History Film / Apaches

* IDrankWhat: Sharon [[spoiler:meets her unseen-yet-brutal demise upon accidentally drinking a chemical, most likely the toxic herbicide paraquat]]. Given the tone as a whole, it's PlayedForHorror rather than laughs.

* OnlySaneMan: Michael, the "daft" one in the bunch, survives everything. He refuses to drink from the bottle found in the tool shed (which [[spoiler:contains deadly paraquat]])[[note]]and in fact, none of the children drink from the questionable substance except Sharon, whose idea it was to "mime" drinking it "like in the school play", only to forget and take a swig for real -- which ends up sealing her doom[[/note]], and always seems to be lagging slightly behind all the others. It turns out that he [[spoiler:has a reason to be concerned]].

* AnAesop: Farms are not playgrounds. The point of the film was to show how dangerous it is for children to play recklessly around farm equipment, so this is a given.

You can watch [[WebVideo/GuruLarryAndWes Guru Larry's]] review [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3JjyoEhCuo here]]. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_J6_O4bn0s Or if you prefer, you can watch the entire film here]].

[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3JjyoEhCuo You can watch Guru Larry's review here]]. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_J6_O4bn0s Or if you prefer, you can watch the entire film here]].

* IDrankWhat: Sharon [[spoiler:meets her unseen-yet-brutal demise upon accidentally drinking a chemical]]. Given the tone as a whole, it's PlayedForHorror rather than laughs.

* CruelAndUnusualDeath: You better believe it. [[Franchise/Saw Jigsaw]] has nothing on some of the stuff here, with Sharon's death from drinking poisonous chemicals taking the top spot and Tom drowning in a slurry pit a close second. It really says a lot about the film that having a massive metal gate fall and crush them, likely breaking their neck instantly, is probably the least horrible fate to befall one of the kids.

* DwindlingParty: The six friends (Danny, Kim, Sharon, Michael, Tom, Robert) all start dying one by one. [[spoiler:In more detail, Kim is run over by a tractor, Tom drowns in a slurry pit, Sharon drinks weed killer, Robert is crushed by a fence, and finally, Danny is killed by crashing a tractor down a hill. Only Michael lives to tell the tale.]]

* IDrankWhat: Sharon [[spoiler:meets her unseen-yet-brutal demise upon accidentally drinking weed killer]]. Given the tone as a whole, it's PlayedForHorror rather than laughs.

* NothingIsScarier: [[spoiler:Sharon's death is made all the more frightening due to the fact that, though we hear all of her agonized screams of pain, nothing is shown of her dying from ingesting weed killer.]]

* ScreamDiscretionShot: [[spoiler:Sharon's death from ingesting weed killer]] is not shown on-camera. Instead, the view lingers on her house at night as [[spoiler:she wakes up screaming in agony from her organs corroding]].

* TimeDelayedDeath: [[spoiler:Sharon unintentionally drinks weed killer]] and just decides to walk it off. It doesn't kick in until a few hours later, when [[spoiler:she wakes up [[ScreamDiscretionShot screaming in agony]] in the middle of the night. She even spit most of it out. Not like it could have saved her, though, given the likely ingredients]].

* UndignifiedDeath: [[spoiler:Tom's death by drowning in a slurry pit is definitely this (for those who don't know, slurry is essentially [[NauseaFuel liquefied cow dung]]).]][[invoked]]

[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3JjyoEhCuo You can watch Guru Larry's review here]]. [[https://youtu.be/P0PUMmVU4qQ Or if you prefer, you can watch the entire film here]].

* TimeDelayedDeath: [[spoiler:Sharon unintentionally drinks weed killer]] and just decides to walk it off. It doesn't kick in until a few hours later, when [[spoiler:she wakes up [[ScreamDiscretionShot screaming in agony]] in the middle of the night. She even spit most of it out. Not like it could have saved her, though, given the likely ingredients.]]

* ScreamDiscretionShot: Poor, '''poor''' Sharon.

* TimeDelayedDeath: [[spoiler:Sharon unintentionally drinks weed killer]] and just decides to walk it off. It doesn't kick in until a few hours later, when [[spoiler:she wakes up [[ScreamDiscretionShot screaming in agony]] in the middle of the night]].
** [[spoiler:She even spit most of it out. Not like it could have saved her, though, given the likely ingredients (see the NightmareFuel tab for a bit more elaboration).]][[invoked]]

* OnlySaneMan: Michael, the "daft" one in the bunch, survives everything. He refuses to drink from the bottle found in the tool shed (which [[spoiler:contains deadly Paraquat]]) [[note]]and in fact, none of the children drink from the questionable substance except Sharon, whose idea it was to "mime" drinking it "like in the school play", only to forget and take a swig for real--which ends up sealing her doom[[/note]], and always seems to be lagging slightly behind all the others. It turns out that he [[spoiler:has a reason to be concerned]].

* {{Bookends}}: [[spoiler: Kim and Danny are respectively the first and last child to die, and both deaths result from the misuse of a tractor.]]
* ChildrenAreInnocent: The kids don't have a very firm grasp on the concept of death, so when [[spoiler: Kim gets mowed down by a tractor]], they're all left in stunned silence.
* DeadAllAlong: [[spoiler: The dinner party is revealed to be for Danny's wake.]]

* DwindlingParty: The six friends (Danny, Kim, Sharon, Michael, Tom, Robert) all start dying one by one. [[spoiler: In more detail, Kim is run over by a tractor, Tom drowns in a slurry pit, Sharon drinks weed killer, Robert is crushed by a fence and finally, Danny is killed by crashing a tractor down a hill. Only Michael lives to tell the tale.]]
* FreeRangeChildren: This short is a pretty good example of what made this type of parenting fall out of fashion: [[spoiler: All but one of the children end up dying in freak accidents that could very well have been avoided or mitigated if they were just being properly supervised.]]

* {{Irony}}: Despite being considered the "daft one" of the group, [[spoiler: Michael ends up being the sole survivor of them all.]]
* IWantMyMommy: [[spoiler: Sharon's death. In her agony, she can plainly be heard screaming for her mother.]]

* OnlySaneMan: Michael, the 'daft' one in the bunch, survives everything. He refuses to drink from the bottle found in the tool shed (which [[spoiler:contains deadly Paraquat]]) [[note]]and in fact, none of the children drink from the questionable substance except Sharon, whose idea it was to "mime" drinking it "like in the school play", only to forget and take a swig for real--which ends up sealing her doom[[/note]], and always seems to be lagging slightly behind all the others. It turns out that he [[spoiler:has a reason to be concerned]].

* PosthumousNarration: [[spoiler: Danny's spirit narrates the short as he looks over a "party" (which unbeknownst to him is actually his own wake)]]

* ScareEmStraight: This short was intended to show rural kids the dangers of fooling around on farms. [[GoneHorriblyRight It may have worked too well]].

* SoleSurvivor: Of the six children, only [[spoiler: Michael walks out alive.]]
* TimeDelayedDeath: [[spoiler: Sharon unintentionally drinks weed killer]] and just decides to walk it off. It doesn't kick in until a few hours later, when [[spoiler: [[ScreamDiscretionShot she wakes up screaming in agony in the middle of the night]].]]
** [[spoiler: She even spit most of it out. Not like it could have saved her though, given the likely ingredients (see the Nightmare Fuel tab for a bit more elaboration).]]

* UndignifiedDeath: [[spoiler:Tom's death by drowning in a slurry pit is definitely this (for those who don't know, slurry is essentially [[{{Squick}} liquefied cow dung]]).]]

* IDrankWhat: Sharon [[spoiler: meets her unseen-yet-brutal demise upon accidentally drinking weed killer]]. Given the tone as a whole, it's PlayedForHorror rather than laughs.

* IDrankWhat: Sharon [[spoiler: meets her unseen-yet-brutal demise upon accidentally drinking weed killer]]. Given the tone as a hole, it's PlayedForHorror rather than laughs.

* DeerInTheHeadlights: Danny's expression every time one of his friends is killed, or about to be. ''Strongly subverted'' in the case of [[spoiler:his own death, where he goes down screaming]].

* OnlySaneMan: Michael, the 'daft' one in the bunch, survives everything. He refuses to drink from the bottle found in the tool shed (which [[spoiler:contains deadly Paraquat]]) [[note]]and in fact, none of the children drink from the questionable substance except Sharon, whose idea it was to "mime" drinking it "like in the school play", only to forget and take a swig for real--which ends up sealing her doom.[[/note]], and always seems to be lagging slightly behind all the others. It turns out that he [[spoiler:has a reason to be concerned]].
* ParentalNeglect: The parents let their kids run around the area unsupervised, even after kids start dying.
* PosthumousNarration

* ScareEmStraight

* UndignifiedDeath: [[spoiler:Tom's death by drowning in a slurry pit as he drowned in liquefied cow shit.]]