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* CorruptPolitician: Senator Carmichael is clearly no stranger to corruption and is perfectly willing to hurt people to get what eh wants.
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%%* DirtyCop: Captain [=DeWitt=].
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* CrustyCaretaker: Averted. Mr Tuttle's actually quite obliging.
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* DeadlyBath: [[spoiler:Poor Joseph]].
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* GoodIsNotSoft: Russell.
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* RedHerring: [[spoiler: Cora]].
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* UngratefulBastard: [[spoiler: Joseph]] at the end, perhaps.
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''The Changeling'' is a 1980 Canadian horror film directed by Creator/PeterMedak, starring Creator/GeorgeCScott, Trish Van Devere and Creator/MelvynDouglas. It has been described as one of the scariest films of all times time by Creator/MartinScorsese, and was a direct inspiration for ''Film/TheOthers2001''.
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* HurtingHero: John Russell's coping with the deaths of his wife and daughter, ''and'' a HauntedHouse. Arguably, though, the HauntedHouse diverts his mind from his grief.
* IllBoy: Joseph was born a very sickly child, who's sickness left him stuck in a wheelchair, and was unlikely to reach adulthood. [[spoiler: Because the family wealth would have gone to charity if Joseph died before inheriting it at 21, his father murdered him and adopted a healthy orphan to take his place so he wouldn't lose the fortune.]]
* IllBoy: Joseph was born a very sickly child, who's sickness left him stuck in a wheelchair, and was unlikely to reach adulthood. [[spoiler: Because the family wealth would have gone to charity if Joseph died before inheriting it at 21, his father murdered him and adopted a healthy orphan to take his place so he wouldn't lose the fortune.]]
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* HurtingHero: John Russell's coping with the deaths of his wife and daughter, ''and'' a HauntedHouse. Arguably, though, the HauntedHouse diverts his mind from his grief.
* IllBoy:InheritanceMurder: Joseph was born a very sickly child, who's sickness left him stuck in a wheelchair, and was unlikely to reach adulthood. [[spoiler: Because the family wealth would have gone to charity if Joseph died before inheriting it at 21, his father murdered him and adopted a healthy orphan to take his place so he wouldn't lose the fortune.]]
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* ReplacementGoldfish: [[spoiler: Senator Joseph Carmichael was actually an orphan adopted by Richard Carmichael for the sole purpose of replacing his son, the real Joseph, who Richard had murdered to keep control of his inheritance. The fake Joseph grew up in Switzerland in the years prior to WW1 and the Great War itself, with his adoptive father claiming that "experimental European treatments" had fixed his various health issues when they returned to America.]]
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* ReplacementGoldfish: [[spoiler: Senator Joseph Carmichael was actually an orphan adopted by Richard Carmichael for the sole purpose of replacing his son, the real Joseph, who Richard had murdered to keep control of his inheritance. The fake Joseph grew up in Switzerland in the years prior to WW1 [=WW1=] and the Great War itself, with his adoptive father claiming that "experimental European treatments" had fixed his various health issues when they returned to America.]]
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* DeathByChildbirth: Joseph's mother died giving birth to him, and since their wealth came from her side of the family, Joseph technically inherited it, with his father simply being in charge of it until Joseph reached 21.
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* IllBoy: Joseph was born a very sickly child, who's sickness left him stuck in a wheelchair, and was unlikely to reach adulthood. [[spoiler: Because the family wealth would have gone to charity if Joseph died before inheriting it at 21, his father murdered him and adopted a healthy orphan to take his place so he wouldn't lose the fortune.]]
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-> ''Did you die in this house?''
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* HauntedHouse: [[spoiler: And not just one]].
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* HauntedHouse: [[spoiler: And not Joseph doesn't just one]].haunt the manor he was murdered in, but also the plot of land his body was buried under... which unfortunately has had a house built upon it since then]].
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* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler: Richard Carmichael]]
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* NothingIsScarier: One of the best examples of this.
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* NothingIsScarier: One of the best examples of this.[[spoiler: Joseph]] only appears in apparitions and images, never directly. The physical hauntings resemble poltergeist activity.
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* AdultFear: After witnessing the death of your only child, you have to re-live the murder of another child, whose spirit won't let you rest until you help him.
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** The opening scene begins with John, Joanna and Kathy laughing about being stuck in the snow, and quickly turns into the worst embodiment of AdultFear when Joanna and Kathy are run over by a car, as John is forced to watch helplessly from a telephone booth.
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** The opening scene begins with John, Joanna and Kathy laughing about being stuck in the snow, and quickly turns into the worst embodiment of AdultFear parental fear when Joanna and Kathy are run over by a car, as John is forced to watch helplessly from a telephone booth.
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* OutlivingOnesOffspring: After witnessing the death of your only child, you have to re-live the murder of another child, whose spirit won't let you rest until you help him.
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* SpookySeance: It leads to the protagonists uncovering who's actually haunting the Chessman House, and why.
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* SpookySeance: Unconventional, with the non-hammy psychic using automatic writing to communicate with Joseph. It leads to the protagonists uncovering who's actually haunting the Chessman House, and why.
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* NonMaliciousMonster: [[spoiler: The ghost turns out to not be evil at all, as he's just an innocent kid who was murdered, and mainly is just reaching out for help.]]
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''The Changeling'' is a 1980 Canadian horror film directed by Creator/PeterMedak, starring Creator/GeorgeCScott, Trish Van Devere and Creator/MelvynDouglas. It has been described as one of the scariest films of all times by Creator/MartinScorsese, and was a direct inspiration for ''Film/TheOthers''.''Film/TheOthers2001''.
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* DeathOfAChild: Kathy, [[spoiler: Cora]] and [[spoiler: Joseph]] had their lives tragically cut short.
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* InfantImmortality: Averted: Kathy, [[spoiler: Cora]] and [[spoiler: Joseph]] had their lives tragically cut short.
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''The Changeling'' is a 1980 Canadian horror film directed by Peter Medak, Creator/PeterMedak, starring Creator/GeorgeCScott, Trish Van Devere and Creator/MelvynDouglas. It has been described as one of the scariest films of all times by Creator/MartinScorsese, and was a direct inspiration for ''Film/TheOthers''.
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* TheCameo: Creator/BarryMorse shows up for one scene as a parapsychologist.
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** Another memorable moment: "You goddamn son of a bitch... What is it you want? ''[[SuddenlyShouting What do you WANT FROM ME!?]]''"
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** Another memorable moment: "You goddamn son of a bitch... What is it you want? ''[[SuddenlyShouting '''[[SuddenlyShouting What do you WANT FROM ME!?]]''"ME!?]]'''"
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** Another memorable moment: "Joseph! You G**d*** son of a bitch!"
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** Another memorable moment: "Joseph! You G**d*** "You goddamn son of a bitch!"bitch... What is it you want? ''[[SuddenlyShouting What do you WANT FROM ME!?]]''"
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* TheDragon: Captain [=DeWitt=] is one for Senator Carmichael.
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* BigNo: Senator Carmichael gives an anguished one in response to John's revelations about his father.
-->'''John:''' You're not Joseph Carmichael! You're the beneficiary of the cruelest kind of murder: murder for profit!\\
'''Carmichael:''' ''NO!'' My father was not a murderer!
-->'''John:''' You're not Joseph Carmichael! You're the beneficiary of the cruelest kind of murder: murder for profit!\\
'''Carmichael:''' ''NO!'' My father was not a murderer!
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* DirtyCop: Captain [=DeWitt=].
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* GenreSavvy: It doesn’t take John that long to realize that something is wrong with the house, and an even shorter period for him to realize it’s a HauntedHouse.
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* TheUsurper: {{Deconstructed}} with [[spoiler: Senator Joseph Carmichael]] - he had little choice in matter at the time.
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* TheUsurper: {{Deconstructed}} with [[spoiler: Senator Joseph Carmichael]] - he had little choice in matter at the time.time.
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* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler: Joseph's dad.]]
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* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler: Joseph's dad.]]Richard Carmichael]]
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*BadassNormal: John remains calm and collected in situations that make the audience hide behind the couch in fear.
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''The Changeling'' is a 1980 Canadian horror film directed by Peter Medak, starring Creator/GeorgeCScott, Trish Van Devere and Melvyn Douglas.Creator/MelvynDouglas. It has been described as one of the scariest films of all times by Creator/MartinScorsese, and was a direct inspiration for ''Film/TheOthers''.
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* NervesOfSteel: Russell/[[GeorgeCScott G.C.Scott's]] portrayal of him. What kind of man decides to dig up evidence deep down a haunted well all by himself, in the middle of the night? That too, ''after'' the remains of a [[spoiler: dead child]] were found in the same spot just a few hours ago.
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* NervesOfSteel: Russell/[[GeorgeCScott Russell/[[Creator/GeorgeCScott G.C. Scott's]] portrayal of him. What kind of man decides to dig up evidence deep down a haunted well all by himself, in the middle of the night? That too, ''after'' the remains of a [[spoiler: dead child]] were found in the same spot just a few hours ago.
