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3	''The Outing'' (aka ''The Lamp'') is a 1987 SlasherMovie, which has a [[GenieInABottle genie from a lamp]] as its killer.
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5	Three robbers break into an old woman's house, lured in by rumors of her fortune. They set loose a jinn from a lamp which she has been guarding for over 90 years, which kills them. The lamp in question then find its way to a museum, where its inhabitant starts killing teenagers who decided to stay in there after closing hours.
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8	!!This film has the examples of:
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10	* BadassTeacher: Eve, who subdues Mike with a pointer.
11	* BarrierBustingBlow: The jinn busts through several metal doors to get to Alex's dad.
12	* CrazyJealousGuy: Mike, who's a jealous, violent and racist ex-boyfriend of Alex's. Which makes him the perfect AssholeVictim.
13	* DeadlyRotaryFan: Jinn kills Dr. Wallace by lifting him to a rotary fan, which [[OffWithHisHead decapitates him]].
14	* DemonicPossession: The jinn briefly possesses Old Arab Woman's corpse to kill Harley.
15	** Later, the jinn possesses Alex when she removes the cork from the lamp.
16	* GenieInABottle: The jinn resides in a lamp, and starts killing whenever it is released.
17	* FinalGirl: Alex.
18	* {{Fingore}}: The jinn possesses a mummified corpse to bite of two of Ted's fingers.
19	* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: Max is cut in half in [[BloodIsSquickerInWater the pool]] after the genie is released.
20	* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: The opera-loving guard is impaled by a floating spear.
21	* LiteralGenie: As Alex put on the bracelet that marks her as the jinn's keeper, her wish is its command. Unfortunately, it is the one that she made during with a fight with her dad.
22	-->[[IWishedYouWereDead I wish you were dead]]!
23	* NeckSnap: The jinn kills Tony by twisting his neck.
24	* NoNameGiven: The woman who owned the lamp is only named as the Old/Young Arab Woman by the credits.
25	* {{Opera}}: One of the two guards of the museum is a big opera fan, and is quite skilled singing it too.
26	* RapeAsDrama: After locking up Terry, Mike and Tony go to rape his girlfriend Gwen. Then the Jinn kills them.
27	* ReptilesAreAbhorrent: The jinn resurrects a bunch of snakes to kill Babs and later Terry.
28	* ShoutOut: Mike's buddy says "[[Film/{{Poltergeist\|1982}} They're heeere]]" to him after the closing hours of the museum.
29	* SicklyGreenGlow: When not shown physically, the jinn is represented as a green spirit.
30	* TheStinger: After the credits, the opera-loving guard is shown giving a bow.
31	* TheTitling
32	* TokenMinorityCouple: Gwen and Terry.

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