doors open, and causing all of the flowers to wilt as she makes her way down the aisle is startlingly effective despite the {{narm}} of many of the other effects.
* SpecialEffectsFailure:
** Joel and the 'Bots have a field day with Vi's head sitting calmly on Tom's end table talking to him.
** Also in a case of TakeOurWordForIt Vi's body is in remarkable condition for having been submerged in salt water for a week.
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* LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt: As if they'd let Tom murder a little girl.
* MoralEventHorizon:
** Any remaining sympathy for Tom vanishes when he tries to kill Sandy.
** Vi herself loses any sympathy when she tries to sadistically lure a blind seer to her death.
* NightmareFuel:
** The ghostly singing that starts up whenever Vi comes around. Also her laughing when the blind housekeeper goes to the lighthouse.
** The moment when Vi's ghost makes an invisible appearance at the wedding, throwing the doors open, and causing all of the flowers to wilt as she makes her way down the aisle is startlingly effective despite the {{narm}} of many of the other effects.
* SpecialEffectsFailure:
** Joel and the 'Bots have a field day with Vi's head sitting calmly on Tom's end table talking to him.
** Also in a case of TakeOurWordForIt Vi's body is in remarkable condition for having been submerged in salt water for a week.
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