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* DeathBySex: Jerri and Chris.
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* KnifeNut: Ricky prefers blades in this film.
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* BloodlessCarnage: The film borders on this; most of the deaths occur offscreen, with only the aftermath being shown. The deaths that are directly shown are fairly tame.

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* BloodlessCarnage: The film borders on this; most of the deaths occur offscreen, with only the aftermath being shown. The deaths that are directly shown are fairly tame.tame, with at least one using what is obviously ketchup squirted directly from a bottle as “blood”.
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Ricky awakens from a coma due to forming a mental link with a blind [[PsychicPowers psychic]] girl. Ricky (who has a snazzy clear dome replacing the top of his head, [[BodyHorror exposing his brain and its fluids]]) becomes obsessed with the girl and stalks her as she heads to her grandmother's house for [[HorrorDoesntSettleForSimpleTuesday the holidays]], killing everyone in his way. On Ricky's trail [[Franchise/{{Halloween}} are his slightly mad doctor and a high ranking law enforcement official]].

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Ricky (Creator/BillMoseley) awakens from a coma due to forming a mental link with a blind [[PsychicPowers psychic]] girl. Ricky (who has a snazzy clear dome replacing the top of his head, [[BodyHorror exposing his brain and its fluids]]) becomes obsessed with the girl and stalks her as she heads to her grandmother's house for [[HorrorDoesntSettleForSimpleTuesday the holidays]], killing everyone in his way. On Ricky's trail [[Franchise/{{Halloween}} are his slightly mad doctor and a high ranking law enforcement official]].
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'''''Silent Night, Deadly Night III: Better Watch Out!''''' is a 1989 SlasherMovie.

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'''''Silent ''Silent Night, Deadly Night III: Better Watch Out!''''' Out!'' is a 1989 SlasherMovie.
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!!This film has the examples of:
* AllJustADream: The film seems rather fond of this trope, giving us three dream sequences in the first fifteen minutes alone.

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* AllJustADream: The film seems rather fond of this trope, giving us three dream sequences in the first fifteen 15 minutes alone.

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* AllJustADream: The film seems particularly fond of this trope, giving us three dream sequences in the first fifteen minutes alone.

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* AllJustADream: The film seems particularly rather fond of this trope, giving us three dream sequences in the first fifteen minutes alone.



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** Samantha Scully (no, [[Series/TheXFiles not that one]]). Granted, she's playing a character who's blind, but still...

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* CreatorCameo: Sirector Monte Hellman plays the poor fool that wakes up Ricky and gets killed for his trouble.

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* CreatorCameo: Sirector Director Monte Hellman plays the poor fool that wakes up Ricky and gets killed for his trouble.
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Ricky awakens from a coma due to forming a mental link with a blind [[PsychicPowers psychic]] girl. Ricky (who has snazzy clear dome replacing the top of his head, [[BodyHorror exposing his brain and its fluids]]) becomes obsessed with the girl and stalks her as she heads to her grandmother's house for [[HorrorDoesntSettleForSimpleTuesday the holidays]], killing everyone in his way. On Ricky's trail [[Franchise/{{Halloween}} are his slightly mad doctor and a high ranking law enforcement official]].

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Ricky awakens from a coma due to forming a mental link with a blind [[PsychicPowers psychic]] girl. Ricky (who has a snazzy clear dome replacing the top of his head, [[BodyHorror exposing his brain and its fluids]]) becomes obsessed with the girl and stalks her as she heads to her grandmother's house for [[HorrorDoesntSettleForSimpleTuesday the holidays]], killing everyone in his way. On Ricky's trail [[Franchise/{{Halloween}} are his slightly mad doctor and a high ranking law enforcement official]].



* BloodlessCarnage: The film borders on this; most of the death occur offscreen, with only the aftermath being shown. The deaths that are directly shown are fairly tame.

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* BloodlessCarnage: The film borders on this; most of the death deaths occur offscreen, with only the aftermath being shown. The deaths that are directly shown are fairly tame.



** Samantha Scully (no, [[Series/TheXFiles not that one]]). Granted, she's playing a character whose blind, but still...
** There's a scene where Ricky punches through a door to attack Jerri. As his girlfriend is being throttled Chris says "Holy shit!" in a really, really subdued manner.
* FinalGirl: Laura Anderson. Something of a subversion though she's seen drinking alcohol and is shown to have quite a bitchy personality, either of which is usually a death sentence in a slasher film.

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** Samantha Scully (no, [[Series/TheXFiles not that one]]). Granted, she's playing a character whose who's blind, but still...
** There's a scene where Ricky punches through a door to attack Jerri. As his girlfriend is being throttled throttled, Chris says "Holy shit!" in a really, really subdued manner.
* FinalGirl: Laura Anderson. Something of a subversion though subversion, though; she's seen drinking alcohol and is shown to have quite a bitchy personality, either of which is usually a death sentence in a slasher film.



* LeaveTheCameraRunning: Early on there's a sequence where Laura spends the better part of ''three minutes'' sitting around in the hospital waiting room, doing absolutely nothing. [[spoiler:When she gets up though, she finds out that the receptionist has been hacked to death by Ricky]].

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* LeaveTheCameraRunning: Early on on, there's a sequence where Laura spends the better part of ''three minutes'' sitting around in the hospital waiting room, doing absolutely nothing. [[spoiler:When she gets up up, though, she finds out that the receptionist has been hacked to death by Ricky]].



* MenacingStroll: Ricky is unable to go waster than basic walk.

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* MenacingStroll: Ricky is unable to go waster faster than a basic walk.

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* DullSurprise: Samantha Scully (no, [[TheXFiles not that one]]). Granted, she's playing a character whose blind, but still...

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Awakening from a coma due to forming a mental link with a blind [[PsychicPowers psychic]] girl Ricky (who has snazzy clear dome replacing the top of his head, [[BodyHorror exposing his brain and its fluids]]) becomes obsessed with the girl and stalks her as she heads to her grandmother's house for the holidays, killing everyone in his way. On Ricky's trail [[Franchise/{{Halloween}} are his slightly mad doctor and a high ranking law enforcement official]].

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Awakening Ricky awakens from a coma due to forming a mental link with a blind [[PsychicPowers psychic]] girl girl. Ricky (who has snazzy clear dome replacing the top of his head, [[BodyHorror exposing his brain and its fluids]]) becomes obsessed with the girl and stalks her as she heads to her grandmother's house for [[HorrorDoesntSettleForSimpleTuesday the holidays, holidays]], killing everyone in his way. On Ricky's trail [[Franchise/{{Halloween}} are his slightly mad doctor and a high ranking law enforcement official]].



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* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: Ricky's brain dome.

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* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: Ricky's brain dome. Nobody comments on it.
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* ThePublicDomainChannel: And all that it shows is RogerCorman's ''Film/TheTerror''.

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* DullSurprise: Samantha Scully. Granted, she's playing a character whose blind, but still...

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* ThePublicDomainChannel: And all that it shows is RogerCorman's ''The Terror''.

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* ThePublicDomainChannel: And all that it shows is RogerCorman's ''The Terror''.''Film/TheTerror''.
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* CreatorCameo: Sirector Monte Hellman plays the poor fool that wakes up Ricky and gets killed for his trouble.
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->''When your nightmare ends, the real terror begins!''

'''''Silent Night, Deadly Night III: Better Watch Out!''''' is a 1989 SlasherMovie.

Awakening from a coma due to forming a mental link with a blind [[PsychicPowers psychic]] girl Ricky (who has snazzy clear dome replacing the top of his head, [[BodyHorror exposing his brain and its fluids]]) becomes obsessed with the girl and stalks her as she heads to her grandmother's house for the holidays, killing everyone in his way. On Ricky's trail [[Franchise/{{Halloween}} are his slightly mad doctor and a high ranking law enforcement official]].

!!This film has the examples of:

* AllJustADream: The film seems particularly fond of this trope, giving us three dream sequences in the first fifteen minutes alone.
* BadSanta: Laura encounters one during the opening dream sequence.
* BarrierBustingBlow: Ricky punching through a door to grab Jerri.
* BerserkButton: The color red sets off Ricky's murderous urges.
* BigNo: The hospital Santa's last words when Ricky closes on him.
* BlindSeer: Laura.
* BloodlessCarnage: The film borders on this; most of the death occur offscreen, with only the aftermath being shown. The deaths that are directly shown are fairly tame.
* BodyHorror: Due to damage to his head, Ricky has a transparent dome which exposes his brain and its fluids in place of a skullcap.
* DeathBySex: Jerri and Chris.
* DullSurprise: Samantha Scully. Granted, she's playing a character whose blind, but still...
** There's a scene where Ricky punches through a door to attack Jerri. As his girlfriend is being throttled Chris says "Holy shit!" in a really, really subdued manner.
* FinalGirl: Laura Anderson. Something of a subversion though she's seen drinking alcohol and is shown to have quite a bitchy personality, either of which is usually a death sentence in a slasher film.
* GoryDiscretionShot: The hospital receptionist getting knifed.
* HorrorDoesntSettleForSimpleTuesday
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Ricky getting a broken stick driven through his body at the end of the film.
* KnifeNut: Ricky prefers blades in this film.
* LeaveTheCameraRunning: Early on there's a sequence where Laura spends the better part of ''three minutes'' sitting around in the hospital waiting room, doing absolutely nothing. [[spoiler:When she gets up though, she finds out that the receptionist has been hacked to death by Ricky]].
* MarketBasedTitle: The film became ''Blind Terror'' for its international release.
* MenacingStroll
* OffWithHisHead: Ricky decapitates Craig, and puts his head on his desk.
* ThePublicDomainChannel: And all that it shows is RogerCorman's ''The Terror''.
* PsychicLink: One develops between Laura and Ricky when she unknowingly reaches him in his comatose state.
* PsychicPowers: Laura has telepathy, a skill that she shares with her granny.
* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: Ricky's brain dome.

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