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* EvenEvilHasStandards: Celia may be a SerialKiller, but she nevertheless shows some hesitation when partner-in-crime targets Patricia, the local cougar.

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* EvenEvilHasStandards: Celia may be a SerialKiller, but she nevertheless shows some hesitation when her partner-in-crime targets Patricia, the local cougar.



* HomophobicHateCrime: The duo commit two over the course of the film. Firstly, they break into a gay couple's house on their wedding night, stabbing one of them to death and forcing the other to fellate a pistol before shooting him in the head. Secondly, Christopher beats a local lesbian bartender unconscious, injects her with a lethal dose of heroin, and burns her face off.
* {{Hypocrite}}: Christopher and Celia claim to be on a mission to weed out those they regard as perverted, even though [[spoiler:they themselves are engaged in some genuinely perverse behavior themselves, namely incest and sexual sadism]]. Meanwhile, their victims' only "crimes" are expressing natural sexual desires and/or not being straight.

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* HomophobicHateCrime: The duo commit commits two over the course of the film. Firstly, they break into a gay couple's house on their wedding night, stabbing one of them to death and forcing the other to fellate a pistol before shooting him in the head. Secondly, Christopher beats a local lesbian bartender unconscious, injects her with a lethal dose of heroin, and burns her face off.
* {{Hypocrite}}: Christopher and Celia claim to be on a mission to weed out those they regard as perverted, even though [[spoiler:they themselves are have engaged in some genuinely perverse behavior themselves, namely incest and sexual sadism]]. Meanwhile, their victims' only "crimes" are expressing natural sexual desires and/or not being straight.
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* StockholmSyndrome: [[spoiler:Despite being violently raped by the shepherd, Celia nevertheless becomes attached to him.]]
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* {{Sadist}}: The murderous duo dispatch their victims with utter glee. They even seem to derive derive sexual pleasure from doing so.

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* {{Sadist}}: The murderous duo dispatch their victims with utter glee. They even seem glee, to derive the point where they derive sexual pleasure from doing so.
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* AssholeVictim: The two hippies who [[AttemptedRape attempt to rape]] Celia in the bathtub, only to find themselves on the receiving end of Christopher's wrath.

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* AssholeVictim: The two hippies who [[AttemptedRape attempt to rape]] Celia in the bathtub, only to find themselves on the receiving end of Christopher's wrath. And of course, [[spoiler: Christopher and Celia themselves]].
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* VillainousIncest: [[spoiler:It is eventually revealed that the two are actually brother and sister, and are engaged in an incestuous relationship.]]

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* VillainousIncest: [[spoiler:It is eventually revealed that the two are actually [[BrotherSisterIncest brother and sister, sister]], and are engaged in an incestuous relationship.]]
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* {{Hypocrite}}: Christopher and Celia claim to be on a mission to weed out those they regard as perverted, even though [[spoiler:they themselves are engaged in some genuinely perverse behavior themselves, namely incest and sexual sadism]], while their victims' only "crimes" are expressing natural sexual desires and/or not being straight.

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* {{Hypocrite}}: Christopher and Celia claim to be on a mission to weed out those they regard as perverted, even though [[spoiler:they themselves are engaged in some genuinely perverse behavior themselves, namely incest and sexual sadism]], while sadism]]. Meanwhile, their victims' only "crimes" are expressing natural sexual desires and/or not being straight.
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* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Christopher and Celia seem very fond of dispatching these. Among their methods of murder are crucifixion, hanging a man from an airplane, [[OffWithHisHead decapitation via bulldozer]], a spear gun, drowning in the toilet[[note]]Though in that case and that of the spear gun, the victims for once [[AssholeVictim had it coming]][[/note]], and using an aerosol spray to burn someone's face. [[spoiler:Christopher eventually suffers one himself, being dissolved in a lye pit, though it's certainly [[KarmicDeath well-deserved]].]]

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* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Christopher and Celia seem very fond of dispatching these. Among their methods of murder are crucifixion, hanging a man from an airplane, [[OffWithHisHead decapitation via bulldozer]], a spear gun, drowning in the toilet[[note]]Though in that case and that of the spear gun, the victims for once [[AssholeVictim had it coming]][[/note]], and using an aerosol spray to burn someone's face. [[spoiler:Christopher eventually suffers one himself, being dissolved in a lye pit, though it's his is certainly [[KarmicDeath well-deserved]].]]
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->''"The lucky ones got their brains blown out!"''
-->-- '''{{Tagline}}'''

''Island of Death'', originally titled ''Ta pediá tou Diavólou'' (''Τα Παιδιά Του Διαβόλου'', literally "Children of the Devil"), is a 1976 Greek {{exploitation|Film}} {{slasher|Movie}} film directed by Nico Mastorakis and starring Robert Belling, Jane Lyle, Jessica Dublin, Gerard Gonalons, Jannice [=McConnell=], and Nikos Tsachiridis. It tells the story of a man named Christopher (Belling) and a woman named Celia (Lyle), posing as newlyweds, who visit the Greek island of Mykonos and start a rampage of murder, killing anyone they believe to be sinful or perverted.

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!! This film provides examples of the following tropes:

* AssholeVictim: The two hippies who [[AttemptedRape attempt to rape]] Celia in the bathtub, only to find themselves on the receiving end of Christopher's wrath.
* BadPeopleAbuseAnimals: One of the first indicators of Christopher's evil is when he [[BestialityIsDepraved rapes a goat]] and then [[SlashedThroat slashes the poor beast's throat]], leaving it to bleed to death.
* CampGay: One of Christopher and Celia's victims is a flamboyant, middle-aged gay man about to be married to his Greek partner, who invites the two to attend his wedding.
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Christopher and Celia seem very fond of dispatching these. Among their methods of murder are crucifixion, hanging a man from an airplane, [[OffWithHisHead decapitation via bulldozer]], a spear gun, drowning in the toilet[[note]]Though in that case and that of the spear gun, the victims for once [[AssholeVictim had it coming]][[/note]], and using an aerosol spray to burn someone's face. [[spoiler:Christopher eventually suffers one himself, being dissolved in a lye pit, though it's certainly [[KarmicDeath well-deserved]].]]
* DoesNotLikeMen: Leslie the bartender, which is understandable considering her sexual orientation.
* DreamingOfThingsToCome: Celia regularly experiences premonitions of a strange man leading the two to their demise. [[spoiler:The man turns out to be a local farmer, who rapes the two before throwing Christopher into a lye pit]].
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Celia may be a SerialKiller, but she nevertheless shows some hesitation when partner-in-crime targets Patricia, the local cougar.
* EveryoneLooksSexierIfFrench: The duo's first victim is a French painter who expresses sexual interest in Celia.
%% HeteronormativeCrusader: Christopher and Celia.
* HomophobicHateCrime: The duo commit two over the course of the film. Firstly, they break into a gay couple's house on their wedding night, stabbing one of them to death and forcing the other to fellate a pistol before shooting him in the head. Secondly, Christopher beats a local lesbian bartender unconscious, injects her with a lethal dose of heroin, and burns her face off.
* {{Hypocrite}}: Christopher and Celia claim to be on a mission to weed out those they regard as perverted, even though [[spoiler:they themselves are engaged in some genuinely perverse behavior themselves, namely incest and sexual sadism]], while their victims' only "crimes" are expressing natural sexual desires and/or not being straight.
* KarmicDeath: After spending the entire film murdering innocent people in cruel and horrifying ways, [[spoiler:Christopher gets what's coming to him when he's thrown into a lye pit and left there to dissolve.]]
* MeaningfulName: The lesbian bartender is named Leslie. Doubles as a PunnyName.
* MoralGuardians: How Christopher and Celia see themselves. In reality, they're just hiding behind a façade of moral purity to justify their crimes.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: The duo aren't merely prudish, they're also virulent homophobes and misogynists.
* {{Sadist}}: The murderous duo dispatch their victims with utter glee. They even seem to derive derive sexual pleasure from doing so.
%% SerialKiller: Christopher and Celia.
* StockholmSyndrome: [[spoiler:Despite being violently raped by the shepherd, Celia nevertheless becomes attached to him.]]
* VillainProtagonist: Christopher and Celia are a pair of bigoted {{serial killer}}s targeting completely innocent people on the island of Mykonos.
* VillainousIncest: [[spoiler:It is eventually revealed that the two are actually brother and sister, and are engaged in an incestuous relationship.]]

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