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* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler: Christopher Milton's fate]] at the end of Last Visit. [[spoiler: He ends up sacrificing his life by being attacked by Robin in order for the reporter to escape unharmed. Judging by Milton's dialogue, he's more than willing to atone for what happened.]]

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* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler: Christopher Milton's fate]] at the end of ''The Last Visit.Visit''. [[spoiler: He ends up sacrificing his life by being attacked by Robin in order for the reporter to escape unharmed. Judging by Milton's dialogue, he's more than willing to atone for what happened.]]



* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: [[spoiler: The game never actually shows whether there were really any supernatural events in mansion or if everything was only a series of unfortunate events that Blackwood in madness blamed to a curse. ''Last Visit'' at the end gives a rational explanation for everything but the final coda hints that there's still a missing piece and something doesn't fit...]]

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* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: [[spoiler: The game never actually shows whether there were really any supernatural events in mansion or if everything was only a series of unfortunate events that Blackwood in madness blamed to a curse. ''Last ''The Last Visit'' at the end gives a rational explanation for everything but the final coda hints that there's still a missing piece and something doesn't fit...]]
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** Last Visit: [[spoiler: Blackwood Manor has been demolished, Robin is implied to be in a mental institution, but the cursed mask is still out there.]]

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** ''The Last Visit: Visit'': [[spoiler: Blackwood Manor has been demolished, Robin is implied to be in a mental institution, but the cursed mask is still out there.]]



* HauntedCastle: Blackwood Manor. [[spoiler: Possibly subverted according to what was found on Last Visit.]]

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* HauntedCastle: Blackwood Manor. [[spoiler: Possibly subverted according to what was found on during ''The Last Visit.Visit''.]]



** The Last Visit shows that this hallway full of paintings was robbed of all but one: Chronos eating his children. "Most likely too scary for the burglars to take."

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** The ''The Last Visit Visit'' shows that this hallway full of paintings was robbed of all but one: Chronos eating his children. "Most likely too scary for the burglars to take."



* ViewersAreGeniuses: There is [[spoiler:an empty bottle of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thalidomide Thalidomide]]]] visible in the master's bedroom; during ''Last Visit'' the player character can make a comment on this. That drug is known to both ease morning pains for women, but also causes birth defects. [[spoiler: This fits with the description in the newspaper of how Catherine was suffering pains in her stomach during pregnancy, and how Robin shows nightmarishly severe malformations.]]

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* ViewersAreGeniuses: There is [[spoiler:an empty bottle of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thalidomide Thalidomide]]]] visible in the master's bedroom; during ''Last ''The Last Visit'' the player character can make a comment on this. That drug is known to both ease morning pains for women, but also causes birth defects. [[spoiler: This fits with the description in the newspaper of how Catherine was suffering pains in her stomach during pregnancy, and how Robin shows nightmarishly severe malformations.]]



** [[spoiler: You also see the [[TheFaceless lower body]] of Christopher Milton at the end of Last Visit.]]

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** [[spoiler: You also see the [[TheFaceless lower body]] of Christopher Milton at the end of ''The Last Visit.Visit''.]]



* YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle: The Director's Cut features an additional chapter: ''Last Visit'' set after the events of the game. This chapter invalidates the hidden secret ending from the original game.

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* YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle: The Director's Cut features an additional chapter: ''Last ''The Last Visit'' set after the events of the game. This chapter invalidates the hidden secret ending from the original game.

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* TakeThat: If Michael inspects the bookshelf in his room, he finds a book of a certain someone whom he seems particular displeased with:
-->''"[[Creator/StephenKing King!]] What a overrated bloke!"''

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* TakeThat: TakeThat:
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If Michael inspects the bookshelf in his room, he finds a book of a certain someone whom he seems particular displeased with:
-->''"[[Creator/StephenKing --->''"[[Creator/StephenKing King!]] What a overrated bloke!"''



* ThingsThatGoBumpInTheNight: The scratching noises.

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* %%* ThingsThatGoBumpInTheNight: The scratching noises.



** Michael's book "Vanishing Town" plays it straight, according to the summary on the back.

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** %%** Michael's book "Vanishing Town" plays it straight, according to the summary on the back.
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* CartoonBugSprayer: The player can examine an old fumigator in the greenhouse, but it can't be used.
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* BerserkBoardBarricade: Micheal's first dream centers on a boarded-up door in the gallery, and it turns out to be real after he moves a display cabinet out of the way. [[spoiler: It concealed a storeroom holding the African mask, which Milton tried to board up in an act of desperation.]]
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* LooseFloorboardHidingSpot: Late in the game, Eva Mariani's room turns out to have [[spoiler: her incriminating photo of James Blackwood stashed under a loose board beneath her nightstand]]. Though Micheal can only find it after reading her translated letter.
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* DesecratingTheDead: Micheal when he [[spoiler: unearths Catherine's body, and removes a tooth from her skull using some pliers; this in order to obtain an ingredient for crafting the amulet]].

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* DesecratingTheDead: Micheal Michael when he [[spoiler: unearths Catherine's body, and removes a tooth from her skull using some pliers; this in order to obtain an ingredient for crafting the amulet]].



* EtTuBrute: Halfway through Monday, [[spoiler: Micheal receives an eviction letter, revealing that Jerry had falsified his acquisition of the Manor. After that point, Micheal bitterly refuses to ever call Jerry again, and ''The Last Visit'' reveals that Jerry ended up in jail for fraud, never crossing a word with Micheal since.]]

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* EtTuBrute: Halfway through Monday, [[spoiler: Micheal Michael receives an eviction letter, revealing that Jerry had falsified his acquisition of the Manor. After that point, Micheal Michael bitterly refuses to ever call Jerry again, and ''The Last Visit'' reveals that Jerry ended up in jail for fraud, never crossing a word with Micheal Michael since.]]



* HintSystem: The game has an optional hint mode in the main menu, which adds extra comments from Micheal at the beginning that act as a tutorial, and makes his general in-game messages more obvious to the story.

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* HintSystem: The game has an optional hint mode in the main menu, which adds extra comments from Micheal Michael at the beginning that act as a tutorial, and makes his general in-game messages more obvious to the story.



* RealFakeDoor: Played with. When Micheal find the door to [[spoiler: Robin's room]] in the blueprints, it's hidden behind wallpaper, and bricked up behind that as well.

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* RealFakeDoor: Played with. When Micheal Michael find the door to [[spoiler: Robin's room]] in the blueprints, it's hidden behind wallpaper, and bricked up behind that as well.



* SmokingIsNotCool: Micheal points out that smoking can kill you if you examine a box of old cigars in the study.

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* SmokingIsNotCool: Micheal Michael points out that smoking can kill you if you examine a box of old cigars in the study.



** Micheal's book "Vanishing Town" plays it straight, according to the summary on the back.
* TrashTheSet: ''The Last Visit'' takes place two weeks before Blackwood Manor is set to be demolished, and burglars have completely ransacked the house since Micheal left, leaving nothing but broken furniture and graffiti.

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** Micheal's Michael's book "Vanishing Town" plays it straight, according to the summary on the back.
* TrashTheSet: ''The Last Visit'' takes place two weeks before Blackwood Manor is set to be demolished, and burglars have completely ransacked the house since Micheal Michael left, leaving nothing but broken furniture and graffiti.



* WhenItRainsItPours: So much that the storm on Sunday is even hitting where Jerry is and many roads are closed, much to Micheal's surprise.

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* WhenItRainsItPours: So much that the storm on Sunday is even hitting where Jerry is and many roads are closed, much to Micheal's Michael's surprise.
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* AirVentPassageway: Unusually, it's [[spoiler: a ''hot'' air vent in the back of the furnace]].
* ApocalypticLog: The diaries and letters of James Blackwood and Christopher Milton.
* ArcWords: [[spoiler: Robin]]
* ArtifactOfDeath: The cursed mask.
* BeautifulVoid: See SceneryPorn.
* BigSecret: James Blackwood and Christopher Milton again.
* BlackoutBasement: [[NightmareFuel And you'll sometimes wish you hadn't turned on the lights...]]

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* %%* AirVentPassageway: Unusually, it's [[spoiler: a ''hot'' air vent in the back of the furnace]].
* %%* ApocalypticLog: The diaries and letters of James Blackwood and Christopher Milton.
* %%* ArcWords: [[spoiler: Robin]]
* %%* ArtifactOfDeath: The cursed mask.
* %%* BeautifulVoid: See SceneryPorn.
* %%* BigSecret: James Blackwood and Christopher Milton again.
* %%* BlackoutBasement: [[NightmareFuel And you'll sometimes wish you hadn't turned on the lights...]]



* ConscienceMakesYouGoBack: See ScrewThisImOuttaHere.

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* %%* ConscienceMakesYouGoBack: See ScrewThisImOuttaHere.



* CuriosityKilledTheCast: [[spoiler: Certainly did for James Blackwood, almost for Michael...]].
* {{Curse}}: [[spoiler: [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane Or is it?]]]]
* DarkestAfrica: [[spoiler: The curse lore hails from it]].

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* %%* CuriosityKilledTheCast: [[spoiler: Certainly did for James Blackwood, almost for Michael...]].
* %%* {{Curse}}: [[spoiler: [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane Or is it?]]]]
* %%* DarkestAfrica: [[spoiler: The curse lore hails from it]].



* DreamSequence: Two of them.

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* %%* DreamSequence: Two of them.
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* ConvenientPhotograph: Weaponized by Eva Mariani, who caught James burying his wife's body by taking a photo and showing it to the police. The player can also find this same photo late in the game to find Catherine's grave.
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* ForeignCultureFetish: James had made a whole gallery for African culture in his house, and his family pegged this interest as one of the reasons for James' madness.
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* DevelopersForesight: Jerry suggests hunting for some candles in the mansion when the electrician fails to show up on the first day. Michael will hang up the phone and immediately realize he hasn't yet found any candles if you have already explored the whole house before this conversation.


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** A painting in one of the hallways depicts Cthulhu.
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* LastNoteNightmare: Quitting the game before finishing it takes you to a grainy reprise of "Blackwood Adventures Sonata", interrupted toward the end by a very unsettling ScareChord and an ominous howling track.
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* OminousMusicBoxTune: Found in the attic.

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* OminousMusicBoxTune: Found A music box in the attic.attic starts with a relatively pretty tune that quickly turns creepy. The soundtrack also uses this for "R's Theme" in [[spoiler: the hidden nursery, and part of the ending when you examine a battered teddy bear in Robin's prison cell.]]

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