History Film / Humongous

* AngryGuardDog: Dog Island got its name from the dogs that Ida used to guard her privacy with. With her death, her son ended up [[EatTheDog killing the things for food]].

* HollywoodDarkness: Unfortunate aversion, as the filming crew couldn't produce decent lighting with electricity due to the remote location of the set. The end result is the characters running in almost pitch-black darkness. Some poor quality home video releases contribute ''further'' to this, making the characters run in ''total'' pitch black darkness.

* DutchAngle: Used briefly on the killer when he stands on the boathouse's doorway.

* HollywoodDarkness: Unfortunate aversion, as the filming crew couldn't produce decent lighting with electricity due to the remote location of the set. The end result is the characters running in almost pitch black darkness. Some poor quality home video releases contribute ''further'' to this, making the characters run in ''total'' pitch black darkness.

* IntimateHealing: Donna attempts help Bert with his cold by getting topless and lying on his chest. Then the killer arrives.

* SpiritualSuccessor: As pointed out by Dave Wilson from ''Dread Central'', the film is essentially a slightly LighterAndSofter (as in, lacking the extreme gore) Canadian take on ''Film/TheAnthropophagusBeast'', as both films involve a group of people on a remote island being terrorized by a killer with a tragic backstory.

* {{Diary}}: Ida's diary functions as exposition for our protagonists to learn about Ida and her deformed son.

* AngryGuardDog: Dog Island got its name from the dogs that Ida used to guard her privacy with. With her death, her son ended up killing the things for food.

* SpiritualSuccessor: As pointed out by Dave Wilson from ''Dread Central'', the film is essentially a slightly LighterAndSofter (as in, lacking the extreme gore) Canadian take on ''Film/TheAnthropophagusBeast''.

* BigBad: The deformed killer chasing our protagonists.

* SpiritualAdaptation: As pointed out by Dave Wilson from ''Dread Central'', the film is essentially a slightly LighterAndSofter (as in, lacking the extreme gore) Canadian take on ''Film/TheAnthropohagusBeast''.

Bunch of kids (and one guy they picked up) are stranded on an island as their boat hits rocks and sinks. That's too bad, as the island is inhabitated by a deformed killer who starts hunting them for food.

* ChildByRape: The killer was conceived when his mother Ida was raped by a drunken guest durning a cocktail party.
* ClosedCircle: Dog Island is far from civilization, and there are no access to boats.

* {{Diary}}: Ida's diary works as an exposition for our protagonists to learn about Ida and her deformed son.

* EveryCarIsAPinto: When Nick's recklessness makes the boat crash on rocks, its engine immediatly catches on fire and the vessel blows up.

* OffWithHisHead: After finding the corpses of Nick and Donna hanging on hooks, Carla runs to the beach to refresh herself, only to find Bert's decapitated floating on the water.

* TragicMonster: [[spoiler: The killer might arguably be the most sympathetic villain in slasher history aside from [[Film/{{Psycho}} Norman Bates]].]]

* CompletelyDifferentTitle: The film was called ''The Son of the Fullmoon'' in Italy, ''Cursed Secret'' in Finland and ''Island of Dogs'' in Portugal and Brazil.

'''''Humongous''''' is a {{slasher movie}} from the year 1982. It was directed by Paul Lynch, who also did ''Film/PromNight1980'' two years earlier.

Bunch of kids (and one guy they picked up) are stranded on an island as their boat hit rocks and sinks. That's too bad, as the island is inhabitated by a deformed killer who starts hunting them for food.

* AlasPoorVillain: [[spoiler: After the killer gets stabbed and is dying, he makes absolutely pitiful moans indicating how he doesn't want to die. And then we see his NightmareFace and even Sandy feels sorry for him.]]
* ChildByRape: How the killer was conceived.
* ClosedCircle: The island is far from civilization, and there are no access to boats.
* CreepyBasement: Ida's son was raised in it.
* DeadPersonImpersonation: Sandy tricks the killer by pretending to be his mother.

* {{Diary}}: Ida's diary works as an exposition for our protagonists.

* EveryCarIsAPinto: When Nick drives boat on rocks, it immediatly catches on fire and blows up.
* FinalGirl: Sandy.
* HooksAndCrooks: Nick grabs a hook to defend himself.

* IntimateHealing: Donna attempts to do this on Bert.

* LaserGuidedKarma: The exact moment when Tom is done raping Ida, her father's dogs attack and kill him.
* MsFanservice: Donna.
* OnceIsNotEnough: "I killed him. [[TemptingFate It's all over]]." Nice knowing ya, Eric!

* TimeSkip: After the opening.

* TragicMonster: [[spoiler: The killer might arguably be the most sympathetic villain in slasher history aside from [[{{Psycho}} Norman Bates]].]]

* ClosedCircle: The island.

* DevelopingDoomedCharacters

* DontGoInTheWoods

* JerkassVictim: Nick.

* TheStoner: Nick.

* AxeBeforeEntering
* BlindWithoutEm
* ChaseScene

* EvilDetectingDog

* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice
* ImpendingDoomPOV

* JerkassVictim: Nick
* KillItWithFire

* NeckSnap

* PeekABooCorpse

* TimeSkip

'''''Humongous''''' is a {{slasher movie}} from the year 1982. It was directed by Paul Lynch, who also did ''Film/PromNight'' two years earlier.

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome: The way [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-Pxmat3b1E&feature=watch_response the trailer]] keeps ramming the title down our throats.

'''''Humongous''''' is a {{slasher movie}} from the year 1982. It was directed by Paul Lynch, who also did ''PromNight'' two years earlier.

* HorrorDoesntSettleForSimpleTuesday: The prologue shows Ida being raped during a Labor Day cocktail party.

* LaborDay: Film's prologue happens during the Labor Day weekend.

* TwentyMinutesWithJerks