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* CanadaEh: The movie was filmed in a town in Nova Scotia
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* FinalGirl: [[spoiler:Sarah, but this is also downplayed given that T.J. also survives.]]

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* FinalGirl: [[spoiler:Sarah, but this is also downplayed given that T.J. TJ also survives.]]



* LoveTriangle: Sarah, Axel and TJ. TJ and Sarah are soulmates, but he left her behind in Valentines Bluff. Sarah and Axel start dating in his absence. Then TJ returns to town and wants Sarah back.

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* LoveTriangle: Sarah, Axel and TJ. TJ and Sarah are soulmates, but he left her behind in Valentines Bluff.Valentine Bluffs. Sarah and Axel start dating in his absence. Then TJ returns to town and wants Sarah back.
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* ClosedCircle: The mine.

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* ClosedCircle: The mine.mine when the killer sabotages all means of escape.



* DangerousWorkplace: The mine, of course.

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* DangerousWorkplace: The mine, of course. "Safety first" is even posted on the rec room door.



* FinalGirl: Sarah.

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* FinalGirl: Sarah.[[spoiler:Sarah, but this is also downplayed given that T.J. also survives.]]



* GrumpyOldMan: Happy.

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* GrumpyOldMan: Happy.Happy's general demeanor, and the only time he smiles or laughs is the thought of playing a scary prank on the kids.



* HystericalWoman: Patty after Hollis's death.

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* HystericalWoman: Patty after After Hollis's death.death, Patty basically becomes TheLoad.



* LoveTriangle: Sarah, Axel and TJ.

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* LoveTriangle: Sarah, Axel and TJ. TJ and Sarah are soulmates, but he left her behind in Valentines Bluff. Sarah and Axel start dating in his absence. Then TJ returns to town and wants Sarah back.



* OohMeAccentsSlipping: TJ, most noticeably.

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* OohMeAccentsSlipping: TJ, most noticeably. It's definitely noticeable in the scene where TJ officially apologizes to Sarah for leaving her behind.
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* SexSignalsDeath: The film opens with a woman about to have sex with a miner (the killer) in the mines until she is impaled by his Pickaxe.
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* BitchInSheepsClothing: [[spoiler:The good natured and affectionate Axel is the real killer.]]

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* BitchInSheepsClothing: [[spoiler:The good natured good-natured and affectionate Axel is the real killer.]]

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%%* AbandonedArea: A significant portion of the mine.



%%* TheAllegedCar: Most of them.



%%* TheBartender: Happy.



** Note the way John lifts Silvia up when he kisses her in the union hall early in the film. It's the exact way the Miner lifts her during her death scene.

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** Note the way John lifts Silvia Sylvia up when he kisses her in the union hall early in the film. It's the exact way the Miner lifts her during her death scene.



* GetAholdOfYourselfMan: Sarah smacks Patty when she refuses to leave Hollis's body.

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* GetAholdOfYourselfMan: GetAHoldOfYourselfMan: Sarah smacks Patty when she refuses to leave Hollis's body.



* ImprovisedWeapon: Pickaxe, clothes dryer, shower pipe, industrial drill, nailgun, log, shovel and rock.

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* ImprovisedWeapon: Pickaxe, clothes dryer, shower pipe, industrial drill, nailgun, nail gun, log, shovel and rock.



* MisplacedRetribution: None of the present day victims had anything to do with the original mine collapse. [[spoiler:Subverted when it's revealed that Harry Warden had died five years prior and someone else was killing them.]]

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* MisplacedRetribution: None of the present day victims had anything to do with the original mine collapse. [[spoiler:Subverted when it's revealed that Harry Warden had died five years prior and someone else was killing them.]]



* ShowerScene: An [[MrFanservice all male]] example.

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* ShowerScene: An [[MrFanservice all male]] all-male]] example.



** The police are actually competent and do extensive investigation into the murders, they even take measures like cancelling the Valentine's Day dance to avoid any more carnage. The only reason the bodycount continues to rise is because [[TooDumbToLive the main characters go behind their backs and have the party anyway]].

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** The police are actually competent and do extensive investigation into the murders, they even take measures like cancelling the Valentine's Day dance to avoid any more carnage. The only reason the bodycount body count continues to rise is because [[TooDumbToLive the main characters go behind their backs and have the party anyway]].
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Harry Warden didn't kill the other miners. They were killed by the cave-in itself.


* MisplacedRetribution: None of the present day victims had anything to do with the original mine collapse.

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* MisplacedRetribution: None of the present day victims had anything to do with the original mine collapse. [[spoiler:Subverted when it's revealed that Harry Warden had died five years prior and someone else was killing them.]]



* NoPartyLikeADonnerParty: Harry survived being trapped in the collapsed mine by killing and eating the other trapped miners.

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* NoPartyLikeADonnerParty: Harry survived being trapped in the collapsed mine by killing and eating the bodies of the other trapped miners.

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* DeathBySex: The first victim, Sylvia, and Mike and Harriet.
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* ExtremelyShortTimespan: The events of the film take place over 3 days, from February 12th to February 14th (Valentines Day).
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* DarkAndTroubledPast: When he was a child, Axel witnessed his father murdered at the hands of Harry Warden. The trauma stuck to him as an adult [[spoiler:and he is later revealed to be the killer in the present]].
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* ImAHumanitarian: Harry Warden had to resort to cannibalism in order to survive the cave-in until he was saved.
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* VillainOpeningScene: The movie starts with a miner and a woman in a moment of passion while in the mines. Then the woman is suddenly ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice by the miner using his pickaxe that he embedded in a rocky wall.

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* VillainOpeningScene: The movie starts with a miner and staring at a woman in a moment of passion beautiful female miner stripping for him while in the mines. Then the woman is suddenly ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice by the miner using his pickaxe that he embedded in a rocky wall.
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* ValentinesDayViolence: The film is about series of murders taking in a small mining town near Valentine's Day.
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* WeaponOfChoice: The killer wields a pickaxe.
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[[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant Not to be confused with]] the famous {{Shoegazing}} [[Music/MyBloodyValentine band]] of [[NamesTheSame the same name]] who [[ShrugOfGod may or may not]] have taken their name from this movie.

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[[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant Not to be confused with]] the famous {{Shoegazing}} [[Music/MyBloodyValentine band]] of [[NamesTheSame [[SimilarlyNamedWorks the same name]] who [[ShrugOfGod may or may not]] have taken their name from this movie.
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* KnifeNut: After losing his pickaxe, the killer goes after TJ with a knife.
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* DeadAllAlong: Harry is assumed to have escaped from the mental hospital and has started killing again. [[spoiler:Turns out he died five years ago, still in the asylum.]]
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[[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant Not to be confused with]] the famous {{Shoegazing}} [[Music/MyBloodyValentine band]] [[NamesTheSame of the same name]] [[ShrugOfGod who may or may not]] have taken their name from this movie.

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[[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant Not to be confused with]] the famous {{Shoegazing}} [[Music/MyBloodyValentine band]] of [[NamesTheSame of the same name]] who [[ShrugOfGod who may or may not]] have taken their name from this movie.
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* UnbuiltTrope: Even though this film was made when the SlasherMovie trend was gaining traction and many tropes have already began getting cemented into the subgenre, it features many major deviations from the formula that set it aside from its contemporaries:

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* UnbuiltTrope: Even though this film was made when the SlasherMovie trend was gaining traction and many tropes have were already began getting being cemented into the subgenre, it features many major deviations from the formula that set it aside from its contemporaries:
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** [[spoiler:[[DeadAllAlong Harry Warden]] died five years ago.]]

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** [[spoiler:[[DeadAllAlong Harry Warden]] [[spoiler:Harry Warden [[DeadAllAlong died five years ago.ago]].]]

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* AbandonedArea: A significant portion of the mine.

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* %%* AbandonedArea: A significant portion of the mine.



* TheAllegedCar: Most of them.

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* BadassMustache: Hollis.
* TheBartender: Happy.

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* BadassMustache: Hollis.
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%%* TheBartender: Happy.

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