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-> "There goes the neighborhood...one neighbor at a time."
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''The Vagrant'' is a 1992 horror comedy directed by Chris Walas and produced by Creator/MelBrooks.

Well-to-do yuppie Graham Krakowski (Creator/BillPaxton) has just moved into a new house, where he discovers a filthy, disgusting homeless man (Creator/MarshallBell) has been helping himself to the building's utilities. Graham succeeds in getting the vagrant arrested, but people around him start to turn up dead. The neurotic Graham worries that the vagrant is responsible, then begins to suspect that he himself is the murderer, committing the crimes in his sleep. Unfortunately for Graham, the police also believe he's the murderer...

No relation to the [[VideoGame/TheVagrant video game of the same name]].
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!! This film contains examples of:
%%* BlindBlackGuy: X-Rays.
* EyeScream: The Vagrant has a dead eye, [[spoiler:which he loses when he falls into a cactus patch.]]
%%* {{Fingore}}
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: [[spoiler: Lt. Barfuss]] is impaled on a chair.
%%* OffWithHisHead: [[spoiler:Judy is decapitated by the Vagrant.]]
%%* OminousMusicBoxTune: The Vagrant's cart plays one.
* PoliceAreUseless: Played straight for most of the film, but averted at the last second when [[spoiler:[[CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass Barfuss' partner fatally wounds the Vagrant]].]]
%%* PowerfulPick: Wielded during the climax.
* TheReveal: [[spoiler:The Vagrant is a disgraced psychology professor trying to prove his theories true by using Graham as a guinea pig.]]
%%* RollercoasterMine: Featured briefly.
* SlidingScaleOfComedyAndHorror: Leans more towards comedy, though the scare sequences are played straight.
* TiredOfRunning: Graham finally decides to face off with the Vagrant at the end.

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