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* CruelTwistEnding: ''Unleashed'' had a number of these where the protagonists think they've overcome or survived the horror pursuing them, only for it to claim them shortly afterwards. ''Scissorman'' and ''The Hanging Tree'' are arguably the cruellest.
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* CruelTwistEnding: ''Unleashed'' had a number of these where the protagonists think they've overcome or survived the horror pursuing them, only for it to claim them shortly afterwards. ''Scissorman'' and afterwards.
** ''The Hanging Tree''are arguably ends with [[spoiler: Willow and her new boyfriend heading off to college and then going for a drive through the cruellest. new tunnel built in place of the road that would have gone through the forest. As they go through, they see the villainous abbot in the rearview mirror and fatally crash in the wall, with the abbot revealing he intends to start the cycle over, so this is only going to be the first of many crashes in that tunnel.]]
** ''Scissorman'' reveals [[spoiler: stepmother Fiona is the titular monster. She serves the protagonists' pet rabbits for tea and then terrifies them into being good, obedient children.]]
** ''The Hanging Tree''
** ''Scissorman'' reveals [[spoiler: stepmother Fiona is the titular monster. She serves the protagonists' pet rabbits for tea and then terrifies them into being good, obedient children.]]
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* FolkHorror: Some of the ''Unleashed'' titles fell into this.
** ''The Vanished'' spends a lot of time on local folklore via the school newspaper's new column Psi Files. There are many horror stories told about the local woodlands to explain why children keep disappearing, and there is even an IronicNurseryRhyme about the Seven Steps, which are said to cause your death if you descend them. [[spoiler: It turns out the steps are real and lead to a TunnelNetwork, and are full of vampiric children that always seek to add to their numbers.]]
** A good chunk of ''Darker'' is Nick researching the history of his town, which has a history of the local kids turning into violent delinquents for no apparent reason. [[spoiler: It turns out to be the influence of the titular entity, who demands a sacrifice and uses the local kids getting out of hand to pull this off. Nick is only spared because his employer stepped in to save him and seal Darker away.]]
** ''The Bogle'' is essentially a Scottish bogeyman. If one is touched by it on the dark of the moon, then one is likely to die before the next dark of the moon. [[spoiler: The only reason Johnny lasted as long as he did was because Peter was unable to get the potion needed to Morag in time, resulting in it getting her as well.]]
** ''The Vanished'' spends a lot of time on local folklore via the school newspaper's new column Psi Files. There are many horror stories told about the local woodlands to explain why children keep disappearing, and there is even an IronicNurseryRhyme about the Seven Steps, which are said to cause your death if you descend them. [[spoiler: It turns out the steps are real and lead to a TunnelNetwork, and are full of vampiric children that always seek to add to their numbers.]]
** A good chunk of ''Darker'' is Nick researching the history of his town, which has a history of the local kids turning into violent delinquents for no apparent reason. [[spoiler: It turns out to be the influence of the titular entity, who demands a sacrifice and uses the local kids getting out of hand to pull this off. Nick is only spared because his employer stepped in to save him and seal Darker away.]]
** ''The Bogle'' is essentially a Scottish bogeyman. If one is touched by it on the dark of the moon, then one is likely to die before the next dark of the moon. [[spoiler: The only reason Johnny lasted as long as he did was because Peter was unable to get the potion needed to Morag in time, resulting in it getting her as well.]]
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* BodyHorror: Mandy's vision in ''Fright Train'' features [[spoiler: her witnessing her body collapsing on itself as her muscles tear apart and her internal organs start failing. Given she prides herself on her beauty and athleticism, this is quite easily [[YourWorstNightmare Your Worst Nightmare]] in addition to showing her exactly what the athletes she was training had to go through due to the drugs she gave them.]]
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* FromNobodyToNightmare: Peter from ''Scissorman'' starts out as a well mannered, if timid eight year boy who's bullied horrendously by his older stepsiblings. However when they rope their friend Dig into pretending to be the titular monster, he rapidly turns into a horror- starting by beating up a classmate who reassured him that all the horrible things his stepsiblings were not true. [[spoiler: And when he learns his mother is the Scissorman and he's like to be one as well, he's only likely to get worse from there.]]
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* PiranhaProblem: In ''The Hitchhiker'', James, Christine and Terri are threatened to be [[spoiler:thrown into a pond full of piranhas by Art, the son of the old man the two girls killed in a hit-and-run accident. Art [[HoistByHisOwnPetard himself ends up inside the pond and gets devoured]].]]
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* ParentalAbandonment: Happened to [[spoiler: Lannie in ''Freeze Tag.'' Her parents split up so Lannie ends up with her mother and new stepfather. Lannie's mother runs off somewhere so she goes to live with her father and stepmother. Then Lannie's father abandons her so her stepmother takes her back to live with her stepfather as she doesn't want her. Her stepfather thus becomes her guardian because there's no one else to do the job- and even he's only putting in a half hearted effort.]]
* PiranhaProblem: In ''The Hitchhiker'', James, Christine and Terri are threatened to be[[spoiler:thrown [[spoiler: thrown into a pond full of piranhas by Art, the son of the old man the two girls killed in a hit-and-run accident. Art [[HoistByHisOwnPetard himself ends up inside the pond and gets devoured]].]]
* PiranhaProblem: In ''The Hitchhiker'', James, Christine and Terri are threatened to be
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* ChekhovsGunman: ''Fright Train.'' Darren and Vicky accidently bump into a couple named Baz and Shel as they rush to catch their train. Shel hands them their tickets as a goodwill gesture, despite Baz's protests. [[spoiler: It turns out ''they'' were supposed to be on the train, instead of Darren and Vicky. To make matters worse, the duo is a pair of thrill killers, with the seemingly nice and patient Shel being the ''worse'' out of the two.]]
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** ''Dedicated to the One I Love'' from ''Thirteen Tales of Horror'' reveals [[spoiler: Marla and her friends intended to leave their ex, Richie, stranded in the middle of a swamp after they discovered he was cheating on all three of them, and then had the nerve to ask them to drive him to the airport. They sped off not realizing his tie was stuck in the car door.]]
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* AccidentalMurder: ''Dedicated to the One I Love'' from ''Thirteen Tales of Horror'' reveals [[spoiler: Marla and her friends intended to leave their ex, Richie, stranded in the middle of a swamp after they discovered he was cheating on all three of them, and then had the nerve to ask them to drive him to the airport. They sped off not realizing his tie was stuck in the car door.]]
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* AccidentalMurder: ''Dedicated Happens a few times.
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**''Dedicated to the One I Love'' from ''Thirteen Tales of Horror'' reveals [[spoiler: Marla and her friends intended to leave their ex, Richie, stranded in the middle of a swamp after they discovered he was cheating on all three of them, and then had the nerve to ask them to drive him to the airport. They sped off not realizing his tie was stuck in the car door.]]
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** A couple of the passengers aboard the ''Fright Train'' have this as their backstory. [[spoiler: Simon burned down one of his warehouses but the security guard on duty died in the fire. Mandy gave new, experimental performance enhancing drugs to the athletes she was training- only for the drugs to kill them.]]
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* DrivenToSuicide: ''Fright Train'' highlights this as [[spoiler: part of Greg's backstory. He bullied a co-worker so badly the man slit his own wrist. Not even his family calling for him was enough to dissuade him from this action. Greg witnesses the suicide in his vision ''in first person.''']]
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* DomesticAbuse: Comes up in ''Amy'' courtesy of the titular character's father. [[spoiler: This becomes a major factor in Amy's death as her mother accidently killed her while trying to shield her from her father's wrath.]]
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** ''Unleashed'' title ''Amy'' reveals [[spoiler: Amy's mother Cassandra knocked her down the stairs while trying to hide her from her abusive father, accidently breaking her neck. Believing she has accidently killed her daughter; she tossed her body in the nearest bog, which is what actually killed her. Fortunately, Amy possesses protagonist Annie to tell her mother she knows it was an accident and that she forgives her.]]
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* AccidentalMurder: ''Dedicated to the One I Love'' from ''Thirteen Tales of Horror reveals [[spoiler: Marla and her friends intended to leave their ex, Richie, stranded in the middle of a swamp after they discovered he was cheating on all three of them, and then had the nerve to ask them to drive him to the airport. They sped off not realizing his tie was stuck in the car door.]]
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* AdultsAreUseless: A common trope throughout the series. Parents are constantly going away on long distance trips or vacations, leaving the teenage protagonists to combat whatever horror is facing them [[AdultFear alone]].
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* IronicEcho: "When you let the Scissorman in, he never goes away again." First said by Stu to terrify Peter after he and Jane convince their friend Dig to dress as the monster. Then said by [[spoiler: Fiona at the end when she reveals that she is the Scissorman and serves them their pet rabbits for tea.]]
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* NastyParty: ''The Invitation'' starts out with a non-lethal version of the trope as the Alpha Bitch lures in five unpopular students so she can entertain the other guests with a people hunt. Unfortunately one uninvited guest turns it into a straighter example of this trope by moving the unpopular kids to more lethal locations.
** ''Eve's Party'' [[spoiler: has this as the backstory. The titular Eve threw a birthday party where she poisoned all of the village's children, save the ones who were too ill to attend. She returns and intends to repeat the process, targeting the survivors and their grandchildren.]]
** ''Eve's Party'' [[spoiler: has this as the backstory. The titular Eve threw a birthday party where she poisoned all of the village's children, save the ones who were too ill to attend. She returns and intends to repeat the process, targeting the survivors and their grandchildren.]]
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* OurVampiresAreDifferent: ''Blood Sinister'' from ''Unleashed'' plays with this a little bit. The diary entries in the first half of the story paint the picture of such a stereotypical vampire that Ellen, the protagonist reading them makes the connection instantly. In the second half of the book the same vampire reveals he's changed tactics when he's revealed to be a doctor at the hospital Ellen is admitted to. Instead of draining her directly from the neck, he opts for a long distance and more subtle option.
** The vampire in the trilogy consisting of ''The Cheerleader'', ''The Return of the Vampire'' and ''The Vampire's Promise''. He's hideous and feels like a rotting corpse when the protagonists touch him. Similarly he's more of a [[DealWithTheDevil Deal with the Devil]] type who offers people their heart's desire in exchange for being given victims.
* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: ''Moonchildren'' and ''In Spirit''. In the former, the titular Moonchildren have wolf-like eyes from puberty onwards and shapeshift into wolves at will to satisfy their urges. In the latter, the lobisomen (or wolf-woman) has eyeless sockets and only targets women and girls who belong to the same bloodline to ensure that bloodline is extinguished.
** The vampire in the trilogy consisting of ''The Cheerleader'', ''The Return of the Vampire'' and ''The Vampire's Promise''. He's hideous and feels like a rotting corpse when the protagonists touch him. Similarly he's more of a [[DealWithTheDevil Deal with the Devil]] type who offers people their heart's desire in exchange for being given victims.
* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: ''Moonchildren'' and ''In Spirit''. In the former, the titular Moonchildren have wolf-like eyes from puberty onwards and shapeshift into wolves at will to satisfy their urges. In the latter, the lobisomen (or wolf-woman) has eyeless sockets and only targets women and girls who belong to the same bloodline to ensure that bloodline is extinguished.
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* PragmaticHero: Willow from ''Unleashed'' title ''The Hanging Tree'' due to having a forgetful, [[NewAgeRetroHippie New Age Retro Hippie]] mother. It's most notable at the end when it's revealed the bulldozers are set to demolish the forest a few days earlier than scheduled. Willow advises against telling the protestors so they all get a good night's sleep instead of getting drunk and high, thus being less effective at protecting the non-harmful trees.
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* LateArrivalSpoiler: The back blurb for the combined edition of both ''Halloween Night'' books gives away that [[spoiler: Dina is the killer in the first book]]/
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* LateArrivalSpoiler: The back blurb for the combined edition of both ''Halloween Night'' books (as well as ''Halloween Night II'' itself gives away that [[spoiler: Dina is the killer in the first book]]/book]].
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''Point Horror'' was a [[LongRunner long-running]] line of horror novels published from [[TheEighties 1986]] until [[TurnOfTheMillennium 2005]], similar to the likes of ''{{Literature/Goosebumps}}'' (it was where their author, Creator/RLStine, got his start) but aimed at a slightly older teenage[=/=]{{young adult|Literature}} audience. It was an imprint of Scholastic, the American publisher of numerous young adult and children's books as well as educational materials. Authors that published under the ''Point Horror'' label include the aforementioned Stine, Diane Hoh, Richie Tankersley Cusick, Creator/ChristopherPike, and Caroline B. Cooney[[note]]Fans of Cooney's Literature/LosingChristina series may be interested to know that it was actually released under the Point Horror line originally.[[/note]].
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''Point Horror'' was a [[LongRunner long-running]] line of horror novels published from [[TheEighties 1986]] until [[TurnOfTheMillennium 2005]], similar to the likes of ''{{Literature/Goosebumps}}'' (it was where their author, Creator/RLStine, got his start) but aimed at a slightly older teenage[=/=]{{young adult|Literature}} audience. It was an imprint of Scholastic, the American publisher of numerous young adult and children's books as well as educational materials. Authors that published under the ''Point Horror'' label include the aforementioned Stine, Diane Hoh, Richie Tankersley Cusick, Creator/ChristopherPike, and Caroline B. Cooney[[note]]Fans Creator/CarolineBCooney[[note]]Fans of Cooney's Literature/LosingChristina series may be interested to know that it was actually released under the Point Horror line originally.[[/note]].
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** Martha is harassed by these calls in "Trick or Treat" by Richie Tankersley Cusick, all threatening her with impending death.
** In Richie Tankersley Cusick's "The Mall", Trish is followed by a StalkerWithACrush who calls ''her'' on the mall payphones to tell her that he's watching her.
** Martha is harassed by these calls in "Trick or Treat" by Richie Tankersley Cusick, all threatening her with impending death.
** In Richie Tankersley Cusick's "The Mall", Trish is followed by a StalkerWithACrush who calls ''her'' on the mall payphones to tell her that he's watching her.
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* BittersweetEnding: ''Unleashed'' title ''Lowlake''. [[spoiler: Yes, the protagonists get their father back from the ghost children haunting their house and move away as a result... but the ghost children are still left without ''their'' father and refuse to move on because they promised to wait for him. If anything, narrator Amanda is more heartbroken for them than angry.]]
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* DramaticIrony: The ending of ''Fright Train'' from ''Unleashed''. [[spoiler: Darren and Vicky wake up in the hospital with no memory of what happened. They read about the crash in the newspaper and feel guilty because they made fun of the passengers who died by giving them silly nicknames. Given these people are now all in Hell due to being responsible for at least one death in their lives, a silly nickname is going to be the least of their problems.]]
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* LaserGuidedAmnesia: Happens a couple of times in ''Unleashed.''
** ''Scissorman'': [[spoiler: In the second half of the book (called "The Haunting"), Stu and Jane's friend Douglas 'Dig' Delaney is absent from school and then reported missing. He turns up seemingly unharmed at the end of the book but cannot remember anything after helping them torment their little brother. He just knows something horrible happened to him and he would be better off not remembering it.]]
** ''Fright Train'' concludes with [[spoiler: Darren and Vicky in hospital, recovering from a horrific train crash that claimed the lives of all the other passengers in the carriage with them. Darren notes their birth certificates were found on scene and have a burned handprint on the back of them. Like Dig, they know ''something'' happened (see Dramatic Irony above) but decide they would be better off not remembering what happened.]]
** ''Scissorman'': [[spoiler: In the second half of the book (called "The Haunting"), Stu and Jane's friend Douglas 'Dig' Delaney is absent from school and then reported missing. He turns up seemingly unharmed at the end of the book but cannot remember anything after helping them torment their little brother. He just knows something horrible happened to him and he would be better off not remembering it.]]
** ''Fright Train'' concludes with [[spoiler: Darren and Vicky in hospital, recovering from a horrific train crash that claimed the lives of all the other passengers in the carriage with them. Darren notes their birth certificates were found on scene and have a burned handprint on the back of them. Like Dig, they know ''something'' happened (see Dramatic Irony above) but decide they would be better off not remembering what happened.]]
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* NobleDemon: [[spoiler: Fiona, the titular ''Scissorman''. After she hears of what her new stepchildren and their friend did to her son, she terrorises them in response to [[ScareEmStraight Scare Em Straight]]. And she ultimately uses this knowledge to calm her own son's nerves after the prank. Her methods might be extreme but she certainly stopped the bullying.]]
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* IronicNurseryRhyme: ''The Vanished'' has one about finding the town's Seven Steps, with local folklore stating those who find and descend them would die before reaching the seventh.[[spoiler: The steps turn out to be real and mark the entrance to the [[TunnelNetwork Tunnel Network]] beneath the town.
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** Averted in some of the ''Unleashed'' titles.
***''Amy'' has all the adults in the story heavily involved with trying to solve the mystery of the titular character's disappearance when the protagonist's grandmother sees her run off with her.
***''The Bogle'' has the witch Jeannie MacClure who gives the protagonists everything they need to defeat the monster.
***''Darker'' has two useful adults in the form of Nick's father (who urges him to give things a chance with Carys and tells him of his brush with Darker's influence in the sixties) and his employer (who uses a spell to banish the evil spirit, saving Nick's life).
***''Amy'' has all the adults in the story heavily involved with trying to solve the mystery of the titular character's disappearance when the protagonist's grandmother sees her run off with her.
***''The Bogle'' has the witch Jeannie MacClure who gives the protagonists everything they need to defeat the monster.
***''Darker'' has two useful adults in the form of Nick's father (who urges him to give things a chance with Carys and tells him of his brush with Darker's influence in the sixties) and his employer (who uses a spell to banish the evil spirit, saving Nick's life).
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* FreudianExcuse: Lannie from ''Freeze Tag''. [[spoiler:Her parents pay their dog more attention than her. When they divorce, Lannie initially lives with her mother and new stepfather, until her mother ditches him. After that she lives with her father and new stepmother- only for him to abandon them both with her stepmother outright stating she doesn't want Lannie around.]] You can see why she's so resentful of others and desperate for West's love. [[spoiler: It's also why Meghan chooses to save her from freezing to death in the end.]]
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* {{Spinoff}}: The series had a couple, such as the aforementioned ''Point Horror Unleashed'' or the ''Nightmare Hall'' series, about a cursed college dormitory.
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* AmbiguouslyGay: Tristan from Followers. While his sexuality is never confirmed, he is certainly flamboyant enough to fit the role.
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* AmbiguouslyBi: In ''Funhouse'', Tess's description of her best friend, Gina, gives off shades of this:
--> "Gina dated a lot. Because everyone, girls and guys, liked to be around her."
* AmbiguouslyGay: Tristan fromFollowers.''Followers''. While his sexuality is never confirmed, he is certainly flamboyant enough to fit the role.
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''Point Horror'' was a [[LongRunner long-running]] line of horror novels published from [[TheEighties 1986]] until [[TurnOfTheMillennium 2005]], similar to the likes of ''{{Literature/Goosebumps}}'' (it was where their author, Creator/RLStine, got his start) but aimed at a slightly older teenage[=/=]{{young adult|Literature}} audience. It was an imprint of Scholastic, the American publisher of numerous young adult and children's books as well as educational materials. Authors that published under the ''Point Horror'' label include the aforementioned Stine, Diane Hoh, Richie Tankersley Cusick, Creator/ChristopherPike, and Caroline B. Cooney.
Cooney[[note]]Fans of Cooney's Literature/LosingChristina series may be interested to know that it was actually released under the Point Horror line originally.[[/note]].
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