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* ExplosiveInstrumentation: The factory machinery in the climax.


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* JawsFirstPersonPerspective: The Boar-O-Vision whenever it's hunting.


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* RasputinianDeath: [[spoiler: The boar. First Carl impales a metal rod into its neck, which does little more than make it mad, then it gets shocked by broken factory machinery, and finally Carl tricks it into a DeadlyRotaryFan.]]

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* ActionSurvivor: Carl's just an ordinary guy looking for his missing wife, surviving mostly through his cleverness, endurance, and luck.
* AdultFear: A giant feral animal destroys your house and carries off your grandson. When you try to [[CassandraTruth tell people a giant boar did it]], they blame you for the kid's death.



* BadassGrandpa/CoolOldGuy: Jake Cullen.

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* BadassGrandpa/CoolOldGuy: BadassGrandpa / CoolOldGuy: Jake Cullen.



* HighAltitudeInterrogation: More like "deep hole interrogation". [[spoiler: With a mine shaft.]]



* IntrepidReporter: Beth, not that she lasts very long...



* LaserGuidedKarma: When Carl comes looking for Beth, the rumour is that she fell down a mine shaft. [[spoiler: Guess what happens to Dicko towards the climax.]]

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* LaserGuidedKarma: When Carl comes looking for Beth, the rumour is that she fell down a mine shaft. [[spoiler: Guess what happens to Dicko Benny towards the climax.]]]]
* KickTheSonOfABitch: Carl [[spoiler: dropping Benny down the mine shaft.]]
* MindScrew: The mood of the movie is very weird and atmospheric for a monster movie, and then there's Carl's DreamSequence.



* RRatedOpening: Although there's no blood or gore, the movie makes its intentions known quite early when Jake's baby grandson is killed by by the monster less than three minutes into the movie.



* SceneryPorn: The cinematography in this movie is ''astoundingly'' good.

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* SceneryPorn: The This is one of the most beautifully shot monster movies ever made, just check out that cinematography in this movie is ''astoundingly'' good.the opening!

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* AnyoneCanDie: [[InfantImmortality Jake's infant grandson]] is killed off in the very first scene, [[DecoyProtagonist Beth]] becomes boar-chow later on, and [[spoiler: Jake is crippled and left to die by Benny and Dicko.]]



* BadassGrandpa/CoolOldGuy: Jake Cullen.



* HellIsThatNoise: The boar's roars, squeals, and snarls. And Jake's grandson Scotty's screams, considering he's [[NightmareFuel still alive]] in the opening after the boar drags him away.



* NightmarishFactory: Petpak, where the finale takes place. It is dimly lt and full of steam and deadly whirring blades.

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* NightmarishFactory: Petpak, where the finale takes place. It is dimly lt lit and full of steam and deadly whirring blades.blades.
* NothingIsScarier: In classic monster movie fashion, the boar is not seen often, or in detail, until the climax.


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* SceneryPorn: The cinematography in this movie is ''astoundingly'' good.
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* OohMeAccentsSlipping: Judy Morris tries for an East Coast/mid-Atlantic accent as Beth, but her natural Aussie accent comes through in a few scenes.
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* ConveyorBeltOfDoom: The boar is tricked stepping into one, which leads to its doom at the blades of a DeadlyRotaryFan.
* DeadlyRotaryFan: The eponymous boar gets killed by a giant industrial cooling fan.

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* ConveyorBeltOfDoom: The [[spoiler:The boar is tricked stepping into one, which leads to its doom at the blades of a DeadlyRotaryFan.
DeadlyRotaryFan.]]
* DeadlyRotaryFan: The [[spoiler:The eponymous boar gets killed by a giant industrial cooling fan.]]
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*AssholeVictim: Feel free to cheer when Benny and Dicko are killed.
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[[caption-width-right:275:FullBoarAction, headed your way.]]

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* FullBoarAction: The giant boar can literally run through houses and flip over cars.
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* ScaryAnimalTitle: ''Razorback''

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%%* LandDownUnder* LandDownUnder: The events of the film happen in the Australian outback, which seems to be filled with dangerous wild boars and psychotic pet food factory workers.
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* DeadlyRotaryFan: The eponymous boar gets killed by a giant industrial cooling fan.

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* AttackOfTheKillerWhatever: Attack of the killer wild boar.



%%* TheHyena: Dicko.
%%* InfantImmortality: Averted in the opening.

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%%* * TheHyena: Dicko.
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Dicko has an incredibly annoying laugh, and seems to find the oddest things funny.
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InfantImmortality: Averted in the opening.opening, when Jake's grandson is killed by the razorback.



%%* NightmarishFactory: Petpak, where the finale takes place.
%%* RampJump: Part of the road to Benny's and Dicko's place.
%%* VertigoEffect: Shown when Jakes finally gets the Razorback on his sights.

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RampJump: Part of the road to Benny's and Dicko's place.
%%* * VertigoEffect: Shown when Jakes finally gets the Razorback on his sights.
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* FullBoarAction: [[SelfIllustratingExample The Movie]]
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* FullBoarAction: the movie

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%%* AnimalNemesis* AnimalNemesis: Guess who.



%%* DecoyProtagonist: Beth.
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Beth. It looks like she's escaped the villainous Petpak guys, and then she meets the hog...
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* DecoyProtagonist: Beth.
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* TheHyena: Dicko.
* InfantImmortality: Averted in the opening.
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* NightmarishFactory: Petpak, where the finale takes place.
* RampJump: Part of the road to Benny's and Dicko's place.
* VertigoEffect: Shown when Jakes finally gets the Razorback on his sights.

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'''''Razorback''''' is an Australian horror film from the year 1984. It was directed by Russell Mulcahy, who also did the first two ''Franchise/{{Highlander}}s'', the film adaptation of ''Film/TheShadow'' and ''Film/ResidentEvilExtinction''.

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'''''Razorback''''' ''Razorback'' is an Australian horror film from the year 1984. It was directed by Russell Mulcahy, who also did the first two ''Franchise/{{Highlander}}s'', the film adaptation of ''Film/TheShadow'' and ''Film/ResidentEvilExtinction''.
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* RampJump: Part of the road to Benny's and Dicko's place.
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* NightmarishFactory: Petpak

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* HolyBacklight: Used on some night scenes.

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'''''Razorback''''' is an Australian horror film from the year 1984. It was directed by Russell Mulcahy, who also did the first two ''Film/{{Highlander}}s'', the film adaptation of ''Film/TheShadow'' and ''Film/ResidentEvilExtinction''.

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'''''Razorback''''' is an Australian horror film from the year 1984. It was directed by Russell Mulcahy, who also did the first two ''Film/{{Highlander}}s'', ''Franchise/{{Highlander}}s'', the film adaptation of ''Film/TheShadow'' and ''Film/ResidentEvilExtinction''.



* AttackOfTheKillerWhatever



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* DeadlyRotaryFan: at Petpak

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* ConveyorBeltOfDoom
* DeadlyRotaryFan:
ConveyorBeltOfDoom: The boar is tricked stepping into one, which leads to its doom at Petpakthe blades of a DeadlyRotaryFan.



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* HooksAndCrooks



* ImmuneToBullets



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* RampJump
* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil
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* LaserGuidedKarma: When Carl comes looking for Beth, the rumour is that she fell down a mine shaft. [[spoiler: Guess what happens to Dicko towards the climax.]]
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* DeadlyRotaryFan: at Petpak


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* ConveyorBeltOfDoom


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* NightmarishFactory: Petpak
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'''''Razorback''''' is an Australian horror film from the year 1984. It was directed by Russell Mulcahy, who also did the first two ''{{Highlander}}s'', the film adaptation of ''TheShadow'' and the third ''Film/ResidentEvil'' movie.

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'''''Razorback''''' is an Australian horror film from the year 1984. It was directed by Russell Mulcahy, who also did the first two ''{{Highlander}}s'', ''Film/{{Highlander}}s'', the film adaptation of ''TheShadow'' ''Film/TheShadow'' and the third ''Film/ResidentEvil'' movie.
''Film/ResidentEvilExtinction''.
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* [=~Everything's Messier With Pigs~=]

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* [=~Everything's Messier With Pigs~=]EverythingsMessierWithPigs

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* AnimalNemesis



* {{Pick On Someone Your Own Species}}
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Someone getting Sarah and Beth mixed up.


* AttemptedRape: Benny and Dicko try to do this on Sarah when they they want to scare her off from investigating the Petpak factory. The boar intervenes.
* DecoyProtagonist: Sarah.

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* AttemptedRape: Benny and Dicko try to do this on Sarah Beth when they they want to scare her off from investigating the Petpak factory. The boar intervenes.
* DecoyProtagonist: Sarah.Beth.

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