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-->"I'm the [[IncrediblyLamePun head surgeon]]."

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-->"I'm the [[IncrediblyLamePun [[{{Pun}} head surgeon]]."
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The movie starts with showing the BigBad Dr. Ramzi, head surgeon of a mental hospital, taking patients and conducting cruel brain surgery experiments on them underneath the hospital's clocktower. He is confronted by his coworker Dr. Swan and is promptly shot. Swan, fearing for his career, seals the place and swears to keep the whole thing to himself.

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The movie starts with showing the BigBad Dr. Ramzi, head surgeon of a mental hospital, taking patients and conducting cruel brain surgery experiments on them underneath the hospital's clocktower.clock tower. He is confronted by his coworker Dr. Swan and is promptly shot. Swan, fearing for his career, seals the place and swears to keep the whole thing to himself.



* AdvertisedExtra: For being the most seasoned and well known of the cast, acting veteran Jeremy Slate, mostly known for playing Canadian SergeantRock Sgt. Patrick O'Neill in ''Film/TheDevilsBrigade'' and would later work with this film's director Brett Leonard again in ''Film/TheLawnmowerMan'', is given top billing despite Jane/Sara [[spoiler: Ramzi]] and Chris Meyers being the true leads.

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* AdvertisedExtra: For being the most seasoned and well known well-known of the cast, acting veteran Jeremy Slate, mostly known for playing Canadian SergeantRock Sgt. Patrick O'Neill in ''Film/TheDevilsBrigade'' and would later work with this film's director Brett Leonard again in ''Film/TheLawnmowerMan'', is given top billing despite Jane/Sara [[spoiler: Ramzi]] and Chris Meyers being the true leads.



* CreepyBasement: Under the clocktower.

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* CreepyBasement: Under the clocktower.clock tower.



* FlashbackEcho: Jane starts having flashbacks when she starts climbing up a watertower.
* ForDoomTheBellTolls: The ominous tolling of hospital's clocktower is featured throughout the movie.
* INeedAFreakingDrink: Dr. Swan is drove to boozing after he hears Jane describing Dr. Ramzi when she's under hypnosis.

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* FlashbackEcho: Jane starts having flashbacks when she starts climbing up a watertower.
water tower.
* ForDoomTheBellTolls: The ominous tolling of hospital's clocktower clock tower is featured throughout the movie.
* INeedAFreakingDrink: Dr. Swan is drove driven to boozing after he hears Jane describing Dr. Ramzi when she's under hypnosis.



* LaughingMad: First person we seen in the film is a mental patient doing this.

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* LaughingMad: First person we seen see in the film is a mental patient doing this.



* MadBomber: Chris caught on it due to his work in the army and is a patient because of it. It [[ChekhovsSkill comes handy]] later.
* MenacingStroll: Ramzi's pace when he is chasing Jane in the clocktower.

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* MadBomber: Chris caught on to it due to his work in the army and is a patient because of it. It [[ChekhovsSkill comes handy]] later.
* MenacingStroll: Ramzi's pace when he is chasing Jane in the clocktower.clock tower.



* OffWithHisHead: Waking up at night, Jane gets up from her bed and sees Ramzi outside her window holding a severed head of one of the orderlies.

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* OffWithHisHead: Waking up at night, Jane gets up from her bed and sees Ramzi outside her window holding a the severed head of one of the orderlies.



* QuestForIdentity: Main plot concerns of finding out Jane Doe's identity and her connection to Dr. Ramzi.

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* QuestForIdentity: Main plot concerns of finding out Jane Doe's identity and her connection to Dr. Ramzi.



* UnexpectedGenreChange: After over half of the movie's timelenght has been dedicated to the supernatural slasher angle, the zombies are brought in.

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* UnexpectedGenreChange: After over half of the movie's timelenght time length has been dedicated to the supernatural slasher angle, the zombies are brought in.
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* BattleAxeNurse: Kygar.

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* BattleAxeNurse: BattleaxeNurse: Kygar.

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* AdvertisedExtra: For being the most seasoned and well known of the cast, acting veteran Jeremy Slate, mostly known for playing Canadian SergeantRock Sgt. Patrick O'Neill in ''Film/TheDevilsBrigade'' and would later work with this film's director Brett Leonard again in ''Film/TheLawnmowerMan'', is given top billing despite Jane/Sara [[spoiler: Ramzi]] and Chris being the true leads.

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* AdvertisedExtra: For being the most seasoned and well known of the cast, acting veteran Jeremy Slate, mostly known for playing Canadian SergeantRock Sgt. Patrick O'Neill in ''Film/TheDevilsBrigade'' and would later work with this film's director Brett Leonard again in ''Film/TheLawnmowerMan'', is given top billing despite Jane/Sara [[spoiler: Ramzi]] and Chris Meyers being the true leads. leads.
* BattleAxeNurse: Kygar.
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* AdvertisedExtra: For being the most seasoned and known of the cast, Jeremy Slate, mostly known for playing Canadian SergeantRock Sgt. Patrick O'Neill in Film/TheDevilsBrigade and would later work with this film's director Brett Leonard again in ''Film/TheLawnmowerMan'', is given top billing despite Jane/Sara [[spoiler: Ramzi]] and Chris being the true leads.

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* AdvertisedExtra: For being the most seasoned and well known of the cast, acting veteran Jeremy Slate, mostly known for playing Canadian SergeantRock Sgt. Patrick O'Neill in Film/TheDevilsBrigade ''Film/TheDevilsBrigade'' and would later work with this film's director Brett Leonard again in ''Film/TheLawnmowerMan'', is given top billing despite Jane/Sara [[spoiler: Ramzi]] and Chris being the true leads.



* DeadStarWalking: [[spoiler:Jeremy Slate, aka Canadian SergeantRock [[Film/TheDevilsBrigade Sgt. Patrick O'Neill]] dies in the climax by barbaric brain surgery courtesy of Dr. Ramzi.]]

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* DeadStarWalking: [[spoiler:Jeremy [[spoiler:Veteran actor Jeremy Slate, aka Canadian SergeantRock [[Film/TheDevilsBrigade Sgt. Patrick O'Neill]] dies in the climax by barbaric brain surgery courtesy of Dr. Ramzi.]]
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* AdvertisedExtra: For being the most seasoned and known of the cast, Jeremy Slate, mostly known for playing Canadian SergeantRock Sgt. Patrick O'Neill in Film/TheDevilsBrigade and would later work with this film's director Brett Leonard again in ''Film/TheLawnmowerMan'', is given top billing despite Jane/Sara [[spoiler: Ramzi]] and Chris being the true leads.


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* DeadStarWalking: [[spoiler:Jeremy Slate, aka Canadian SergeantRock [[Film/TheDevilsBrigade Sgt. Patrick O'Neill]] dies in the climax by barbaric brain surgery courtesy of Dr. Ramzi.]]
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* FinalGirl: Jane.

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* FinalGirl: Jane.Jane/Sara [[spoiler: Ramzi]].



* LukeIAmYourFather: Surprise surprise, [[spoiler:Dr. Ramzi turns out to be Janes' father]].

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* LukeIAmYourFather: Surprise surprise, [[spoiler:Dr. Ramzi turns out to be Janes' Jane's father]].
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* [[spoiler:LukeIAmYourFather]]: Surprise surprise, [[spoiler:Dr. Ramzi turns out to be Janes' father]].

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* [[spoiler:LukeIAmYourFather]]: LukeIAmYourFather: Surprise surprise, [[spoiler:Dr. Ramzi turns out to be Janes' father]].

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* DeadlyDoctor: Dr. Ramzi.

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* DeadlyDoctor: Dr. Ramzi.Ramzi's profession carries into undeath.



* UndeathlyPallor

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* %%* UndeathlyPallor



* WindowPain
* XMeetsY: ''Bad Dreams'' meets ''Film/ReAnimator''.
* ZombieGait

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* WindowPain
* XMeetsY: ''Bad Dreams'' meets ''Film/ReAnimator''.
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%%* ZombieGait
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'''''The Dead Pit''''' is 1989 low-budget horror film, which was directed by Brett Leonard[[note]] (''Film/TheLawnmowerMan'', ''Film/{{Virtuosity}}'', ''Film/{{Man-Thing}}'' and ''Film/HighlanderTheSource'')[[/note]].

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'''''The Dead Pit''''' is 1989 low-budget horror film, which was directed by Brett Leonard[[note]] (''Film/TheLawnmowerMan'', ''Film/{{Virtuosity}}'', ''Film/{{Man-Thing}}'' ''Film/ManThing'' and ''Film/HighlanderTheSource'')[[/note]].
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'''''The Dead Pit''''' is 1989 low-budget horror film, which was directed by Brett Leonard[[hottip:*: (''TheLawnmowerMan'', ''Film/{{Virtuosity}}'', ''Film/{{Man-Thing}}'' and ''Film/HighlanderTheSource'')]].

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'''''The Dead Pit''''' is 1989 low-budget horror film, which was directed by Brett Leonard[[hottip:*: (''TheLawnmowerMan'', Leonard[[note]] (''Film/TheLawnmowerMan'', ''Film/{{Virtuosity}}'', ''Film/{{Man-Thing}}'' and ''Film/HighlanderTheSource'')]].
''Film/HighlanderTheSource'')[[/note]].
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->"I've done life; now I'm doing death."
->-- '''Dr. Ramzi'''

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->"I've ->''"I've done life; now I'm doing death."
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'''Dr. Ramzi'''



* XMeetsY: ''Bad Dreams'' meets ''{{Re-Animator}}''.

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* XMeetsY: ''Bad Dreams'' meets ''{{Re-Animator}}''.''Film/ReAnimator''.
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'''''The Dead Pit''''' is 1989 low-budget horror film, which was directed by Brett Leonard[[hottip:*: (''TheLawnmowerMan'', ''Film/{{Virtuosity}}'', ''Film/{{Man-Thing}}'' and ''HighlanderTheSource'')]].

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'''''The Dead Pit''''' is 1989 low-budget horror film, which was directed by Brett Leonard[[hottip:*: (''TheLawnmowerMan'', ''Film/{{Virtuosity}}'', ''Film/{{Man-Thing}}'' and ''HighlanderTheSource'')]].
''Film/HighlanderTheSource'')]].
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'''''The Dead Pit''''' is 1989 low-budget horror film, which was directed by Brett Leonard[[hottip:*: (''TheLawnmowerMan'', ''{{Virtuosity}}'', ''Film/{{Man-Thing}}'' and ''HighlanderTheSource'')]].

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'''''The Dead Pit''''' is 1989 low-budget horror film, which was directed by Brett Leonard[[hottip:*: (''TheLawnmowerMan'', ''{{Virtuosity}}'', ''Film/{{Virtuosity}}'', ''Film/{{Man-Thing}}'' and ''HighlanderTheSource'')]].
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'''''The Dead Pit''''' is 1989 low-budget horror film, which was directed by Brett Leonard[[hottip:*: (''TheLawnmowerMan'', ''{{Virtuosity}}'', ''Film/{{Man-Thing}}'' and ''{{Highlander}}: The Source'')]].

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'''''The Dead Pit''''' is 1989 low-budget horror film, which was directed by Brett Leonard[[hottip:*: (''TheLawnmowerMan'', ''{{Virtuosity}}'', ''Film/{{Man-Thing}}'' and ''{{Highlander}}: The Source'')]].
''HighlanderTheSource'')]].
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