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* KneelPushTrip: Sean and Patrick use a variant to defeat the Shining Man: Patrick gets on hands and knees behind the Shining Man, and Sean, who is a star Little League pitcher, grabs a handy baseball-size item and throws it at the Shining Man as hard as he can. The Shining Man stumbles backward from the impact, then falls over Sean and through a magical doorway, and becomes trapped on the other side.
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* TragicMonster: "The Bad Thing", was once a child.
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** In general, there is the fact that the Hastings children are stalked by people who want to hurt them. Gabby is nearly raped by the "shining man" and it's heavily implied that he wants to do the same with Patrick and Sean.
** Patrick becomes horribly ill, and the doctors are mystified and unable to help.
** In general, there is the fact that the Hastings children are stalked by people who want to hurt them. Gabby is nearly raped by the "shining man" and it's heavily implied that he wants to do the same with Patrick and Sean.
** Patrick becomes horribly ill, and the doctors are mystified and unable to help.
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* WouldHurtAChild: In general, there is the fact that the Hastings children are stalked by people who want to hurt them. Gabby is nearly raped by the "shining man" and it's heavily implied that he wants to do the same with Patrick and Sean.
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** In general, there is the fact that the Hastings children are stalked by people who want to hurt them. Gabby is nearly raped by the "shining man" and it's heavily implied that he wants to do the same with Patrick and Sean.
** Patrick becomes horribly ill, and the doctors are mystified and unable tohelp help.
** In general, there is the fact that the Hastings children are stalked by people who want to hurt them. Gabby is nearly raped by the "shining man" and it's heavily implied that he wants to do the same with Patrick and Sean.
** Patrick becomes horribly ill, and the doctors are mystified and unable to
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Faerie Tale is a novel by Creator/RaymondEFeist, Published in 1988.
Screenwriter Phil Hastings and his wife Gloria move back to his hometown with his teenaged daughter Gabby and their twin sons Sean and Patrick, where he hopes to focus on his efforts as a novelist. Gabby is initially upset to be pulled away from California to the backwoods of upstate New York, but a handsome neighbor begins to change her mind, while Sean and Patrick are thrilled by the woodlot and wliderness nearby to explore. As the family settles into their new home, strange things begin to happen, and evidence piles up that the previous owner was involved in mysterious happenings. Now the pact that holds the Faerie Court in check is nearing its end, and unless the Hastings family can learn what's happening and how to renew it, they will be the first victims.
Screenwriter Phil Hastings and his wife Gloria move back to his hometown with his teenaged daughter Gabby and their twin sons Sean and Patrick, where he hopes to focus on his efforts as a novelist. Gabby is initially upset to be pulled away from California to the backwoods of upstate New York, but a handsome neighbor begins to change her mind, while Sean and Patrick are thrilled by the woodlot and wliderness nearby to explore. As the family settles into their new home, strange things begin to happen, and evidence piles up that the previous owner was involved in mysterious happenings. Now the pact that holds the Faerie Court in check is nearing its end, and unless the Hastings family can learn what's happening and how to renew it, they will be the first victims.
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Screenwriter Phil Hastings and his wife Gloria move back to his hometown with his teenaged daughter Gabby and their twin sons Sean and Patrick, where he hopes to focus on his efforts as a novelist. Gabby is initially upset to be pulled away from California to the backwoods of upstate New York, but a handsome neighbor begins to change her mind, while Sean and Patrick are thrilled by the woodlot and
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* KilledToUpholdTheMasquerade[[spoiler:this is subverted: the guy who figures out what's going on ''expects'' to be killed, but the AncientTradition people tell him not to be so melodramatic and give him LaserGuidedAmnesia instead]].
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* KilledToUpholdTheMasquerade[[spoiler:this is subverted: the KilledToUpholdTheMasquerade: [[spoiler:Subverted. The guy who figures out what's going on ''expects'' to be killed, but the AncientTradition people tell him not to be so melodramatic and give him LaserGuidedAmnesia instead]].instead]].
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Faerie Tale is a novel by Raymond E. Feist, Published in 1988.
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Faerie Tale is a novel by Raymond E. Feist, Creator/RaymondEFeist, Published in 1988.
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Screenwriter Phil Hastings moves back to his hometown with his teenaged daughter Gabby, her stepmother Gloria, and their twin sons Sean and Patrick, where he hopes to focus on his efforts as a novelist. Gabby is initially upset to be pulled away from California to the backwoods of upstate New York, but a handsome neighbor begins to change her mind, while Sean and Patrick are thrilled by the woodlot and wliderness nearby to explore. As the family settles into their new home, strange things begin to happen, and evidence piles up that the previous owner was involved in mysterious happenings. Now the pact that holds the Faerie Court in check is nearing its end, and unless the Hastings family can learn what's happening and how to renew it, they will be the first victims.
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Screenwriter Phil Hastings moves and his wife Gloria move back to his hometown with his teenaged daughter Gabby, her stepmother Gloria, Gabby and their twin sons Sean and Patrick, where he hopes to focus on his efforts as a novelist. Gabby is initially upset to be pulled away from California to the backwoods of upstate New York, but a handsome neighbor begins to change her mind, while Sean and Patrick are thrilled by the woodlot and wliderness nearby to explore. As the family settles into their new home, strange things begin to happen, and evidence piles up that the previous owner was involved in mysterious happenings. Now the pact that holds the Faerie Court in check is nearing its end, and unless the Hastings family can learn what's happening and how to renew it, they will be the first victims.
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* AdultFear: Patrick becomes horribly ill, and the doctors are mystified and unable to help [[spoiler: He's been replaced by a changeling]].
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* AdultFear: Patrick becomes horribly ill, and the doctors are mystified and unable to help [[spoiler: He's been help
* ChangelingTale: Patrick is taken away by "the shining man" and replaced by achangeling]].changeling. The family takes the false child to the hospital, and there is a chilling description of the changeling's behavior, and how modern medicine attempts to explain it (that his brain was damaged by fever, that they don't understand how his brain could look like it does under an MRI)
* TheFairFolk: Drive the plot. The good elves are dangerous and the evil ones are planning a [[KillAllHumans genocidal war]], and the Hastings' new home is at the center of it.
* KilledToUpholdTheMasquerade[[spoiler:this is subverted: the guy who figures out what's going on ''expects'' to be killed, but the AncientTradition people tell him not to be so melodramatic and give him LaserGuidedAmnesia instead]].
* ChangelingTale: Patrick is taken away by "the shining man" and replaced by a
* TheFairFolk: Drive the plot. The good elves are dangerous and the evil ones are planning a [[KillAllHumans genocidal war]], and the Hastings' new home is at the center of it.
* KilledToUpholdTheMasquerade[[spoiler:this is subverted: the guy who figures out what's going on ''expects'' to be killed, but the AncientTradition people tell him not to be so melodramatic and give him LaserGuidedAmnesia instead]].
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Plot intro: (from wikipedia)
Phil Hastings and his family have just moved back to his hometown in upstate NY for some much needed peace and quiet from the Hollywood scene. As Phil's twins, Sean and Patrick, soon discover, there is more to their new home than was expected. Gloria, their mother, senses something, but simply dismisses her concern as stress from their recent move. Gabbie, their older half-sister, meets the man of her dreams, but also is tempted by other men. Deep in the woods, The Bad Thing and his Master are ready to break free of the centuries old compact made to keep the Faerie world and the Human world at peace. Only through believing the insane and impossible can they save both worlds from colliding again.
Phil Hastings and his family have just moved back to his hometown in upstate NY for some much needed peace and quiet from the Hollywood scene. As Phil's twins, Sean and Patrick, soon discover, there is more to their new home than was expected. Gloria, their mother, senses something, but simply dismisses her concern as stress from their recent move. Gabbie, their older half-sister, meets the man of her dreams, but also is tempted by other men. Deep in the woods, The Bad Thing and his Master are ready to break free of the centuries old compact made to keep the Faerie world and the Human world at peace. Only through believing the insane and impossible can they save both worlds from colliding again.
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Plot intro: (from wikipedia)
Phil Hastings and his family have just moved back to his hometown in upstate NY for some much needed peace and quiet from the Hollywood scene. As Phil's twins, Sean and Patrick, soon discover, there is more to their new home than was expected. Gloria, their mother, senses something, but simply dismisses her concern as stress from their recent move. Gabbie, their older half-sister, meets the man of her dreams, but also is tempted by other men. Deep in the woods, The Bad Thing and his Master are ready to break free of the centuries old compact made to keep the Faerie world and the Human world at peace. Only through believing the insane and impossible can they save both worlds from colliding again.
Plot intro: (from wikipedia)
Phil Hastings and his family have just moved back to his hometown in upstate NY for some much needed peace and quiet from the Hollywood scene. As Phil's twins, Sean and Patrick, soon discover, there is more to their new home than was expected. Gloria, their mother, senses something, but simply dismisses her concern as stress from their recent move. Gabbie, their older half-sister, meets the man of her dreams, but also is tempted by other men. Deep in the woods, The Bad Thing and his Master are ready to break free of the centuries old compact made to keep the Faerie world and the Human world at peace. Only through believing the insane and impossible can they save both worlds from colliding again.
