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* A variation of this is shown in the ''[[{{ptitletanigjtzzgkp}} xxxHoLic]]'' movie, [[spoiler: although the host doesn't kill them, he simply "collects" them.]]

[[IThoughtItMeant Nothing to do with]] the Conservative Party of Great Britain, occasionally known as "the nasty party" by its critics.

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Compare ReunionRevenge, AFeteWorseThanDeath, BoardToDeath and TenLittleMurderVictims.

In RealLife, this is literally one of TheOldestTricksInTheBook -- it's been played [[SeenItAMillionTimes countless times]] since the beginning of history. It has also always been considered as an especially ruthless and evil thing to do, as it is the ultimate violation of SacredHospitality -- transgressing against the latter is frowned upon even by warlike cultures and likely crosses the MoralEventHorizon. It's a classic nevertheless, because, after all, it is also very effective and convenient.

A person or group of people are invited to a social gathering which usually takes place in an OldDarkHouse.

However, it's just an excuse to get them all together and kill them.

Compare ReunionRevenge, AFeteWorseThanDeath, BoardToDeath and TenLittleMurderVictims. For people who believe in SacredHospitality, pretty much the ultimate MoralEventHorizon.

Compare ReunionRevenge, AFeteWorseThanDeath, BoardToDeath and TenLittleMurderVictims.

[[IThoughtItMeant Noting to do with]] the Conservative Party of Great Britain, occasionally known as "the nasty party" by its critics.

* The new ''DoctorWho'':

* ''[[IKnowWhatYouDidLastSummer I Still Know What You Did Last Summer]]'' has the villain Benjamin Willis concocting a convulted plot to kill the heroine Julie and her friends; [[spoiler:first he has his son Will befriend Julie, then he has a fake radio contest in which Julie's friend Karla "wins" tickets to an island in the Bahamas, and while the group are on the island Willis starts taking out all the remaining employees so he can have Julie all to himself. Of course, things don't work out.]]

* ''TheVentureBrothers'' had an episode where Dr. Venture, Brock, Baron Ünderbheit and Pete White all attend the funeral of a friend from college, only for the friend, who wasn't really dead, to kidnap them all in revenge for their wronging him. It turns out that these slights all had to do with the man's crush on a girl at college; the four "victims" all mock this since the girl never knew he existed in the first place and the whole crush bordered on stalkerish obsession.
** It's been a while since I saw this episode, but I thought the friend had died ages ago and the scheme was carried out by his robot or something.

* This is how the dictator get rids off all his rivals on Gabriel García Márquez's ''Autumn Of The Patriarch''

** Also Dr Drakken has twice invited groups of famous scientists to conferences/traps. The first time, he invited Kim's father, a former schoolmate, without connecting the name "it's a common name! Who knew?" The second time he intentionally omitted Doc Possible from the invite list (didn't matter, the Possible Ranch was right down the road).

* The example above might be directly insipier by Conan. In one story, he starts a fight in the middle of a victory feats, wiping out the warriors of the tribe they were allied with but no longer need to. Apparently this form of betrayal is a local tradition and thus not dishonorable (Conan's men were simply faster to act).

* In ''{{Hellraiser}}: Hellworld'' [[spoiler:the villain simply known as [[OnlyKnownByTheirNickname the Host]] hosts a ''Hellworld'' party and invites the friends of his son Adam, who he blames for Adam's death, to the festivities. While the group are partying the Host drugs them, buries them alive and starts manipulating their perception of reality via messages sent through cellphones to [[ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve make them believe (the thought fictional) Pinhead and Cenobites are killing them, causing them to die in real life from such things as heart attacks and self-inflicted wounds]].]] Plotholes and a GainaxEnding ensue.

* ''[[IKnowWhatYouDidLastSummer I Still Know What You Did Last Summer]]'' has the villain Benjamin Willis concocting a convulted plot to kill the heroine Julie and her friends; [[spoiler: first he has his son Will befriend Julie, then he has a fake radio contest in which Julie's friend Karla "wins" tickets to an island in the Bahamas and while the group are on the island Willis starts taking out all the remaining employees so he can Julie all to himself. Of course, things don't work out.]]

* In ''{{Hellraiser}}: Hellworld'' [[spoiler: the villain simply known as [[SomeCallHimBarkeep the Host]] hosts a Hellworld party and invites the friends of his son Adam, who he blames for Adam's death, to the festivities. While the group are partying the Host drugs them, buries them alive and starts manipulating their perception of reality via messages sent through cellphones to [[ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve make them believe (the thought fictional) Pinhead and Cenobites are killing them, causing them to die in real life from such things as heart attacks and self-inflicted wounds]].]] Plotholes and a GainaxEnding ensue.

* Towards the end of the Nibelungenlied, Siegfried is murdered by his wife's brothers. The widow, Kriemhild, then marries the king of the Huns and invites her brothers and all their retinue to a feast. Unfortunately they've been forewarned, and turn up armed; the result is an all-night bloodbath only brought to a close when the Huns burn down their own hall. Oh, and according to some versions of the story this leads to a disgusted Hun taking out Kriemhild with a [[DiagonalCut diagonal cut]].

* ''LupinIII'': "Return of Lupin III" (the first episode of the second series) features the gang -- including the resident InspectorJavert -- reuniting after they all get invitations to a cruise ship. Unfortunately, it turns out to be a ploy by a former criminal mastermind who's out to get revenge on Lupin.

A person or group of people are invited to a social gathering.

* ''{{Angel}}'' had a bachelor party where the groom and his family were planning to eat the bride's ex-boyfriend's brains. (Long Story).

* In ''The Final'' outcast students invite the bullies & snobs who have tormented them throughout high school to a costume party. It's not becuase they want to play Pin The Tail On The Donkey.