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[[File:119123 f260.jpg|link=Dracula (1931 film)|frame|The Eyes Have It, or so it seems.]]
The lights dim and the character is thrown into deep shadow (or sometimes even total darkness)--except, for some reason, for a mysterious rectangle highlighting the character's eyes. Sometimes this is used to indicate intense concentration, sometimes it's used to show the character's powerful hypnotic abilities. And sometimes it's just to tell the audience, "This next part is supposed to be creepy!"
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== Anime and Manga ==
* Used twice in the OVA of ''[[Angel Densetsu]]'', when the sunlight reflects from Takahise's knife into Kitano's eyes.
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* As seen in the picture above, in the 1931 adaptation of ''[[Dracula (1931 film)|Dracula]]'', [[Bela Lugosi]] was given this close up with this effect.
** This kind of shot is used in almost every movie that Lugosi starred in.
* ''[[Harry Potter and
* Gomez and Morticia Addams display this for comic effect in the film adaptations of ''[[The Addams Family]]''. Likely as an homage.
* Le Chiffre , played by none other than [[Orson Welles]] in ''[[Casino Royale 1967]]''.
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== Live Action TV ==
* Happens surprisingly often to [[The Captain|Captain Kirk]] in ''[[Star Trek: The
* In the 1996 ''[[Doctor Who]]'' Telemovie, this effect happened to the Doctor just after his regeneration scene.
* ''[[Power Rangers RPM]]'' uses this effect a lot to show the Rangers talking inside their helmets when they don't want to just use a Go-onger scene with them talking.
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== Video Games ==
* In the intro cutscene of ''[[
== Web Comics ==
* ''[[Gunnerkrigg Court]]'': [http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=178 The last panel here.]
* ''[[The Inexplicable Adventures of Bob]]:'' Galatea [http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20100807.html here,] just as she [[Took a Level
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