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%% * DontGoInTheWoodsDontGoInTheWoods: The bulk of the movie takes place in the woods, since the Feeders are small and fast enough to hide in the foliage.


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* VoodooShark: Why the hell did a race of aliens smart enough to master space travel come to Earth just to prowl the woods and eat a few people? Then why did that same race start destroying buildings if all they wanted was to eat humans?

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* GainaxEnding: It's very unclear what actually happens at the end, but apparently the aliens go from running around the woods eating people to tearing down buildings and calling in backup to colonize the planet.



* StockFootage: Including footage from ''Film/NightOfTheLivingDead1968''.

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* StockFootage: Including A lot, including some out of place footage of buildings in different citis being demolished. There's even some footage from ''Film/NightOfTheLivingDead1968''.
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Kill Em All was renamed Everybody Dies Ending due to misuse. Dewicking


* KillEmAll: Pretty much everyone gets eaten except [[spoiler:Michelle, who disappears halfway through the film, and Derek.]] On the other hand, the film ends with [[spoiler:an impending invasion, so they're probably doomed too.]].
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* BadBoss: [[OneSceneWonder Mr. Hatton]] in the sequel. Good gravy, if you have a boss like that, quit. He flat out calls one of his employees an ''asshole''!

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* BadBoss: [[OneSceneWonder Mr. Hatton]] in the sequel. Good gravy, if you have a boss like that, quit. He flat out calls one of his employees an ''asshole''!''asshole''! [[invoked]]



* OffTheShelfFX: Thanks to the films having NoBudget. A prominent example is a mauled cat is depicted by a picture of the cat's head with a bloody eye socket.

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* OffTheShelfFX: Thanks to the films having NoBudget. A prominent example is a mauled cat is depicted by a picture of the cat's head with a bloody eye socket. [[invoked]]
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* OffTheShelfFX: Thanks to the films have NoBudget. A prominent example is a mauled cat is depicted by a picture of the cat's head with a bloody eye socket. [[invoked]]

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* OffTheShelfFX: Thanks to the films have having NoBudget. A prominent example is a mauled cat is depicted by a picture of the cat's head with a bloody eye socket. [[invoked]]

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* NegativeContinuity: Unless Derek had a twin brother he never knew of, his death is completely ignored in the sequel.


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* OffTheShelfFX: Thanks to the films have NoBudget. A prominent example is a mauled cat is depicted by a picture of the cat's head with a bloody eye socket. [[invoked]]
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* BadBoss: [[OneSceneWonder Mr. Hatton]] in the sequel. Good gravy, if you have a boss like that, quit. He flat out calls one of his employees an ''asshole''!
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Low budget [[DirectToVideo direct-to-video]] sci-fi horror film made by Mark and John Polonia in 1996.

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Low '''''Feeders''''' is a low budget [[DirectToVideo direct-to-video]] sci-fi horror film made by Mark and John Polonia in 1996.
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* AManIsNotAVirgin: Averted. [[spoiler:Derek]] is the only one to make it out of the film alive, besides runaway ActionGirl Michelle. [[spoiler:Derek]] is also a virgin. He's almost a FinalGirl.
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* DirectToVideo: ... but carried and promoted by Blockbuster at the time of its release, raising its profile slightly.



* MakingUseOfTheTwin: John Polonia plays Bennett, but Mark Polonia is credited as "Evil Bennett".



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Reportedly produced on a budget of five hundred dollars and shot with a consumer camcorder, ''[=Feeders=]'' follows buddies Derek and Bennett as their [[RoadMovie road trip]] gets sidelined by an [[AlienInvasion invasion]] of [[ToServeMan people-eating aliens]]. It was followed by a [[ChristmasEpisode Christmas-themed]] [[GenreShift horror-comedy sequel]].

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Reportedly produced on a budget of five hundred dollars and shot with a consumer camcorder, ''[=Feeders=]'' follows buddies Derek and Bennett as their [[RoadMovie road trip]] {{road trip|Plot}} gets sidelined by an [[AlienInvasion invasion]] of [[ToServeMan people-eating aliens]]. It was followed by a [[ChristmasEpisode Christmas-themed]] [[GenreShift horror-comedy sequel]].
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* StockFootage: Including footage from ''NightOfTheLivingDead''.''Film/NightOfTheLivingDead1968''.

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Reportedly produced on a budget of five hundred dollars and shot with a consumer camcorder, ''{{Feeders}}'' follows buddies Derek and Bennett as their [[RoadMovie road trip]] gets sidelined by an [[AlienInvasion invasion]] of [[ToServeMan people-eating aliens]]. It was followed by a [[ChristmasEpisode Christmas-themed]] [[GenreShift horror-comedy sequel]].

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Reportedly produced on a budget of five hundred dollars and shot with a consumer camcorder, ''{{Feeders}}'' ''[=Feeders=]'' follows buddies Derek and Bennett as their [[RoadMovie road trip]] gets sidelined by an [[AlienInvasion invasion]] of [[ToServeMan people-eating aliens]]. It was followed by a [[ChristmasEpisode Christmas-themed]] [[GenreShift horror-comedy sequel]].



!! Tropes used by ''{{Feeders}}'' include:

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!! Tropes used by ''{{Feeders}}'' ''[=Feeders=]'' include:



* AManIsNotAVirgin: Averted. [[spoiler:Derek]] is the only one to make it out of the film alive, besides runaway ActionChick Michelle. [[spoiler:Derek]] is also a virgin. He's almost a FinalGirl.



* AManIsNotAVirgin: Averted. [[spoiler:Derek]] is the only one to make it out of the film alive, besides runaway ActionGirl Michelle. [[spoiler:Derek]] is also a virgin. He's almost a FinalGirl.



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It gets worse wicks


* HorribleCampingTrip: The whole film is sort of a horrible road trip for Derek and Bennett, but when they decide to camp out, [[ItGetsWorse it gets worse]].

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* HorribleCampingTrip: The whole film is sort of a horrible road trip for Derek and Bennett, but when they decide to camp out, [[ItGetsWorse it gets worse]].the trouble really starts.
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--> ''Earth was only an appetizer.''

Low budget [[DirectToVideo direct-to-video]] sci-fi horror film made by Mark and John Polonia in 1996.

Reportedly produced on a budget of five hundred dollars and shot with a consumer camcorder, ''{{Feeders}}'' follows buddies Derek and Bennett as their [[RoadMovie road trip]] gets sidelined by an [[AlienInvasion invasion]] of [[ToServeMan people-eating aliens]]. It was followed by a [[ChristmasEpisode Christmas-themed]] [[GenreShift horror-comedy sequel]].

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!! Tropes used by ''{{Feeders}}'' include:

* AerosolFlamethrower: Employed by Michelle.
* AlienAbduction: Bennett; others sometime prior to the film.
* AlienInvasion: The feeders are coming.
* AManIsNotAVirgin: Averted. [[spoiler:Derek]] is the only one to make it out of the film alive, besides runaway ActionChick Michelle. [[spoiler:Derek]] is also a virgin. He's almost a FinalGirl.
* AmbiguousCloneEnding: After Bennett is abducted and cloned, a clone fight ensues. Derek attempts to resolve the thing by picking one and killing it with an axe. It's not clear until the credits that [[spoiler:he picked incorrectly]].
* BadassSanta: In ''Slay Bells'', Santa defeats almost all the Feeders with a ray gun.
* ChasteHero: Derek.
* CoversAlwaysLie: Perhaps a minor point, but the tagline on the box states that "Earth was only an appetizer" when the film is indeed set entirely on Earth.
* DirectToVideo: ... but carried and promoted by Blockbuster at the time of its release, raising its profile slightly.
* DontGoInTheWoods
* EightiesHair: Derek again.
* FlyingSaucer: The feeders get around in classic style.
* HollywoodAcid: Feeders spit a bubbly acidic substance to subdue their [[ToServeMan delicious prey]].
* HorribleCampingTrip: The whole film is sort of a horrible road trip for Derek and Bennett, but when they decide to camp out, [[ItGetsWorse it gets worse]].
* KillEmAll: Pretty much everyone gets eaten except [[spoiler:Michelle, who disappears halfway through the film, and Derek.]] On the other hand, the film ends with [[spoiler:an impending invasion, so they're probably doomed too.]].
* MakingUseOfTheTwin: John Polonia plays Bennett, but Mark Polonia is credited as "Evil Bennett".
* NerdsAreVirgins: Derek, our nerd [[ActionSurvivor protagonist]].
* NoBudget
* PlotDrivenBreakdown: Derek's Mustang.
* PublicDomainSoundtrack: On a $500 budget, this was a given.
* SpotTheImposter: When Bennett is cloned, Derek must pick the correct Bennett to kill. [[spoiler:He doesn't. And this sentence is here just to keep the length of the spoiler from making it easy to guess. Move along.]]
* StockFootage: Including footage from ''NightOfTheLivingDead''.
* TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt: Implied by the ending.
* ToServeMan: The whole point.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Michelle shows up, fights her way out of a tough spot, and then runs away from the entire film, never to be mentioned again.

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