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* EitherOrTitle: ''The Birthday Party, or, [[spoiler:The Memory Lucy Suppressed From Her Seventh Birthday That Wasn't Really Her Mom's Fault (Even Though Her Therapist Says It's Probably Why She Fears Intimacy)''.]]
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* LongTitle: [[spoiler:Its actual EitherOrTitle. ''The Birthday Party, or, The Memory Lucy Suppressed From Her Seventh Birthday That Wasn't Really Her Mom's Fault (Even Though Her Therapist Says It's Probably Why She Fears Intimacy)''.]]
* NeverMyFault: Mary brushes off comments from her daughter's therapist that state she's the reason for Lucy's anxiety. [[spoiler:The LongTitle also implies she'll feel this way after her daughter is scarred for life, when it would have been easier to just call the police.]]
* NeverMyFault: Mary brushes off comments from her daughter's therapist that state she's the reason for Lucy's anxiety. [[spoiler:The LongTitle also implies she'll feel this way after her daughter is scarred for life, when it would have been easier to just call the police.]]
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* KillEmAll: [[spoiler:[[DownerEnding None of the cast survive the events of this segment]].]]
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* {{Determinator}}: Mary absolutely refuses to let her husband's suicide ruin Lucy's birthday.
* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: David's body is eventually discovered, and the title cards imply that it [[HarmfulToMinors scarred Lucy for life]].]]
* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: David's body is eventually discovered, and the title cards imply that it [[HarmfulToMinors scarred Lucy for life]].]]
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* {{Determinator}}: Mary absolutely refuses to let her husband's suicide ruin Lucy's birthday.
birthday, going to increasingly desperate and outlandish lengths to hide the body.
* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: David's body is eventuallydiscovered, discovered and the title cards imply that it [[HarmfulToMinors scarred Lucy for life]].]]
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* HarmfulToMinors: What Mary is trying to prevent. [[spoiler: She fails. [[CrowdPanic Spectacularly]].]]
* INeedAFreakingDrink: After hiding David in [[spoiler: a panda-suit]] just as the guests arrive, Mary pours his flask into her drink.
* INeedAFreakingDrink: After hiding David in [[spoiler: a panda-suit]] just as the guests arrive, Mary pours his flask into her drink.
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* HarmfulToMinors: What Mary is trying to prevent.prevent; she doesn't want her young daughter and the other kids at the party to see her husband's body and be traumatized. [[spoiler: She fails. [[CrowdPanic Spectacularly]].]]
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** After hiding David in [[spoiler: a panda-suit]] just as the guests arrive, Mary pours his flask into her drink.
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** After hiding David in [[spoiler: a panda-suit]] just as the guests arrive, Mary pours his flask into her drink.
* JustEatGilligan: The entire plot could have been avoided if Mary had just called the police about her husband's suicide and didn't touch his body, though this is somewhat justified as a case of her being a ControlFreak who is aware she's causing her young daughter distress and, in a nonsensical way, [[NiceJobBreakingItHero doesn't want to make it worse]].
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* OddballInTheSeries: Unlike the other segments, this one [[spoiler: is a BlackComedy]].
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* OddballInTheSeries: Unlike the other segments, this one [[spoiler: is a BlackComedy]].BlackComedy more than a horror; there is NoAntagonist or real danger (save the danger of potential childhood trauma), with the source of the conflict being Mary trying to avoid anyone finding her husband's body during their kid's party.
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* CrusadingWidower: [[spoiler: When her family finally starves to death, Susan becomes determined to find the man with the box.]]
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* CrusadingWidower: CrusadingWidow: [[spoiler: When her family finally starves to death, Susan becomes determined to find the man with the box.]]
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* StealthSequel: [[spoiler:To [[Film/RosemarysBaby Rosemary's Baby]], although it barely tries to hide it.]]
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* StealthSequel: [[spoiler:To [[Film/RosemarysBaby ''[[Film/RosemarysBaby Rosemary's Baby]], Baby]]'', although it barely tries to hide it.]]
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* OddballInTheSeries: Unlike the other segments, this one [[spoiler: is a BlackComedy]].
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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: OnlySaneMan Jay takes one look at Demon!Gretchen and immediately tries to leave in the van. [[spoiler: It doesn't help.]]
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[=XX=] is a Horror AnthologyFilm directed by Roxanne Benjamin, Sofia Carrillo, Creator/KarynKusama, Music/StVincent, and Jovanka Vuckovic. It stars Natalie Brown, Melanie Lynskey, Breeda Wool, and Christina Kirk. The main gimmick of the movie was that all of the four segments were directed by women.
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[=XX=] is a Horror AnthologyFilm directed by Roxanne Benjamin, Sofia Carrillo, Creator/KarynKusama, Music/StVincent, and Jovanka Vuckovic. It stars Natalie Brown, Melanie Lynskey, Creator/NatalieBrown, Creator/MelanieLynskey, Breeda Wool, and Christina Kirk. The main gimmick of the movie was that all of the four segments were directed by women.
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* AdultFear: Out of the four segments, three of them (The Box, The Birthday Party, and Her Only Living Son) portray a mother as a protagonist dealing with a calamity befalling her family.
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[=XX=] is a Horror AnthologyFilm directed by Roxanne Benjamin, Sofia Carrillo, Creator/KarynKusama, St. Vincent, Music/StVincent, and Jovanka Vuckovic. It stars Natalie Brown, Melanie Lynskey, Breeda Wool, and Christina Kirk. The main gimmick of the movie was that all of the four segments were directed by women.
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Not to be confused with ''Film/{{XXX}}''
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Not to be confused with ''Film/{{XXX}}''
''Film/XXx''
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* '''The Birthday Party''': Mary (Melanie Lynskey) was setting up a birthday party for her daughter Lucy. However, things took a turn for the worse when her husband had committed suicide. She would have to hide the body so it doesn't ruin the party.
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* '''The Birthday Party''': Mary (Melanie Lynskey) was setting up a birthday party for her daughter Lucy. However, things took a turn for the worse when she finds out her husband had committed suicide. She would have to hide the body so it doesn't ruin the party.
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* '''Her Only Living Son''': A single mother, Cora, had to deal with her troubled teenage son, Andy. However, she soon find out said son was a spawn of Satan himself.
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* '''Her Only Living Son''': A single mother, Cora, had to deal with her troubled teenage son, Andy. However, she soon find finds out said son was a spawn of Satan himself.
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* AdultFear: Out of the four segments, three of them (The Box, The Birthday Party, and Her Only Living Son) portray a mother as a protagonist dealing with a calamity befalling on her family.
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* AdultFear: Out of the four segments, three of them (The Box, The Birthday Party, and Her Only Living Son) portray a mother as a protagonist dealing with a calamity befalling on her family.
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** Mary's nightmare, where a large chunk of flesh has been carved from her leg.
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** Mary's Susan's nightmare, where a large chunk of flesh has been carved from her leg.leg and arm.
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* CreepyChild: Danny after peeking inside the man's red box, and his sister too after he passes on the secret. Especially creepy during Mary's nightmare about the family eating her for dinner.
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* CreepyChild: Danny after peeking inside the man's red box, and his sister too after he passes on the secret. Especially creepy during Mary's Susan's nightmare about the family eating her for dinner.
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* EatenAlive: Mary has a nightmare in which she carved up by her family, who then devour her flesh, all while she is still alive.
* EurekaMoment: When Danny hands Mary a box exactly like the one the man showed him, Mary realizes why he and the rest of her family have stopped eating.
* EurekaMoment: When Danny hands Mary a box exactly like the one the man showed him, Mary realizes why he and the rest of her family have stopped eating.
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* EatenAlive: Mary Susan has a nightmare in which she is carved up by her family, who then devour her flesh, all while she is still alive.
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* EurekaMoment: When Danny handsMary Susan a box exactly like the one the man showed him, Mary Susan realizes why he and the rest of her family have stopped eating.
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* ImAHumanitarian: Mary has a nightmare where she is being consumed by her family.
* NightmareSequence: Mary suffers a nightmare where she's [[ImAHumanitarian cannibalized by her family at the dinner table]].
* NightmareSequence: Mary suffers a nightmare where she's [[ImAHumanitarian cannibalized by her family at the dinner table]].
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* ImAHumanitarian: Mary Susan has a nightmare where she is being consumed by her family.
* NightmareSequence:Mary Susan suffers a nightmare where she's [[ImAHumanitarian cannibalized by her family at the dinner table]].
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* BedsheetGhost: After a PottyFailure ruins Lucy's first costume, Mary creates her a new costume as a bedsheet ghost.
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* BedsheetGhost: After a PottyFailure ruins Lucy's first costume, Mary creates makes her a new costume as a bedsheet ghost.
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* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: David's body is eventually discovered, and the title implies that it [[HarmfulToMinors scarred Lucy for life]].]]
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* OfCorpseHesAlive: [[spoiler:Mary dresses her husband's corpse in a panda suit and props it up the head of the table]]. The charade lasts for a remarkably long time.
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* DangerousKeyFumble: Jay drops the keys to the RV when he goes back to rescue Jess. He has to go back and attempt to retrieve them from under the broken window that Gretchen is lurking outside.
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* DangerousKeyFumble: Jay drops the keys to the RV when he goes back to rescue Jess. He has to go back and attempt to retrieve them from under the broken window that where Gretchen is lurking outside.
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* AdultsAreUseless: After Andy violently attacks another student and sends her to the emergency room, the school refuses to do anything, even going so far as to blame the victim. [[spoiler:As they're in the same cult as Chet is.]]
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* AdultsAreUseless: After Andy violently attacks another student and sends her to the emergency room, the school refuses to do anything, even going so far as to blame the victim. [[spoiler:As victim, [[spoiler:as they're in the same cult as Chet is.]]
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* TheAntichrist: [[spoiler:Andy is the offspring of Cora and Satan, destined to bring about an "empire of suffering".]]
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* TheAntichrist: [[spoiler:Andy is the offspring of Cora and Satan, destined to bring about an "empire of suffering".misery".]]
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* DeadAnimalWarning: The cult nails a dead squirrel to a tree outside Cora's home.
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* DeadAnimalWarning: The cult Andy nails a dead squirrel to a tree outside Cora's home.
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* DisappearedDad: Cora mentions that Andy's father had no interest in raising him, preferring to carouse around Hollywood with girlfriends. [[spoiler:Because he knows he's not a real father, and just sold Cora out for fame and fortune.]]
* {{Fingore}}: Andy is described as ripping [[NoodleIncident another student's fingernails off.]] [[spoiler:She's not his only victim, judging by the box of nails and fingertips under his bed.]]
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* DisappearedDad: Cora mentions that Andy's father had no interest in raising him, preferring to carouse around Hollywood with girlfriends. [[spoiler:Because he knows he's not a the real father, and just sold Cora out for fame and fortune.]]
* {{Fingore}}: Andy is described as ripping [[NoodleIncident another student's fingernails off.]][[spoiler:She's [[spoiler:She may not be his only victim, judging by the box of nails and fingertips under his bed.]]
* {{Fingore}}: Andy is described as ripping [[NoodleIncident another student's fingernails off.]]
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* ABirthdayNotABreak: Mary feels compelled to keep her husband's death a secret so as not to spoil their daughter's birthday.
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* LongTitle: [[spoiler:Its actual title. ''The Birthday Party, or, The Memory Lucy Suppressed From Her Seventh Birthday That Wasn't Really Her Mom's Fault (Even Though Her Therapist Says It's Probably Why She Fears Intimacy)''.]]
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* ArcWords: "Nothing."
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Robert hits an AngerBornOfWorry RageBreakingPoint when Danny refuses to eat pizza, his favorite food.
* AlcoholicParent: David has a whole shelf of alcohol in his office, along with a flask in his suit jacket, and he died with an empty glass in his hand.
* ControlFreak: Downplayed. Mary is implied to be one, to the detriment of Lucy, but she truly does love Lucy and doesn't want her birthday to be ruined.
** Clara, already exasperated by the party, takes a swig from David's supply when she thinks no one is around.
* JumpScare: To Mary, when Carla appears behind her out of nowhere.
* JumpScare: To Mary, when Carla appears behind her out of nowhere.
* NeverMyFault: Mary brushes off comments from her daughter's therapist that state she's the reason for Lucy's anxiety. [[spoiler:The LongTitle also implies she'll feel this way after her daughter is scarred for life, when it would have been easier to just call the police.]]
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* KillEmAll: [[spoiler:None of the cast survive the events of this segment.]]
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* KillEmAll: [[spoiler:None [[spoiler:[[DownerEnding None of the cast survive the events of this segment.segment]].]]
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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Andy and Cora both suffer painful deaths on his birthday, but both resist the lure of Satan's power and die together, affirming their love for each other.]]
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[=XX=] is a Horror AnthologyFilm directed by Roxanne Benjamin, Sofia Carrillo, Karyn Kusama, Creator/KarynKusama, St. Vincent, and Jovanka Vuckovic. It stars Natalie Brown, Melanie Lynskey, Breeda Wool, and Christina Kirk. The main gimmick of the movie was that all of the four segments were directed by women.
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* {{Fingore}}: Andy rips another student's fingernails off. [[spoiler:She's not his only victim, judging by the box of nails and fingertips under his bed.]]
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* {{Fingore}}: Andy rips is described as ripping [[NoodleIncident another student's fingernails off. off.]] [[spoiler:She's not his only victim, judging by the box of nails and fingertips under his bed.]]
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Not to be confused with ''Film/{{XXX}}''
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* HeartDrive: What the dollhouse is ultimately trying to find for it's friend.
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* HeartDrive: What the dollhouse is ultimately trying to find for it's its friend.
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* BodyHorror: Mary's nightmare, where a large chunk of flesh has been carved from her leg.
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** By Christmas, Danny is pretty emaciated from having gone without eating for so long.
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* [[spoiler: NothingIsScarier: We never find out what's in the box, who (or what) the man carrying it was, and why he showed it to Danny.]]
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* AntiAntichrist: [[spoiler:What Cora tries to persuade him to be. She succeeds, but they're both killed.]]
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* WindowPain: Gretchen throws [[spoiler:Paul]]'s body through the rear window of the RV.
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* CuriousityKilledTheCast: Danny should not have peeked inside that box. And the others should not have strived to find out from him what was in the box.
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* HollywoodGiftwrap: This is how the eponymous box is wrapped. Of course, there is a good chance [[TheSpook the man carrying the box]] wanted someone to look inside. And it is never revealed exactly who the box was a present for...
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* EatenAlive: Mary has a nightmare in which she carved up by her family, who then devour her flesh, all while she is still alive.
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* ImAHumanitarian: Mary has a nightmare where she is being consumed by her family.