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* PreMortemOneLiner: Delivered by the victim. After Abby shoots him and says "I'm not afraid of you, Marty" (she hasn't seen that it's Visser and believes it to be Marty back from the dead), Visser bursts into laughter and proclaims: "Well Ma'am if I see him, I'll give him the message."

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* PreMortemOneLiner: Delivered by the victim. After Abby shoots him and says "I'm not afraid of you, Marty" (she hasn't seen that it's Visser and believes it to be Marty back from the dead), Visser bursts into laughter and proclaims: "Well Ma'am "Well, ma'am, if I see him, I'll give him the message."
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* InstantDeathBullet: Subverted. Played straight when [[spoiler: the private eye shoots Marty.]] but later shown to be a rather horrific aversion when [[spoiler: he regains consciousness just in time to be buried alive]].

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* InstantDeathBullet: Subverted. Played straight when [[spoiler: the private eye shoots Marty.]] Marty]], but later shown to be a rather horrific aversion when [[spoiler: he regains consciousness just in time to be buried alive]].
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* InstantDeathBullet: Subverted. Played straight when [[spoiler: The private eye shoots Marty.]] but later shown to be a rather horrific aversion when[[spoiler: he regains consciousness just in time to be buried alive]]

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* InstantDeathBullet: Subverted. Played straight when [[spoiler: The the private eye shoots Marty.]] but later shown to be a rather horrific aversion when[[spoiler: when [[spoiler: he regains consciousness just in time to be buried alive]]alive]].
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* CatapultNightmare: Abby has one about her husband telling her Ray will kill her too and bleeding from the mouth after he disappears.
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* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Marty is gutshot by Visser and spends several hours bleeding in his office and Ray's car before being BuriedAlive while screaming in agony.



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* ChekhovsGun: Played with all over the place. It's a vital part of the plot that the characters keep losing or forgetting about the various items presented to us, the viewers, as obvious PlotCoupons. There's also an actual gun, namely Abby's pearl-handled .38. The number of bullets it contains is also a ChekhovsGun, as indeed are the ''chambers'' they're in - if you pay attention to how they're loaded near the start, you'll know exactly when it will and won't fire. And finally, there's one RedHerring of sorts - [[spoiler: Visser's lighter being forgotten on Marty's desk never gets discovered.]]

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* ChekhovsGun: Played with all over the place.
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It's a vital part of the plot that the characters keep losing or forgetting about the various items presented to us, the viewers, as obvious PlotCoupons. For example, [[spoiler: Visser's lighter being forgotten on Marty's desk never gets discovered.]]
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There's also an actual gun, namely Abby's pearl-handled .38. The number of bullets it contains is also a ChekhovsGun, as indeed are the ''chambers'' they're in - if you pay attention to how they're loaded near the start, you'll know exactly when it will and won't fire. And finally, there's one RedHerring of sorts - [[spoiler: Visser's lighter being forgotten on Marty's desk never gets discovered.]]fire later.
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* SilenceIsGolden: The only voices heard between Visser shooting Marty to when Ray calls Abby after burying Marty for good are those of a preacher and a DJ on Ray's car radio.
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* ImpaledPalm: Abby nails Visser's hand to a windowsill with a steak knife.

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* ImpaledPalm: Abby nails Visser's hand to a windowsill with a steak Buck knife.
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* FaceDeathWithDignity: [[spoiler: After being shot death by Abby, Visser simply laughs at the dark twist of her thinking he was Marty and dies calmly.]]

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* FaceDeathWithDignity: [[spoiler: After being fatally shot death by Abby, Visser simply laughs at the dark twist of her thinking he was Marty and dies calmly.]]
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* NoEnding: [[spoiler:After Visser gets shot by Abby and lies bleeding out under her sink]] the movie just kind of stops.



* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Meurice just kind of drops out of the movie. He's last seen comforting Abby, after Ray told her he buried Marty alive, tries to convince her Marty is still alive and then leaves to look for him and never appears again.
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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: The film goes to agonizing lengths to show just how extremely difficult and messy disposing of a corpse actually is, from cleaning up the crime scene to being constantly on guard so as not to be caught to the sheer physical strain of hauling a fully grown person around and digging a grave. By the end of the night, Ray is left extremely physically and emotionally shaken.

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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: The film goes to agonizing lengths to show just how extremely difficult and messy disposing of a corpse actually is, from the difficulty of cleaning up the crime scene to being constantly on guard so as not to be caught to the sheer physical strain of hauling a fully grown person around and digging a grave. By the end of the night, Ray is left extremely physically and emotionally shaken.

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