Nine Lives (2002 film): Difference between revisions

 

The story follows nine friends who all went to the same posh university (never mentioned but probably not Oxford or Cambridge) meeting up for the weekend at a manor in Scotland. On the first night it snows heavily, trapping them there and one of the guys reads a book about the man who used to own the house. He ends up being possessed by the man's ghost and proceeds to murder the others. The ghost has a clever back up plan - anyone who kills the person he's possessing will be possessed themselves.

 

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* [[Actor Allusion]]: A clever ironic joke where Lucy does a fake Scottish accent and Pete remarks how awful it is. Lucy is played by a Scottish actress (doing an English accent) while Pete is played by an English actor (doing a Scottish accent).

* [[Ambiguously Brown]]: Laura, played by Amelia Warner who curiously has white parents but is quite dark skinned herself.

* [[Call Back]]: Laura uses Pete's dice under the cup trick as reasoning why she can't let him and Damian into the locked room.

* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Damian

'''Damian:''' "Yeah, especially when you're in Scotland" }}

* [[Developing Doomed Characters]]: Averted completely. The first thirty minutes are spent developing the characters properly and they are all fairly likable (even Paris) with clever dialogue. Those first few minutes are arguably the best part of the film.

* [[Dull Surprise]]: About half the cast.

* [[Ho Yay]]: Pretty much everyone given that they've known each other for years.

* [[I Take Offence to That Last One]]: This little exchange

'''Andy:''' I'm not little }}

* [[Idiot Ball]]: Emma firstly all of a sudden thinks Tim is the killer because he has a blood stain on his shirt, when he got '''hit over the head''' by Tom which results in her unlocking the door and running off.

** Laura says they shouldn't go anywhere alone then makes to go off on her own, saying "I can take care of myself".

* [[Limited Social Circle]]: Quite a few of the group have dated each other and yet still remain friends. Lampshaded by Laura.

* [[Men Are the Expendable Gender]]: Inverted. Two of the girls are killed off pretty soon.

* [[Noodle Incident]]: Apparently something happened to Laura and Pete in Amsterdam that involved them ending up at a brothel.

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