History Film / HellFest

* AllPartOfTheShow: The nature of the park means people tend to think The Other is just an employee scaring people. At first.

* BarrierBustingBlow: At the climax when [[spoiler: Brooke and Natalie]] are in the final maze.

* BlackDudeDiesFirst: [[spoiler:Subverted.]] When [[spoiler:Brooke]] goes off on her own to confront the Other about taking Natalie and Gavin's photos, it ''looks'' like this trope is being set up,[[spoiler: but Gavin is actually the first kill. Brooke survives the film.]]

* GuttedLikeAFish: The first victim we see die. Also how [[spoiler: Quinn and maybe Taylor]] die.

* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler: The Other gets out of the park without a hitch, despite having been stabbed in the side by Natalie with his own ice pick, and goes home to his little daughter.]]
* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: While there is nothing obviously supernatural about The Other [[spoiler: who is depicted in the end as being an ordinary person]], he does manage to swing a heavy mallet that the (admittedly scrawny) Gavin found too difficult to pick up, and in the end, [[spoiler: manages to evade the police despite having been stabbed.]]

* PartyScattering: Happens in the mazes with [[spoiler: Quinn and Asher]], which ends with the latter being killed, and [[spoiler: Natalie and Brooke]] during the climax.

* TheUnreveal: [[spoiler:The killer’s identity and motive are never revealed. All that’s learned about him is that he has a daughter who is unaware of his true nature. It works rather well, as the point was less about revealing the killer's identity and more about how easily these people can live among us, with those closest to them unaware.]]
* TheyLookJustLikeEveryoneElse: Clearly what the final scene is trying to invoke. [[spoiler:When The Other returns home from Hellfest, we see that he lives in a normal suburban home and has a young daughter who loves him and doesn’t seem to be aware of the fact that he’s a serial killer. He even presents her with a teddy bear from the park.]]
* TwistedAnkle: [[spoiler: Brooke]] receives the business end of the Other's axe to the leg, forcing them to hobble through the final maze supported by [[spoiler: Natalie]].

* DwindlingParty: Six walk in, two come out.

* BlackDudeDiesFirst: [[spoiler: Subverted.]] When [[spoiler:Brooke]] goes off on her own to confront the Other about taking Natalie and Gavin's photos, it ''looks'' like this trope is being set up,[[spoiler: but Gavin is actually the first kill. Brooke survives the film.]]

* CellPhonesAreUseless: Natalie's attempt to call 911 when the Other terrorizes her in the bathroom fails (even though she'd ''just'' been texting). In the climax, both [[spoiler: her and Brooke's]] cells have no service in the final maze.

* CruelAndUnusualDeath: [[spoiler: Gavin]] is killed via [[TestYourStrengthGame strong-man mallet]] that crushes his windpipe and pulverizes his head (and makes the bell go *ding!*).
* DamselInDistress: When the ride taking them to the Deadlands breaks down. Natalie is the only one caught inside, with the Other getting closer and closer ...[[spoiler: Subverted because it's actually an employee and the whole thing was done as a way to scare single riders.]]

* TheEndOrIsIt: [[spoiler: At the end, we see the Other coming home and opening a locked cabinet, revealing several ''other'' masks and mementos of previous killings. He then goes into the living room and embraces his daughter, and it's implied this will happen again.]]

* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: [[spoiler:The Other is revealed to be a loving father who hides his true nature from his daughter. He's seen embracing his daughter and giving her a doll from Hell Fest.]]

* FailedASpotCheck: When [[spoiler: The Other tries to use a guillotine on Taylor, it doesn't work, because it-- like every other bladed weapon in the park-- is a prop and therefore the blade isn't actually sharp]].

* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: While there is nothing obviously supernatural about The Other [[spoiler: who is depicted in the end as being an ordinary person]]], he does manage to lift a heavy mallet with ease that Gavin found too difficult to pick up, and in the end, [[spoiler: manages to evade the police despite having been stabbed.]]

* AmusementParkOfDoom: Hell Fest is a traveling horror-themed amusement park that changes location year to year. It isn't one of these by design, but The Other's presence turns it into one

* BlackDudeDiesFirst: [[spoiler: Subverted.]] When [[spoiler:Brooke]] goes off on her own to confront the Other about taking Natalie and Gavin's photos it ''looks'' like this trope is being set up,[[spoiler: but Gavin is actually the first kill. Brooke survives the film.]]

* CeilingCorpse: The last shot in the ColdOpen reveals the Other's other victims hanging from the rafters.

* CruelAndUnusualDeath: [[spoiler: Gavin]] is killed via [[TestYourStrengthGame strong-man mallet]] that crushes his windpipe and pulverizes his head (and makes the bell go *ding!*); [[spoiler: Asher]] as well (See EyeScream.)
* DamselInDistress: When the ride taking them to the Deadlands breaks down Natalie is the only one caught inside, with the Other getting closer and closer...[[spoiler: Subverted because it's actually an employee and the whole thing was done as a way to scare single riders.]]

* DevelopingDoomedCharacters: After the ColdOpen the film takes some time to introduce us to our victims for the evening.

* ItTastesLikeFeet: After a scareactor carries her off, Natalie complains that he smells like a hobo's ass. She's promptly asked how she knows what that smells like.

* PoliceAreUseless: Zigzagged. [[spoiler:The police arrive on the scene once it becomes apparent there really is a killer on the loose, and their presence seems to save Natalie and Brooke and drive the killer away. They don't catch him though.]]

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: When [[spoiler: The Other tries to use a guillotine on Taylor, it doesn't work, because it-- like every other bladed weapon in the park-- is a prop and therefore the blade isn't actually sharp]].