!! The 1993 Creator/DarioArgento film:
* AluminumChristmasTrees: Scientific evidence has suggested that it ''is'' actually possible for a severed head to remain alive for a few seconds after being separated from the body. (Speaking and screaming without lungs, however, is not.)
* CryForTheDevil: Okay, so [[spoiler: she definitely took her revenge too far]], but it's hard not to sympathize with the killer's pain. Having to see [[spoiler: your ''newborn child'' decapitated before your eyes by incompetent doctors]] is...Yikes.
* HarsherInHindsight: The killer [[spoiler: trying to inflict the pain of her own suffering on others]] became a lot more cringe-inducing when Asia Argento (one of countless women to disclose being sexually assaulted by Harvey Weinstein) was herself accused of sexual assault by actor Jimmy Bennett in Summer 2018.
* NarrowedItDownToTheGuyIRecognize: [[spoiler: Averted with Brad Dourif who is not the killer but DoubleSubverted with Piper Laurie who did do it. Laurie is shown to have been killed early on so viewers would forget about this trope but she is shown to have been FakingTheDead.]]
* SignatureScene: Aura seeing the killer holding her parents' severed heads in front of [[spoiler: her]] face. [[spoiler: It's actually her mother holding her father's head and holding her own head in a manner to resemble two heads.]]
* VindicatedByHistory: Getting a warmer reception now than it did twenty years ago. People are appreciating the directorial flourishes, the suspense and the identity of the killer.
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