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* DropTheHammer: At the start of the movie, a mysterious figure in a cloak is seen raising a giant mallet to bring down on something unseen.
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Elisa (Matilda Anna Ingrid Lutz) is a woman carpooling in an [=RV=] with a man named Fabrizio (Francesco Russo), a doctor named Riccardo (Peppino Mazzota), and young couple Sofia (Yuliia Sobol) and Mark (Will Merrick) to her mom's in Calabria UsefulNotes/{{Italy}} to get an abortion (which she's somewhat reluctant about). While they're driving along, Mark spots a corpse in the road and swerves to avoid it, hitting a tree and knocking everyone unconscious.

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Elisa (Matilda Anna Ingrid Lutz) (Creator/MatildaLutz) is a woman carpooling in an [=RV=] with a man named Fabrizio (Francesco Russo), a doctor named Riccardo (Peppino Mazzota), and young couple Sofia (Yuliia Sobol) and Mark (Will Merrick) to her mom's in Calabria UsefulNotes/{{Italy}} to get an abortion (which she's somewhat reluctant about). While they're driving along, Mark spots a corpse in the road and swerves to avoid it, hitting a tree and knocking everyone unconscious.
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Elisa (Matilda Anna Ingrid Lutz) is a woman carpooling in an [=RV=] with a man named Fabrizio (Francesco Russo), a doctor named Riccardo (Peppino Mazzota), and young couple Sofia (Yuliia Sobol) and Mark (Will Merrick) to her mom's in Calabria UsefulNotes/{{Italy}} to get an abortion (which she's somewhat reluctant about). While they're driving along, one night, when Mark spots a corpse in the road and swerves to avoid it, hitting a tree and knocking everyone unconscious.

When they all come to, they have to apply a splint to Mark's broken leg. Then they exit the [=RV=] and discover they're not where they should logically be. Rather than they woods they were driving through, they find themselves in the middle of an open field near a house. They decide to look around, and make some interesting discoveries.

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Elisa (Matilda Anna Ingrid Lutz) is a woman carpooling in an [=RV=] with a man named Fabrizio (Francesco Russo), a doctor named Riccardo (Peppino Mazzota), and young couple Sofia (Yuliia Sobol) and Mark (Will Merrick) to her mom's in Calabria UsefulNotes/{{Italy}} to get an abortion (which she's somewhat reluctant about). While they're driving along, one night, when Mark spots a corpse in the road and swerves to avoid it, hitting a tree and knocking everyone unconscious.

When they all come to, they have to apply a splint to Mark's broken leg. Then they exit the [=RV=] and discover they're not where they should logically be. Rather than they the woods they were driving through, they find themselves in the middle of an open field near a house. They decide to look around, and make some interesting discoveries.
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* WhamLine: [[spoiler:Fabrizio, can you hear me?]]

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* WhamLine: [[spoiler:Fabrizio, [[spoiler:"Fabrizio, can you hear me?]]me?"]]
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* ImperiledInPregnancy: Elisa discovers that she’s pregnant at the start of the movie, although she’s only a few weeks along and intends to terminate her pregnancy.
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* TeensAreMonsters: [[spoiler: Chiara, who is around 13 or 14, is far from the innocent victim she initially appears to be. She is in fact Fabrizio’s younger sister and a willing participant in the staging and filming of his snuff films.]]


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* WouldHurtAChild: [[spoiler: Elisa doesn’t hesitate to kill Chiara when she discovers that she’s in on Fabrizio’s plot to create snuff films.]]
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* OhCrap: [[spoiler:Chiara widens her eyes somewhat when she sees Elise standing before her, pointing a shotgun at her.]]
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* TheReveal: The MalevolentMasked men who were trying to sacrifice the group [[spoiler:are actually mafia actors working for Fabrizio and his family, helping them make a SnuffFilm to distribute on Bloodflix]].

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* TheReveal: The MalevolentMasked men MalevolentMaskedMen who were trying to sacrifice the group [[spoiler:are actually mafia actors working for Fabrizio and his family, helping them make a SnuffFilm to distribute on Bloodflix]].
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* FacialHorror: [[spoiler:At the cast party, Elisa sees a boy singing a song played by an accordion. The entire right side of the boy's face looks very droopy and folded.

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* FacialHorror: [[spoiler:At the cast party, Elisa sees a boy singing a song played by an accordion. The entire right side of the boy's face looks very droopy and folded.]]
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* FacialHorror: [[spoiler:At the cast party, Elisa sees a boy singing a song played by an accordion. The entire right side of the boy's face looks very droopy and folded.


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* TheReveal: The MalevolentMasked men who were trying to sacrifice the group [[spoiler:are actually mafia actors working for Fabrizio and his family, helping them make a SnuffFilm to distribute on Bloodflix]].
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* WhamLine: [[spoiler:Fabrizio, are you there?]]

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* WhamLine: [[spoiler:Fabrizio, are can you there?]]hear me?]]
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* MyGreatestFailure: [[spoiler:Riccardo reveals that he lost a patient, which apparently ruined his life, as his wife left him after that, and won't let him see his daughter.]]
* SlashedThroat: The hooded people kill [[spoiler:Sofia and Riccardo]] this way after [[spoiler:adding Riccardo's ears and Sofia's eyes to their giant wicker man]].


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* WhamLine: [[spoiler:Fabrizio, are you there?]]
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* DontGoInTheWoods: Especially the Southern Italian woods, unless you [=WANT=] to be sacrificed by MalevolentMaskedMen [[spoiler:who are really mafiosos helping a psycho director make a SnuffFilm]].


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* EmpathyDollShot: The group finds a discarded baby doll [[spoiler:among the discarded vehicles of past victims]].


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* InTheHood: Some of the MalevolentMaskedMen wear long hooded robes. Possibly signifying they're more important individuals.
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* TongueTrauma: When the gang find Chiara in a hay cocoon in the attic, they deduce she had her tongue removed because they see it in a jar of water nearby. [[spoiler:It's actually a prop tongue.]]
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* MalevolentMaskedMen: The gang find that there's a lot of people wearing masks made from bark and antlers in the woods, who seem to be intent on sacrificing them to the deities they worship.
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* BloodFromTheMouth: Mark has a line of blood coming out of his mouth, probably as a result of the crash.
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* HappierTimesMovie: Sofia watches a silly little movie she and Mark made. Riccardo also watches one of his daughter.

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* HappierTimesMovie: HappierHomeMovie: Sofia watches a silly little movie she and Mark made. Riccardo also watches one of his daughter.
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* HappierTimeMovie: Sofia watches a silly little movie she and Mark made. Riccardo also watches one of his daughter.

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* HappierTimeMovie: HappierTimesMovie: Sofia watches a silly little movie she and Mark made. Riccardo also watches one of his daughter.
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-->''The first one has no sight. But he'll find you in the night.''

-->''The second one cannot hear, but he surely smells your fear.''

-->''Third one has no mouth to speak, but if you see him, don't make a peep.''

-->''A winged horse beside them all, of death he is the call.''



* DecapitationPresentation: While trying to find a way back to the road, Fabrizio and Riccardo come across a display which includes a bunch of severed pig heads.



* HappierTimeMovie: Sofia watches a silly little movie she and Mark made. Riccardo also watches one of his daughter.
* HiddenDepths: Sofia says she has a startup company which involves making 3D jewelry.



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-->''This is your ending.''
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''A Classic Horror Story'' is an [[ItalianMedia Italian]] [[HorrorFilms Horror Movie]] by Roberto De Feo.

Elisa (Matilda Anna Ingrid Lutz) is a woman carpooling in an [=RV=] with a man named Fabrizio (Francesco Russo), a doctor named Riccardo (Peppino Mazzota), and young couple Sofia (Yuliia Sobol) and Mark (Will Merrick) to her mom's in Calabria UsefulNotes/{{Italy}} to get an abortion (which she's somewhat reluctant about). While they're driving along, one night, when Mark spots a corpse in the road and swerves to avoid it, hitting a tree and knocking everyone unconscious.

When they all come to, they have to apply a splint to Mark's broken leg. Then they exit the [=RV=] and discover they're not where they should logically be. Rather than they woods they were driving through, they find themselves in the middle of an open field near a house. They decide to look around, and make some interesting discoveries.

They also discover they're not alone, and that the people they're with have some rather deadly intentions with them.

The film was released on Creator/{{Netflix}} on July 14th, 2021.

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!!''A Classic Horror Story'' contains examples of:
* BoundAndGagged: The movie begins with a shot of a woman cuffed to a table by her arms and legs. Later on, Sofia and Riccardo are seen out in the field one night tied to poles by a giant wicker man.
* DropTheHammer: At the start of the movie, a mysterious figure in a cloak is seen raising a giant mallet to bring down on something unseen.
* DrunkDriver: Mark insists on driving the [=RV=] after getting drunk. He actually manages to stay on the road somehow... until he sees the corpse in the road.
* SmashToBlack: After the [=RV=] crashes into a tree, the whole screen goes black.
* WatchOutForThatTree: When Mark swerves to avoid the corpse in the road, he sends the [=RV=] on a collision course with a tree.
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