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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] == |
== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] == |
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* The ''[[ |
* The ''[[XxxHolic]]'' movie ''A Midsummer's Night Dream'' takes place in one of these. {{spoiler|Though the house itself is the one making the guests disappear.}} |
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* ''[[Umineko no Naku Koro |
* ''[[Umineko no Naku Koro ni]]'': The Rokenjima mansion, complete with being cut off from the rest of the world and its own witch stories. |
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== [[Board Games]] == |
== [[Board Games]] == |
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* The board game ''[[Clue ( |
* The board game ''[[Clue (game)|Clue]]'' (aka ''[[Clue (game)|Cluedo]]'') is perhaps the best known example of this trope. |
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* The game ''Kill Doctor Lucky'', which is inspired by ''Clue'', also takes place in such a mansion. |
* The game ''Kill Doctor Lucky'', which is inspired by ''Clue'', also takes place in such a mansion. |
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* ''[[Betrayal |
* ''[[Betrayal at House on the Hill]]'' takes place in one of these. Though you usually know who the bad guy is. |
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* ''13 Dead End Drive'' is a board game with this as the set piece and the players as potential heirs trying to bump each other off. |
* ''13 Dead End Drive'' is a board game with this as the set piece and the players as potential heirs trying to bump each other off. |
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== [[Film]] == |
== [[Film]] == |
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* ''[[Clue ( |
* ''[[Clue (film)|Clue]]'' the movie took place inside such a mansion. |
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* The 1932 movie ''[[The Old Dark House]]'' (as well as the 1963 remake) is the [[Trope Namer]]. |
* The 1932 movie ''[[The Old Dark House]]'' (as well as the 1963 remake) is the [[Trope Namer]]. |
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** Both movies are based on an old novel, ''Benighted'', by J.B. Priestly. |
** Both movies are based on an old novel, ''Benighted'', by J.B. Priestly. |
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* ''[[Murder By Death]]'' is one of these movies, only the guests are all pastiches of famous fictional detectives. |
* ''[[Murder By Death]]'' is one of these movies, only the guests are all pastiches of famous fictional detectives. |
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* Even though it takes place in a radio station during a live show, [[The Radioland Murders]] plays this trope pretty well. The biggest difference is that only certain important people conected to the station are in danger, and not everyone in the building. |
* Even though it takes place in a radio station during a live show, [[The Radioland Murders]] plays this trope pretty well. The biggest difference is that only certain important people conected to the station are in danger, and not everyone in the building. |
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* The original ''[[House |
* The original ''[[House on Haunted Hill]]'' certainly takes place in one. The remake is more of a traditional [[Haunted House]]. |
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== [[Literature]] == |
== [[Literature]] == |
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== [[Theatre]] == |
== [[Theatre]] == |
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* ''[[The Cat and |
* ''[[The Cat and the Canary]]'', where a young heiress and her relatives are harassed by a killer. |
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* ''[[The Bat]]'' is set at the house of Courtleigh Fleming, the late president of the failed Union Bank. Rumor has it that the money robbed from the bank is stashed in a Hidden Room in the house. In an old country house whose lights tend to fail during storms, candles, pocket flashlights, and wristwatches with illuminated dials all become important items. |
* ''[[The Bat]]'' is set at the house of Courtleigh Fleming, the late president of the failed Union Bank. Rumor has it that the money robbed from the bank is stashed in a Hidden Room in the house. In an old country house whose lights tend to fail during storms, candles, pocket flashlights, and wristwatches with illuminated dials all become important items. |
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* Parodied by the play-within-a-play in [[Tom Stoppard]]'s ''The Real Inspector Hound''. |
* Parodied by the play-within-a-play in [[Tom Stoppard]]'s ''The Real Inspector Hound''. |
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* One of the Dark Brotherhood mission from ''[[Elder Scrolls]] 4: [[Oblivion]]'' sends you to one of these, only ''you'' are the murderer. (Though it's possible to convince the guests to kill each other.) |
* One of the Dark Brotherhood mission from ''[[Elder Scrolls]] 4: [[Oblivion]]'' sends you to one of these, only ''you'' are the murderer. (Though it's possible to convince the guests to kill each other.) |
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* [http://shivergames.com/lucius/ Lucius] plays this trope much like the Dark Brotherhood mission from Oblivion. You play a child of the devil who must kill everyone else in the house without arousing suspicion. |
* [http://shivergames.com/lucius/ Lucius] plays this trope much like the Dark Brotherhood mission from Oblivion. You play a child of the devil who must kill everyone else in the house without arousing suspicion. |
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* The [[Big Screwed-Up Family|Verlac]] [[Big Fancy House|mansion]], in [[Lovecraft Country|the titular]] [[Town |
* The [[Big Screwed-Up Family|Verlac]] [[Big Fancy House|mansion]], in [[Lovecraft Country|the titular]] [[Town with a Dark Secret|town of]] ''[[Anchorhead]]'', has [[Secret Path|hidden passageways]], [[Spooky Painting|unsettling]] [[Portrait Painting Peephole|paintings]], windows painted shut, and a {{spoiler|[[Madwoman in the Attic|Madman in the Attic]]}}. |
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== [[Western Animation]] == |
== [[Western Animation]] == |
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