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The movie is a case of an obscenely high-number of routine, standard tropes that more or less accidentally happen to work to a whole greater than the sum of the parts (or of the makers' designs and--arguably--capabilities).
Along with a handful of other films, it also has the distinction of being riffed ''twice'' by [[Mystery Science Theater 3000|Mike Nelson]]: First on the colorized DVD released by Legend Films, the second time with help from Kevin Murphy and Bill Corbett on [[
In 1998, a [[Wes Craven]]-produced remake was released, which received mixed, mostly-negative reviews. While it, too, is available on DVD, it's a pretty safe bet that it won't ever get a Criterion release.
=== The Original Contains Examples of: ===
* [[Alone in
* [[Amusement Park of Doom]]
* [[Bad Dreams]]: {{spoiler|One of Mary's visions is revealed to have been a dream near the end.}}
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* [[Hollywood Driving]]
* [[Ineffectual Loner]]: Mary {{spoiler|until she no longer wants to be alone. This entire movie could arguably be summed up as "being Mary sucks"}}.
* [[In the End You Are
* [[Looks Like Cesare]]: The Man, to some extent
* [[Mirror Monster]]
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* [[Silent Antagonist]]
* [[Slasher Smile]]: The Man is almost always like this, but the other Undead only break into a smile near the end.
* [[Stalker
* [[Sugar and Ice Personality]]
* [[Surreal Horror]]
* {{spoiler|[[Tomato in
* {{spoiler|[[Twist Ending]]}}
* [[The Undead]]
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* [[Panty Shot]]
* [[Revenge]]: Louis's motive.
* [[Taking You
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