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** Seems to run in the family as when Vera gets bitten by the Rat Monkey, she beat it over the head with her purse before puncturing its skull with her stiletto heel.
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** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfkHkdu5IEI "I kick ass for the Lord!"]]
* Paquita gets one when she finally gets to kill the zombified Uncle Les. She rips his spinal cord out (with his head still attached), spits in his face, then twirls the cord around before slamming it down on the floor, bursting his head like an overripe melon.
* It's easy to miss because the scene is focusing on Lionel hanging upside from a cord ([[ItMakesSenseInContext Long story]]), but Paquita and Rita fight their way up a zombie filled staircase with only a coat rack and an umbrella.

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** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfkHkdu5IEI "I kick ass arse for the Lord!"]]
* Paquita gets one when she finally gets to kill the zombified Uncle Les. She rips his spinal cord out (with his head still attached), spits in his face, then twirls the cord around before slamming it down on the floor, countertop, bursting his head like an overripe melon.
* It's easy to miss because the scene is focusing on Lionel hanging upside from a cord ([[ItMakesSenseInContext Long long story]]), but Paquita and Rita fight their way up a zombie filled staircase with only a coat rack and an umbrella.
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* On a meta level, this movie, for more than 20 years after its release, held the record for most fake blood used in a film production.[[note]]It was eventually surpassed by ''Film/EvilDead2013'' which used 70,000 gallons of fake blood (50,000 of which was used for the final "blood rain" scene alone).[[/note]]
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* Lionel finally [[CallingTheOldManOut standing up to his mother]] in the climax, and confronting her about [[spoiler:[[YouKilledMyFather what really happened to his father]]]].

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* Lionel finally [[CallingTheOldManOut standing up to his mother]] in the climax, and confronting her about [[spoiler:[[YouKilledMyFather [[YouKilledMyFather what really happened to his father]]]].father]].

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** That reminds me of [[VideoGame/DeadRising something]]...



** That reminds me of [[VideoGame/DeadRising something]]...
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* "[[PreAsskickingOneLiner Party's over,]]" as Lionel enters the scene in the climax with that lawnmower strapped to his chest. What follows is arguably the longest, goriest scene ever filmed.

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* "[[PreAsskickingOneLiner Party's over,]]" over]]," as Lionel enters the scene in the climax with that lawnmower strapped to his chest. What follows is arguably the longest, goriest scene ever filmed.
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* "Party's over," as Lionel enters the scene in the climax with * that* lawnmower strapped to his chest. What follows is arguably the longest, goriest scene ever filmed.

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* "Party's over," "[[PreAsskickingOneLiner Party's over,]]" as Lionel enters the scene in the climax with * that* that lawnmower strapped to his chest. What follows is arguably the longest, goriest scene ever filmed.
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* On a meta level, this movie, for more than 20 years after its release, held the record for most fake blood used in a film production.[[note]]It was eventually surpassed by ''Film/EvilDead2013'' which used 70,000 gallons of fake blood (including 50,000 for the final "blood rain" scene alone).[[/note]]

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* On a meta level, this movie, for more than 20 years after its release, held the record for most fake blood used in a film production.[[note]]It was eventually surpassed by ''Film/EvilDead2013'' which used 70,000 gallons of fake blood (including 50,000 (50,000 of which was used for the final "blood rain" scene alone).[[/note]]
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* On a meta level, this movie, more than 20 years after its release, STILL holds the record for most fake blood used in a film production.

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* On a meta level, this movie, for more than 20 years after its release, STILL holds held the record for most fake blood used in a film production.
production.[[note]]It was eventually surpassed by ''Film/EvilDead2013'' which used 70,000 gallons of fake blood (including 50,000 for the final "blood rain" scene alone).[[/note]]
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[[caption-width-right:225:OK, ''now'' the party's over.]]
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* Lionel finally [[CallingTheOldManOut standing up to his mother]] in the climax, and confronting her about [[spoiler:what really happened to his father]].

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* Lionel finally [[CallingTheOldManOut standing up to his mother]] in the climax, and confronting her about [[spoiler:what [[spoiler:[[YouKilledMyFather what really happened to his father]].father]]]].
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* Lionel finally [[CallingTheOldManOut standing up to his mother]] in the climax, and confronting her about [[spoiler:what really happened to his father]].
-->'''Lionel:''' [[NotAfraidOfYouAnymore You don’t scare me, Mum!]]
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* On a meta level, this movie, more than 20 years after its release, STILL holds the record for most fake blood used in a film production (about 80 gallons, or 300 liters).

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* On a meta level, this movie, more than 20 years after its release, STILL holds the record for most fake blood used in a film production (about 80 gallons, or 300 liters).
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* On a meta level, this movie, more than 20 years after its release, STILL holds the record for most fake blood used in a film production (over 80 gallons, or 300 liters).

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* On a meta level, this movie, more than 20 years after its release, STILL holds the record for most fake blood used in a film production (over (about 80 gallons, or 300 liters).
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* It's hard to miss because the scene is focusing on Lionel hanging upside from a cord ([[ItMakesSenseInContext Long story]]), but Paquita and Rita fight their way up a zombie filled staircase with only a coat rack and an umbrella.

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* It's hard easy to miss because the scene is focusing on Lionel hanging upside from a cord ([[ItMakesSenseInContext Long story]]), but Paquita and Rita fight their way up a zombie filled staircase with only a coat rack and an umbrella.
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** That reminds me of [[DeadRising something]]...

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* Father [=McGruder=]'s fight against the zombies before his demise.

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* Father [=McGruder=]'s [=McGruder=] the Kung Fu Priest, and his fight against the zombies before his demise.
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* It's hard to miss because the scene is focusing on Lionel hanging upside from a cord ([[ItMakesSenseInContext Long story), but Paquita and Rita fight their way up a zombie filled staircase with only a coat rack and an umbrella.

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* It's hard to miss because the scene is focusing on Lionel hanging upside from a cord ([[ItMakesSenseInContext Long story), story]]), but Paquita and Rita fight their way up a zombie filled staircase with only a coat rack and an umbrella.
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* It's hard to miss because the scene is focusing on Lionel hanging upside from a cord ([[ItMakesSenseInContext Long story), but Paquita and Rita fight their way up a zombie filled staircase with only a coat rack and an umbrella.

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* [[http://youtube.com/watch?v=MfkHkdu5IEI "I kick ass for the Lord!"]]



* Lionel slaughtering the zombies ''with a lawnmower.''


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** [[http://youtube.com/watch?v=MfkHkdu5IEI "I kick ass for the Lord!"]]
* Paquita gets one when she finally gets to kill the zombified Uncle Les. She rips his spinal cord out (with his head still attached), spits in his face, then twirls the cord around before slamming it down on the floor, bursting his head like an overripe melon.

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* That reminds me of [[DeadRising something]]...

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* Lionel slaughtering the zombies ''with a lawnmower.''
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* Father [=McGruder=]'s fight against the zombies before his demise.

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