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* SpookySeance: Claire and Jody use a Ouija board to try and contact the ghost.

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* SoftSpokenSadist: [[spoiler:Norman, who never raises his voice following TheReveal he's EvilAllAlong]].
* SpookySeance: Claire and Jody use a an Ouija board to try and contact the ghost.
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** Robert Zemekis consciously shot the film in the style of Creator/AlfredHitchcock, if he had access to digital technology. Also, there are many references to Hitchcock films, such as ''Film/{{Psycho}}''--[[spoiler: the supposed nice guy who turns out to be a killer is named "Norman", the way Claire falls over the bathtub is almost identical to how Marion Crane does]], ''Film/RearWindow'', ''Film/{{Vertigo}}''--the near-identical love interests, ''Film/{{Rebecca|1940}}'' and ''Film/{{Spellbound}}''.

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** Robert Zemekis consciously shot the film in the style of Creator/AlfredHitchcock, if he had access to digital technology. Also, there are many references to Hitchcock films, such as ''Film/{{Psycho}}''--[[spoiler: the supposed nice guy who turns out to be a killer is named "Norman", the way Claire falls over the bathtub is almost identical to how Marion Crane does]], ''Film/RearWindow'', ''Film/{{Vertigo}}''--the near-identical love interests, ''Film/{{Rebecca|1940}}'' and ''Film/{{Spellbound}}''.''Film/{{Spellbound|1945}}''.

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* LecherousStepparent: [[spoiler:Norman hopes that Claire's death will bring him and Caitlin, who resembles her mother Claire, closer... and due to his psychotic nature, it could be more-than-friendly feelings.]]



* OffingTheOffspring: The look on Claire's face when [[spoiler:Norman states that he intends to use Claire's "suicide" as a way to get closer to Caitlin. It's strongly implied that he intends to get "closer" to his stepdaughter in a far more [[ParentalIncest intimate way]] than simple parental bonding.]]

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* OffingTheOffspring: The look on Claire's face when [[spoiler:Norman states that he intends to use Claire's "suicide" as a way to get closer to Caitlin. It's strongly implied that he intends to get "closer" to his stepdaughter in a far more [[ParentalIncest [[LecherousStepparent intimate way]] than simple parental bonding.]]



* ParentalIncest: [[spoiler:Norman hopes that Claire's death will bring him and Caitlin, who resembles her mother Claire, closer... and due to his psychotic nature, it could be more-than-friendly feelings.]]
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''What Lies Beneath'' is a 2000 American supernatural horror-thriller film directed by Creator/RobertZemeckis. It stars Creator/HarrisonFord and Creator/MichellePfeiffer as Norman and Claire Spencer, a couple with a seemingly perfect marriage who experience a strange and terrifying haunting that uncovers secrets about their past and seems to threaten their lives.

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''What Lies Beneath'' is a 2000 American supernatural horror-thriller film written by Creator/ClarkGregg and Sarah Kernochan, and directed by Creator/RobertZemeckis. It stars Creator/HarrisonFord and Creator/MichellePfeiffer as Norman and Claire Spencer, a couple with a seemingly perfect marriage who experience a strange and terrifying haunting that uncovers secrets about their past and seems to threaten their lives.
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* EliteSchoolMeansEliteBrain: When Claire meets Madison's mother, she explains that Madison was extremely intelligent, and uses the fact she'd been admitted to Princeton as proof of that.


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* HostileWeather: It rains ''a lot'' during Claire's tortured stay in the new house.


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* NeverARunaway: [[spoiler:Madison didn't run away. She was murdered.]]

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* WhamShot: Towards the end, Claire is still suspicious [[spoiler:of Norman]], so she redials the last number called on the telephone... [[spoiler:and sees that he dialled ''411'' instead of 911.]] This is immediately followed up by [[spoiler:Norman suddenly appearing behind her and attacking her.]]

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* WhamShot: Towards the end, Claire is still suspicious [[spoiler:of Norman]], so she redials the last number called on the telephone... [[spoiler:and sees that he dialled ''411'' instead of 911.]] This is immediately followed up by [[spoiler:Norman suddenly appearing behind her and attacking her.]]WhamShot:


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** Towards the end, Claire is still suspicious [[spoiler:of Norman]], so she redials the last number called on the telephone... [[spoiler:and sees that he dialled ''411'' instead of 911.]] This is immediately followed up by [[spoiler:Norman suddenly appearing behind her and attacking her.]]
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* BackupFromOtherworld: [[spoiler: What Madison ends up providing in the end, when her corpse reanimates and keeps Norman from drowning Claire.]]
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** Robert Zemekis consciously shot the film in the style of Creator/AlfredHitchcock, if he had access to digital technology. Also, there are many references to Hitchcock films, such as ''Film/{{Psycho}}''--[[spoiler: the supposed nice guy who turns out to be a killer is named "Norman", the way Claire falls over the bathtub is almost identical to how Marion Crane does]], ''Film/RearWindow'', ''Film/{{Vertigo}}''--the near-identical love interests, ''Film/{{Rebecca}}'' and ''Film/{{Spellbound}}''.

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** Robert Zemekis consciously shot the film in the style of Creator/AlfredHitchcock, if he had access to digital technology. Also, there are many references to Hitchcock films, such as ''Film/{{Psycho}}''--[[spoiler: the supposed nice guy who turns out to be a killer is named "Norman", the way Claire falls over the bathtub is almost identical to how Marion Crane does]], ''Film/RearWindow'', ''Film/{{Vertigo}}''--the near-identical love interests, ''Film/{{Rebecca}}'' ''Film/{{Rebecca|1940}}'' and ''Film/{{Spellbound}}''.
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* ArcWords: [[spoiler:“You Know”]]

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* ArcWords: [[spoiler:“You Know”]][[spoiler:"You Know"]]



--> '''Claire:''' Oh, great. 'Could you check in on my wife? She’s hearing voices.' Yeah, wait until that gets around.

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--> '''Claire:''' -->'''Claire:''' Oh, great. 'Could you check in on my wife? She’s She's hearing voices.' Yeah, wait until that gets around.
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-->'''Mrs. Templeton:''' You went completely pale. You couldn’t catch your breath. It was as if you had seen a ghost.

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-->'''Mrs. Templeton:''' You went completely pale. You couldn’t couldn't catch your breath. It was as if you had seen a ghost.
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* MakeItLookLikeAnAccident: [[spoiler: Norman first attempts to invoke this trope by claiming that Madison killed herself after he broke off the relationship. Then when he admits that he killed her, he still tried to invoke it by placing her body into her car and rolling it into the lake. He intends to make Claire's death look like a suicide as well.]]

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* MakeItLookLikeAnAccident: [[spoiler: Norman first attempts to invoke this trope by claiming claims that Madison killed herself after he broke off the relationship. Then when he admits that he killed her, he still tried to invoke do it by placing her body into her car and rolling it into the lake. He intends to make Claire's death look like a suicide as well.]]

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