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* ViewersAreGeniuses: The film requires you to keep track of what four different characters ''think'' is going on with limited information, plus what's actually going on. It'll likely take at least two viewings to get a proper understanding of it all.
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* TheWoobie: Abby has it rough. She's stuck in a loveless marriage with an increasingly paranoid and violent husband, tries to find solace in the arms of a very loyal and well-intentioned yet lethally stupid man who won't even clearly communicate with her, and is pursued by a ruthless killer. While [[spoiler:she's the sole survivor]] in the end, it's not a happy or even bittersweet ending for her by any stretch.

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* TheWoobie: Abby has it rough. She's stuck in a loveless marriage with an increasingly paranoid and violent husband, tries to find seeks solace in the arms of a very loyal and well-intentioned yet lethally stupid man who won't even clearly communicate with her, and is pursued by a ruthless killer. While [[spoiler:she's the sole survivor]] in the end, it's not a happy or even bittersweet ending for her by any stretch.
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* TheWoobie: Abby has it rough. She's stuck in a loveless marriage with an increasingly paranoid and violent husband, tries to find solace in the arms of a very loyal and well-intentioned yet lethally stupid man, and is pursued by a ruthless killer. While [[spoiler:she's the sole survivor]] in the end, it's not a happy or even bittersweet ending for her by any stretch.

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* TheWoobie: Abby has it rough. She's stuck in a loveless marriage with an increasingly paranoid and violent husband, tries to find solace in the arms of a very loyal and well-intentioned yet lethally stupid man, man who won't even clearly communicate with her, and is pursued by a ruthless killer. While [[spoiler:she's the sole survivor]] in the end, it's not a happy or even bittersweet ending for her by any stretch.
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* ViewersAreGeniuses: The film requires you to keep track of what four different characters ''think'' is going on with limited information, plus what's actually going on. It'll likely take at least two viewings to get a proper understanding of it all.

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* ViewersAreGeniuses: The film requires you to keep track of what four different characters ''think'' is going on with limited information, plus what's actually going on. It'll likely take at least two viewings to get a proper understanding of it all.all.
* TheWoobie: Abby has it rough. She's stuck in a loveless marriage with an increasingly paranoid and violent husband, tries to find solace in the arms of a very loyal and well-intentioned yet lethally stupid man, and is pursued by a ruthless killer. While [[spoiler:she's the sole survivor]] in the end, it's not a happy or even bittersweet ending for her by any stretch.
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* ParanoiaFuel: In addition to NightmareFuel, the ending certainly has this going for it, [[spoiler:with Abby killing Visser thinking that he's Marty, only to hear him laughing about his demise from inside the bathroom where he was shot.]] Being stalked and threatened with murder by a vengeful ex-lover is one thing, it's a whole different kind of terrifying to be stalked and threatened with murder by a ''complete stranger''.
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** Abby's nightmare, particularly [[spoiler:[[JumpScare the very sudden shot of Marty puking a bucket of blood out of nowhere.]]]]
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* OneSceneWonder: More like one-''shot'' wonder, but the Stetson-adorned, smiling driver who flashes his headlights at Ray and aims a finger gun at him. Also doubles as a BigLippedAlligatorMoment.

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* OneSceneWonder: More like one-''shot'' wonder, but the Stetson-adorned, smiling driver who flashes his headlights at Ray and aims a finger gun at him. Also doubles as a BigLippedAlligatorMoment.BigLippedAlligatorMoment.
* ViewersAreGeniuses: The film requires you to keep track of what four different characters ''think'' is going on with limited information, plus what's actually going on. It'll likely take at least two viewings to get a proper understanding of it all.
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** The scene in which Visser has to pull the knife from his hand also counts, if only because it seems to take forever to remove it.

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** The scene in which Visser has to pull the knife from his hand also counts, if only because it seems to take forever to remove it.it.
* OneSceneWonder: More like one-''shot'' wonder, but the Stetson-adorned, smiling driver who flashes his headlights at Ray and aims a finger gun at him. Also doubles as a BigLippedAlligatorMoment.
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* NightmareFuel: Imagine yourself [[spoiler:regaining consciousness after being shot, to find yourself being buried alive (and by someone who you thought was dead, no less)]].

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* NightmareFuel: Imagine yourself [[spoiler:regaining consciousness after being shot, only to find yourself being buried alive (and by (by someone who you thought was dead, no less)]].
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* NightmareFuel: Imagine yourself [[spoiler:regaining consciousness after being shot, to find yourself being buried alive]].

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* NightmareFuel: Imagine yourself [[spoiler:regaining consciousness after being shot, to find yourself being buried alive]].alive (and by someone who you thought was dead, no less)]].
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* LoveToHate: Det. Loren Visser is such a memorable villain.
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* CompleteMonster: Visser and Marty
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** In several other ways, too, well described by RogerEbert:

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** In several other ways, too, well described by RogerEbert:Creator/RogerEbert:
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* HighOctaneNightmareFuel: Imagine yourself [[spoiler:regaining consciousness after being shot, to find yourself being buried alive]].

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* HighOctaneNightmareFuel: NightmareFuel: Imagine yourself [[spoiler:regaining consciousness after being shot, to find yourself being buried alive]].

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