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[[File:tormenting_vi.jpg|frame|link=http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1927804068633776005|Guess he really got a-''[[A Worldwide Punomenon|head!]]'']]
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Jazz pianist Tom Stewart is engaged to rich girl Meg. Unfortunately for him, his [[Clingy Jealous Girl|possessive former flame Vi]] shows up intending to disrupt the nuptials. Fortunately for him, Vi meets him in a dilapidated old lighthouse; and when she falls through the rusted guardrail, he refuses to save her. Exit Vi. Problem solved.
Turns out Vi's spirit is [[Your Princess Is in Another Castle|still hanging around]], "tormenting" Tom and still intent upon wrecking his wedding. Or, is it all in Tom's head?
Well, no, turns out it's ''Vi'''s head.
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After about an hour of ghostly cat-and-mouse, a beatnik boater arrives and, [[He Knows Too Much|deducing what has happened to Vi]], begins to blackmail Tom, [[Murder Is the Best Solution|forcing him into action to protect his secret]]. This, however, is witnessed by Meg's little sister, Sandy. Tom is about to off Sandy as well, but Vi's ghost arrives and finally exacts her revenge.
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* [[Clingy Jealous Girl]]: Vi
* [[Evil Laugh]]: Vi.
* [[Have You Told Anyone Else?]]: Tom ends up saying a near equivalent to this towards Sandy.
* [[He Knows Too Much]]: Scuzzy beatnik boat guy and, eventually, Sandy.
* [[Hey, It's That Guy!]]: Richard Carlson ("Tom") was also the star of ''[[It Came
* [[Informed Ability]]: Tom is allegedly a great jazz pianist. Allegedly.
* [[I See Dead People|I See Dead People's Heads]]: And they won't shut up!
* [[It Won't Turn Off]]: The record player.
* [[Karmic Death]]: Vi's ghost forces Tom to fall from the lighthouse to his death, in much the same manner as Tom had allowed Vi to fall to her death.
** And they wash up together on shore, holding hands in death. Um, awww?
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* [[Losing Your Head]]: Vi.
* [[Murder Is the Best Solution]]: Tom keeps arriving at this conclusion when a number of simpler ones would have availed him before going this far.
* [[Oh, No, Not Again]]: Vi's method of haunting Tom has a parallel with a story of a previous tenant the blind lady tells Tom about. A boy and dog drowned nearby, and from then on, his parents felt seawater in his bedroom and could hear his voice along with the dog's barking.
* [[Our Ghosts Are Different]]: They're just heads, for one thing.
* [[Parental Marriage Veto]]: Meg's dad does ''not'' approve of jazz pianists, and blames the ruined wedding ceremony on Tom despite the obviously supernatural goings-on.
* [[Precocious Crush]]: Sandy to Tom.
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* [[Railing Kill]]: Vi, and almost the blind seeress. }}
* [[Sex Drugs and Rock N Roll]]: Tom is convinced that his relationship with Vi will ruin his career.
* [[Stringy
* [[Title Drop]]: The record in the record player, which is "Tormented".
* [[Together in Death]]: Vi and Tom. At the [[Denouement]], when their bodies are discovered and laid side by side on the beach, her arm drapes itself around him and sports Meg's previously lost wedding ring.
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