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* DistinguishedGentlemansPipe: Dr. Buckell is often seen smoking one.
* DrowningMySorrows: Gil's response to his problem is to hit the nearest bar and drink. A lot.
* EverybodySmokes: This being a 1950's movie, thee's a lot of tobacco consumption.
* DrowningMySorrows: Gil's response to his problem is to hit the nearest bar and drink. A lot.
* EverybodySmokes: This being a 1950's movie, thee's a lot of tobacco consumption.
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* HardDrinkingPartyGirl: Trudy.
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* NeverGetsDrunk: Gil never quite seems to get smashed, no matter how much booze he guzzles.
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* EvolutionaryLevels
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* ScreamingWoman: Both Ann and Trudy.
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* {{Determinator}}: The last policeman who chases the Sun Demon up to the top of the gasometer. Despite being strangled into unconsciousness, he recovers and resumes pursuing the monster, letting nothing interfere with his duty.
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* {{Determinator}}: The last policeman who chases the Sun Demon up to the top of the gasometer. Despite being strangled into unconsciousness, he recovers and resumes pursuing the monster, letting nothing interfere with his duty.
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* BadassBystander: The last of the cops who chases the Sun Demon at the end. That guy deserves some kind of meritorious service award!
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* BadassBystander: The last of the cops who chases the Sun Demon at the end. That guy deserves some kind of meritorious service award!He's the only character in the movie to hold his own against the monster.
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* BadassBystanderBadassBystander: The last of the cops who chases the Sun Demon at the end. That guy deserves some kind of meritorious service award!
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* CrazyJealousGuy: George is insanely jealous and suspicious of ''any'' man who even so much as speaks to Trudy.
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* DomesticAbuser: George is insanely jealous and suspicious of ''any'' man who even so much as speaks to Trudy.
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* ShootTheDog: The Sun Demon kills a dog.
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Scientist Gilbert [=McKenna=] suffers a lab accident which causes him to turn into a reptilian monster when exposed to direct sunlight. He eventually goes on a good old-fashioned (if modestly budgeted) monster rampage. His colleagues struggle to help cure him, while the police want to hunt him down.
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Scientist Gilbert [=McKenna=] suffers a lab accident which causes him to turn into a reptilian monster when exposed to direct sunlight. He eventually Unable to deal with the stress of his predicament, he goes to drown his sorrows in a bar where he meets a singer named Trudy Osborne. Staying indoors during the day and only going out at night, he is struggling to lead a normal life, dating Trudy while his colleagues Ann Russell and Frederick Buckell search for a cure for him.
His world comes crashing down when Trudy's jealous wannabe mobster boyfriend George Messorio interferes and attempts to run Gil out of Trudy's life - during the daytime. After transforming and killing George, Gil goes on a good old-fashioned (if modestly budgeted) monster rampage. His colleagues struggle to helpcure him, save him from himself, while the police want to hunt him down.
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The movie was redubbed into a comedy version titled ''What's Up, Hideous Sun Demon?'' (also known as ''Revenge of the Sun Demon''). Film historian Tom Weaver wrote an excellent book about the film as Volume #1 of his ''Scripts from the Crypt'' series.
His world comes crashing down when Trudy's jealous wannabe mobster boyfriend George Messorio interferes and attempts to run Gil out of Trudy's life - during the daytime. After transforming and killing George, Gil goes on a good old-fashioned (if modestly budgeted) monster rampage. His colleagues struggle to help
The movie was redubbed into a comedy version titled ''What's Up, Hideous Sun Demon?'' (also known as ''Revenge of the Sun Demon''). Film historian Tom Weaver wrote an excellent book about the film as Volume #1 of his ''Scripts from the Crypt'' series.
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* RecycledSoundtrack: The score has been heard in countless other monster movies. Most famously, it was reused several years later in ''Film/NightOfTheLivingDead''.
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* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: George and his cronies rather viciously beat Gil up outside the bar at one point.
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* RageAgainstTheReflection: The Sun Demon smashes a mirror after seeing his reflection for the first time.
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* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:George]].
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* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:George]]. [[spoiler:George]].
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* CoolCar: Gil's 1956 MG A convertible.
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* CoolCar: Gil's 1956 MG A convertible.
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* ImmuneToBullets: Averted. [[spoiler:The Sun Demon is killed by gunfire from an ordinary revolver.]]
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* TheDeterminator: The last policeman who chases the Sun Demon up to the top of the gasometer. Despite being strangled into unconsciousness, he recovers and resumes pursuing the monster, letting nothing interfere with his duty.
* DomesticAbuser: George. He is insanely jealous and suspicious of ''any'' man who even so much as speaks to Trudy.
* DomesticAbuser: George. He is insanely jealous and suspicious of ''any'' man who even so much as speaks to Trudy.
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* TheDeterminator: {{Determinator}}: The last policeman who chases the Sun Demon up to the top of the gasometer. Despite being strangled into unconsciousness, he recovers and resumes pursuing the monster, letting nothing interfere with his duty.
* DomesticAbuser:George. He George is insanely jealous and suspicious of ''any'' man who even so much as speaks to Trudy.
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* TheAppleFallsFar: The chase up the gasometer at the end is pretty harrowing, with many dizzying shots from the participants' P.O.V. showing just how far down it is. At one point, the policeman's hat gets knocked off and there's a shot of it falling down to the street.
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* PlummetPerspective: The chase up the gasometer at the end is pretty harrowing, with many dizzying shots from the participants' P.O.V. showing just how far down it is. At one point, the policeman's hat gets knocked off and there's a shot of it falling down to the street.
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* BastardBoyfriend: George. He is insanely jealous and suspicious of ''any'' man who even so much as speaks to Trudy. He eventually pulls a gun on Gil. Despite this, Trudy insists on staying with him, and not out of fear. She appears to enjoy the notoriety.
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* DomesticAbuser: George. He is insanely jealous and suspicious of ''any'' man who even so much as speaks to Trudy.
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* BastardBoyfriend: George. He is insanely jealous and suspicious of ''any'' man who even so much as speaks to Trudy. He eventually pulls a gun on Gil.
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* BastardBoyfriend: George. He is insanely jealous and suspicious of ''any'' man who even so much as speaks to Trudy. He eventually pulls a gun on Gil. Despite this, Trudy insists on staying with him, and not out of fear. She appears to enjoy the notoriety.
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Scientist Gilbert [=McKenna=] suffers a lab accident which causes him to turn into a reptilian monster when exposed to directed direct sunlight. He eventually goes on a good old-fashioned (if modestly budgeted) monster rampage. His colleagues struggle to help cure him, while the police want to hunt him down.
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* DespairEventHorizon: Gil suffers these quite frequently. His worst is after he returns to human form after killing [[spoiler:George]]. He screams and cries, and asks Ann what he's done to deserve such a curse. For a low budget monster movie it's a surprisingly emotional scene.
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* DespairEventHorizon: Gil suffers these quite frequently. His worst is one after he returns to human form after killing [[spoiler:George]]. He screams and cries, cries and asks Ann what he's done to deserve such a curse. For a low budget monster movie it's a surprisingly emotional scene.curse.
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* InterruptedSuicide: Early on, Gil contemplates jumping off a cliff into the sea. He is stopped when he overhears some nearby teenagers having fun on the beach nearby, and decides not to go through with it.
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* DespairEventHorizon: Gil suffers these quite frequently. His worst is after he returns to human form after killing [[spoiler:George]]. He screams and cries, and asks Ann what he's done to deserve such a curse. For a low budget monster movie it's a surprisingly emotional scene.
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* AccidentalMurder: Gil accidentally hits a cop with his car while fleeing. Although Lt. Peterson calls an ambulance, later dialogue states that Gil has killed two people. Since the only other person we've seen him kill onscreen is [[spoiler:George]], it's a safe bet the officer didn't make it.
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* AccidentalMurder: Gil accidentally hits a cop with his car while fleeing. Although Lt. Peterson calls an ambulance, later dialogue states that Gil has killed two people. Since the only other person we've seen him kill onscreen up to then is [[spoiler:George]], it's a safe bet the officer didn't make it.
* ShootTheDog: The Sun Demon kills a dog.
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* TrailersAlwaysSpoil: The trailer shows the death of [[spoiler:George]] in its entirety.
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* TrailersAlwaysSpoil: The trailer shows the death of [[spoiler:George]] in its entirety.entirety.
* WouldntHurtAChild: The Sun Demon frightens a group of children, but doesn't harm them. He does kill their dog, though. Later, Gil in his human form befriends a little girl.
* WouldntHurtAChild: The Sun Demon frightens a group of children, but doesn't harm them. He does kill their dog, though. Later, Gil in his human form befriends a little girl.
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* TrailersAlwaysLie: Some clever editing in the trailer make it seem like the Sun Demon throws the policeman off of the gasometer.
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* TrailersAlwaysLie: Some clever editing in the trailer make makes it seem like the Sun Demon throws the policeman off of the gasometer.
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* TheAppleFallsFar: The chase up the gasometer at the end is pretty harrowing, with many dizzying shots from the participants' P.O.V. showing just how far down it is. At one point, the policeman's hat gets knocked off and there's a shot of it falling down to the street.
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* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: Gil turns into a monster in the sun, not during a full moon.
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* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: OurWerebeastsAreDifferent: Gil turns into a monster in the sun, not during a full moon.
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* HospitalHottie: A few of the nurses, as remarked on by Gil.
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[[quoteright:300:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/hideous-sun-demon_5060.jpg]]
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* InMediasRes: The film begins with the lab accident having already happened.
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** The trailer also claims the Sun Demon is from outer space.
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Scientist Gilbert McKenna [=McKenna=] suffers a lab accident which causes him to turn into a reptilian monster when exposed to directed sunlight. He eventually goes on a good old-fashioned (if modestly budgeted) monster rampage. His colleagues struggle to help cure him, while the police want to hunt him down.
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* AccidentalMurder: Gil accidentally hits a cop with his car while fleeing. Although Lt. Peterson calls an ambulance, later dialogue states that Gil has killed two people. Since the only other person we've seen him kill onscreen is George, it's a safe bet the officer didn't make it.
* BastardBoyfriend: George.
* BastardBoyfriend: George.
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* AccidentalMurder: Gil accidentally hits a cop with his car while fleeing. Although Lt. Peterson calls an ambulance, later dialogue states that Gil has killed two people. Since the only other person we've seen him kill onscreen is George, [[spoiler:George]], it's a safe bet the officer didn't make it.
* ArtisticLicenseBiology: It is explained that Gil's problem is that the sun causes him to regress to a reptilian stage of humanity's evolution. Dr. Stern even "explains" that human fetuses go through fish, amphibian and reptilian evolution while developing in the womb.
* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:George]].
* BastardBoyfriend: George. He is insanely jealous and suspicious of ''any'' man who even so much as speaks to Trudy. He eventually pulls a gun on Gil.
* ArtisticLicenseBiology: It is explained that Gil's problem is that the sun causes him to regress to a reptilian stage of humanity's evolution. Dr. Stern even "explains" that human fetuses go through fish, amphibian and reptilian evolution while developing in the womb.
* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:George]].
* BastardBoyfriend: George. He is insanely jealous and suspicious of ''any'' man who even so much as speaks to Trudy. He eventually pulls a gun on Gil.
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* DisneyVillainDeath: [[spoiler:The Sun Demon falls off the gasometer after being shot.]]
* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: Gil turns into a monster in the sun, not during a fullmoon.moon.
* TrailersAlwaysLie: Some clever editing in the trailer make it seem like the Sun Demon throws the policeman off of the gasometer.
* TrailersAlwaysSpoil: The trailer shows the death of [[spoiler:George]] in its entirety.
* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: Gil turns into a monster in the sun, not during a full
* TrailersAlwaysLie: Some clever editing in the trailer make it seem like the Sun Demon throws the policeman off of the gasometer.
* TrailersAlwaysSpoil: The trailer shows the death of [[spoiler:George]] in its entirety.
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A 1959 horror film written and directed by Robert Clarke, who also starred as the title character.
Scientist Gilbert McKenna suffers a lab accident which causes him to turn into a reptilian monster when exposed to directed sunlight. He eventually goes on a good old-fashioned (if modestly budgeted) monster rampage. His colleagues struggle to help cure him, while the police want to hunt him down.
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!!Tropes used in this film:
* AccidentalMurder: Gil accidentally hits a cop with his car while fleeing. Although Lt. Peterson calls an ambulance, later dialogue states that Gil has killed two people. Since the only other person we've seen him kill onscreen is George, it's a safe bet the officer didn't make it.
* BastardBoyfriend: George.
* TheDeterminator: The last policeman who chases the Sun Demon up to the top of the gasometer. Despite being strangled into unconsciousness, he recovers and resumes pursuing the monster, letting nothing interfere with his duty.
* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: Gil turns into a monster in the sun, not during a full moon.
Scientist Gilbert McKenna suffers a lab accident which causes him to turn into a reptilian monster when exposed to directed sunlight. He eventually goes on a good old-fashioned (if modestly budgeted) monster rampage. His colleagues struggle to help cure him, while the police want to hunt him down.
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!!Tropes used in this film:
* AccidentalMurder: Gil accidentally hits a cop with his car while fleeing. Although Lt. Peterson calls an ambulance, later dialogue states that Gil has killed two people. Since the only other person we've seen him kill onscreen is George, it's a safe bet the officer didn't make it.
* BastardBoyfriend: George.
* TheDeterminator: The last policeman who chases the Sun Demon up to the top of the gasometer. Despite being strangled into unconsciousness, he recovers and resumes pursuing the monster, letting nothing interfere with his duty.
* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: Gil turns into a monster in the sun, not during a full moon.
