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** [[Final Girl]]: Both the male and female lead survive, but Cole seems to get first billing. And he survives by ''losing'' his virginity. |
** [[Final Girl]]: Both the male and female lead survive, but Cole seems to get first billing. And he survives by ''losing'' his virginity. |
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** [[For the Evulz]]: While every member of the cult has obviously passed the [[Moral Event Horizon]], some do have admirable traits. Sonya kills the thug trying to rape Phoebe before going after her and Cole, Max actually compliments Cole more than once for standing up for himself (even though Max is the one he’s standing up to), Sonya, Max, and maybe John don’t seem to think it’s necessary to ''kill'' Cole. Sonya even goes so far as to bring cookies when they’re planning to sacrifice him - whether she actually intends to share them with Cole isn’t specified, but then, seeing as they plan to drain his blood… |
** [[For the Evulz]]: While every member of the cult has obviously passed the [[Moral Event Horizon]], some do have admirable traits. Sonya kills the thug trying to rape Phoebe before going after her and Cole, Max actually compliments Cole more than once for standing up for himself (even though Max is the one he’s standing up to), Sonya, Max, and maybe John don’t seem to think it’s necessary to ''kill'' Cole. Sonya even goes so far as to bring cookies when they’re planning to sacrifice him - whether she actually intends to share them with Cole isn’t specified, but then, seeing as they plan to drain his blood… |
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** [[Genre Blind]]: Not a chance. Cole and Phoebe survive because they are too [[Genre Savvy]] to fall into the typical Slasher Movie traps, while the bad guys act pretty stupidly. The worst display of this comes when Mary even suggests gang-raping Cole, despite their ritual specifically needing him to be a virgin. |
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== Literature == |
== Literature == |
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