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One night at Blackmoor Castle, a masked man appears before its owner Lucius Clark and demands that he hands over a batch of diamonds he stole some time ago. Clark refuses, and as he tries to sell the diamonds, the masked man hinders the process by killing people around the castle. |
One night at Blackmoor Castle, a masked man appears before its owner Lucius Clark and demands that he hands over a batch of diamonds he stole some time ago. Clark refuses, and as he tries to sell the diamonds, the masked man hinders the process by killing people around the castle. |
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* [[Amoral Attorney]]: Tromby. |
* [[Amoral Attorney]]: Tromby. |
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* [[Henpecked Husband]]: The chief of Scotland Yard. |
* [[Henpecked Husband]]: The chief of Scotland Yard. |
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* [[MacGuffin]]: The stolen diamonds. |
* [[MacGuffin]]: The stolen diamonds. |
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* [[Off with His Head]]: The corpse of castle's gardener is found without his head. |
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* [[Playing Possum]]: The Strangler pretends to be hurt to get the gardener who was sent to take the stolen diamonds to . |
* [[Playing Possum]]: The Strangler pretends to be hurt to get the gardener who was sent to take the stolen diamonds to . |
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* [[Red Herring Mole]] |
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Latest revision as of 22:36, 23 December 2022
A German crime thriller from the year 1963 and one of the Edgar Wallace Films.
One night at Blackmoor Castle, a masked man appears before its owner Lucius Clark and demands that he hands over a batch of diamonds he stole some time ago. Clark refuses, and as he tries to sell the diamonds, the masked man hinders the process by killing people around the castle.
Tropes used in The Strangler of Blackmoor Castle include:
- Amoral Attorney: Tromby.
- Antagonist Title
- Ax Crazy: Anthony, who is ready to kill someone to get the diamonds
- Calling Card: The Strangler leaves the letter M on his victims' foreheads.
- Evil-Detecting Dog: Castle's dogs start barking when the Strangler is nearby.
- Evil Uncle: Defied. When Anthony suggests to Lucius that "an accident" should befall on his niece so they'd get her money, he is enraged and socks Anthony to the jaw.
- Henpecked Husband: The chief of Scotland Yard.
- MacGuffin: The stolen diamonds.
- Off with His Head: The corpse of castle's gardener is found without his head.
- Playing Possum: The Strangler pretends to be hurt to get the gardener who was sent to take the stolen diamonds to .
- Red Herring Mole
- Red Right Hand: One of Lucius's fingers is missing and the Strangler seems to share this trait.
- Scotland Yard
- Secret Path: Blackmoor Castle was a long time ago owned by a robber who made lot of secret tunnels within it.
- Shoot Out the Lock
- The X of Y