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* {{Animorphism}}: Discussed. The crew note that vampires can turn into bats in some media. Abigail herself never displays this power, but Frank briefly wonders if she can turn herself into a rat.
* {{Bathos}}: Peter comes running to check on Sammy after she screams at the sight of [[spoiler: Dean's]] headless corpse. The seriousness of the scene is undermined by what Dean [[FaceDoodling drew on Peter's face]].
-->"Why do you have a dick on your face?"
-->"Why do you have a dick on your face?"
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* FaceDoodling: Dean draws a dick on Peter's face. Its only around for a few scenes before he washes it off, and [[spoiler:Abigail kills Dean before anyone notices]].
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* PopCulturalOsmosisFailure:
** Eventually subverted with Peter. After Lambert gives out the [[ShoutOutThemeNaming Rat Pack-inspired nicknames]], he is confused by Lambert calling them "my lovely little pack of rats". However much later in the movie, he finally gets the reference. (See BrickJoke)
** Played straight with Dean, who doesn't recognize the name Creator/DonRickles.
** Eventually subverted with Peter. After Lambert gives out the [[ShoutOutThemeNaming Rat Pack-inspired nicknames]], he is confused by Lambert calling them "my lovely little pack of rats". However much later in the movie, he finally gets the reference. (See BrickJoke)
** Played straight with Dean, who doesn't recognize the name Creator/DonRickles.
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* TenLittleMurderVictims: [[spoiler:Dean and Rickles]] are killed before the others realize that Abigail's a vampire, leading to fear and suspicion. Once they do know, the movie follows a more traditional horror plot. Abigail herself seems to be aware of this, given her lie that ''Literature/AndThenThereWereNone'' opens the BookcasePassage.
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* IdiotBall: Frank takes Abigail at her word about the BookcasePassage, even though he should know full well that Abigail lies. Sure enough, the passage doesn't really exist.
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* IdiotBall: Frank takes Abigail at her word about the BookcasePassage, even though he should know full well that Abigail lies. Sure enough, the passage doesn't really exist. exist (at least, not where she said it does).
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* IdiotBall: Frank takes Abigail at her word about the BookcasePassage, even though he should know full well that Abigail lies. Sure enough, the passage doesn't really exist.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: [[spoiler:While Abigail dismisses and mocks the garlic and crucifix as threats, she notably dodges being staked. As we see when Frank later stakes Lambert, it's [[LudicrousGibs very effective]].]]
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: {{Foreshadowing}}:
** [[spoiler:While Abigail dismisses and mocks the garlic and crucifix as threats, she notably dodges being staked. As we see when Frank later stakes Lambert, it's [[LudicrousGibs very effective]].]]
** Lambert names the gang after the members of The Rat Pack and even calls them "a little pack of rats." [[spoiler: This takes on a new meaning after TheReveal that the job was a trap and they're all meant to be prey for Abigail. They're trapped like rats.]]
** [[spoiler:While Abigail dismisses and mocks the garlic and crucifix as threats, she notably dodges being staked. As we see when Frank later stakes Lambert, it's [[LudicrousGibs very effective]].]]
** Lambert names the gang after the members of The Rat Pack and even calls them "a little pack of rats." [[spoiler: This takes on a new meaning after TheReveal that the job was a trap and they're all meant to be prey for Abigail. They're trapped like rats.]]
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* AnimalMotifs: Rats. Lambert assigns the team code names based on The Rat Pack, [[spoiler: which also symbolizes how they're intended to be like rats in a trap for Abigail. She even kills a rat]] moments before taking down Dean.
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* MortalityPhobia: Joey has a moment of this when [[spoiler: Abigail's father Lazar arrives near the end, becoming frightened that he would kill her when he senses her blood, in which Abigail stops him from harming her and making him come to reason.]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"What can I say? I like playing with my food.
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* NoOntologicalInertia: [[spoiler:A simple bite from a vampire can turn the victim into [[PeoplePuppets the vampire's puppet]]. If the vampire is killed however, the victim will be fine.]]
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* NoOntologicalInertia: [[spoiler:A simple bite from a vampire can turn the victim into [[PeoplePuppets the vampire's puppet]]. If the vampire is killed however, the victim will be fine.]]]] Whether this is because the change is reversed, or simply because the "on" button is gone is debatable.
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* JerkassHasAPoint: Frank may be an asshole, but he has times when he's completely right.
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* HypocriticalHumor: Peter asks why they're not allowed to share their names, and when given the answer (so they can't rat each other out), Dean snarks that it should have been obvious. Peter shoots back that Dean asked the same question earlier.
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* AHouseDivided: Abigail spends some time trying to turn her "kidnappers" against each other. The most successful is when she convinces Joey that Frank is Valdez, eventually leading to Joey holding Peter at gunpoint to protect Abigail and Frank pointing his gun at Joey to get her to back off. At this point, she seems to decide this has run its course and breaks free.
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* JerkassHasAPoint: Frank may be an asshole, but when Joey is talking about her reasons for leaving her son and how she is saving up money before she goes back to him, Frank is completely right that she needs to stop making excuses and just show up and be a parent.
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* JerkassHasAPoint: Frank may be an asshole, but he has times when he's completely right.
** When Abigail tells Joey that Frank is Valdez, Joey immediately confronts Frank at gunpoint and demands answers. Frank calls her an idiot for not realizing that Abigail is lying and trying to turn them against each other, which is indeed exactly right.
** When Joey is talking about her reasons for leaving her son and how she is saving up money before she goes back to him, Frank is completely right that she needs to stop making excuses and just show up and be a parent.
** When Abigail tells Joey that Frank is Valdez, Joey immediately confronts Frank at gunpoint and demands answers. Frank calls her an idiot for not realizing that Abigail is lying and trying to turn them against each other, which is indeed exactly right.
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* LockedRoomMystery: One of the more infamous accomplishments of Valdez. He once got into a hotel and massacred three informants plus an entire FBI team, despite the only ways in being the guarded front door (which wasn't used) or a twenty-three story window. Once its revealed that Abigail is Valdez, the implication is that she simply flew up the window.
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* LockedRoomMystery: One of the more infamous accomplishments of Valdez. He once got into a hotel and massacred three informants plus an entire FBI team, despite the only ways in being the guarded front door (which wasn't used) or a twenty-three story window. Once its revealed that Abigail is Valdez, the implication is that she simply flew up to the window.
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* ReflexiveResponse: When Joey has him at gunpoint, Frank calls out "Don't do it Peter". Joey reflexively turns to look at Peter, giving Frank time to draw his own gun.
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* {{Jumpscare}}: Dean scares Sammy when she's watching Woody Woodpecker in her room by lighting his lighter behind her while wearing a mask.
* LargeHam: [[spoiler:Lazar does this momentarily near the end by shouting Abigail's name when his daughter stands up to him in defence of Joey and calms him down after telling him Joey saved her life and she saved hers while he was absent.]]
* LargeHam: [[spoiler:Lazar does this momentarily near the end by shouting Abigail's name when his daughter stands up to him in defence of Joey and calms him down after telling him Joey saved her life and she saved hers while he was absent.]]
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* {{Jumpscare}}: Dean scares Sammy when she's watching Woody Woodpecker in her room by lighting his lighter behind her while wearing a mask.
mask. She's not amused.
* LargeHam: [[spoiler:Lazar does this momentarily near the end by shouting Abigail's name when his daughter stands up to him indefence defense of Joey and calms him down after telling him Joey saved her life and she saved hers while he was absent.]]
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* PinnedToTheWall: In the final battle, [[spoiler:Peter stabs Joey through the shoulder, pinning her to the furniture behind her. Then just to be a sadistic asshole, he pulls ''her'' off the ''stake'', rather than simply removing the stake]].
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* ClosedCircle: The mansion is on lockdown and the group had to surrender their cell phones beforehand, keeping them from leaving or calling for help, forcing them to actually find a way to deal with Abigail.
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-->'''Frank:''' [[spoiler:Oh, shi- ''([[LudicrousGibs explodes in blood and guts]])'']]
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-->'''Frank:''' [[spoiler:Oh, shi- [[spoiler:[[ThisIsGonnaSuck Oh, fu-]] ''([[LudicrousGibs explodes in blood and guts]])'']]
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* LargeHam: [[spoiler:Lazar does this momentarily near the end when Abigail stands up to her father in defence of Joey and calms him down after telling him Joey saved her life.]]
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* LargeHam: [[spoiler:Lazar does this momentarily near the end by shouting Abigail's name when Abigail his daughter stands up to her father him in defence of Joey and calms him down after telling him Joey saved her life.life and she saved hers while he was absent.]]
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-->'''Abigail:''' [[spoiler:She saved my life!]]
-->'''[[spoiler:Lazar:]]''' '''''[[spoiler: [[SayMyName ABIGAIL!!!]]'''''
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* SpiritualAntithesis: To ''Film/ReadyOrNot2019'', Creator/RadioSilence's previous film about a female character facing off in a BigFancyHouse against a group of people trying to kill her. In ''Ready or Not'', said female character was the hero and presented as coming from a [[WorkingClassHero working-class background]], with the villains being a family of [[UpperClassTwit Upper-Class Twits]], while here, she's the villain and is depicted as exceptionally wealthy, while the heroes are a group of lower-class criminals.
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* SpiritualAntithesis: To ''Film/ReadyOrNot2019'', Creator/RadioSilence's previous film about a female character facing off in a BigFancyHouse against a group of people trying to kill her. In ''Ready or Not'', said female character was the hero and presented as coming from a [[WorkingClassHero working-class background]], with the villains being a family of [[UpperClassTwit Upper-Class Twits]], while here, she's the villain and is depicted as exceptionally wealthy, while with the heroes are being a group of lower-class criminals.
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** [[spoiler:After Abigail bites Sammy's arm, Sammy remains human for hours before Abigail starts [[PeoplePuppets puppeteering her]]; while Abigail was clearly ready for Sammy to turn, it's not clear if it took time for Sammy to become vulnerable to her control, or if Abigail deliberately delayed taking over her body to mess with her.]]
* BrickJoke: After Lambert gives out the [[ShoutOutThemeNaming Rat Pack-inspired nicknames]], [[DumbMuscle Peter]] doesn't get it and is even a little offended, thinking that Lambert is calling them rats. It isn't until much later in the movie (several hours later in-universe) that he finally gets the reference and finds it amusing.
* DwindlingParty: Abigail picks off her kidnappers one by one. [[spoiler:By the end of the movie, only Joey is left, and even then, she only survives because Abigail and her father let her go (after some convincing in the latter's case).]]
* {{Foreshadowing}}: [[spoiler:While Abigail dismisses and mocks the garlic and crucifix as threats, she notably dodges being staked. As we see when Frank later stakes Lambert, it's [[LudicrousGibs very effective]].]]
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* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:At the end of the movie, both Abigail and her father are still alive and free to do as they please; Joey's biggest victory is that the two vampires let her live after she helps Abigail dispose of Frank.]]
* MeaningfulName: "Abigail" is a Hebrew name for "my father'sjoy". joy".
* MinimalistCast: Only nine characters get any amount of lines or characterization, and the bulk of the movie takes place in a [[ClosedCircle locked down manor]]. [[spoiler:By the end of the movie, only three of them are left alive.]]
* MeaningfulName: "Abigail" is a Hebrew name for "my father's
* MinimalistCast: Only nine characters get any amount of lines or characterization, and the bulk of the movie takes place in a [[ClosedCircle locked down manor]]. [[spoiler:By the end of the movie, only three of them are left alive.]]
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** Third time that Creator/MelissaBarrera plays a character who [[FinalGirl survives]] and is drenched in [[Film/"Scream" blood]].
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