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%%* LonersAreFreaks: Balleau.



%%* SmugSnake: Balleau.
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A group of teenagers vacationing in the tropics takes a boat out to a seemingly deserted island. They soon find, however, that the island is inhabited by a wealthy recluse (Wilton Graff) and his staff. While their host is initially hospitable, he quickly reveals his true purpose: to [[HuntingTheMostDangerousGame hunt down and kill each of his visitors]], as he has done with everyone unlucky enough to set foot on his island.

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A group of teenagers (Creator/RobertReed, June Kenny[sic], Gene Persson, Joan Lora) vacationing in the tropics takes a boat out to a seemingly deserted island. They soon find, however, that the island is inhabited by a wealthy recluse (Wilton Graff) and his staff. While their host is initially hospitable, he quickly reveals his true purpose: to [[HuntingTheMostDangerousGame hunt down and kill each of his visitors]], as he has done with everyone unlucky enough to set foot on his island.
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* TogetherInDeath: Balleau's adultrous wife and her lover end up [[{{Pun}} Stuffed Into the Cave]] together.

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* TogetherInDeath: Balleau's adultrous adulterous wife and her lover end up [[{{Pun}} Stuffed Into the Cave]] together.
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* TheAlcoholic: Tony, the kids' boat pilot. Dean, too, but he's more high-functioning than he lets on. Pretty much everyone working for Balleau seems to be hitting the stuff pretty hard, perhaps understandably.
* ChekhovsSkill: Betty's judo training.

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* TheAlcoholic: Tony, the kids' boat pilot. pilot, gets so drunk he passes out. So the kids decide to explore the island, which kicks off the plot. Also Dean, too, but he's more high-functioning than he lets on. Pretty much everyone working Dean drinks but apparently he [[PlayingDrunk greatly exaggerates his intoxication]] to make himself seem inept while he is waiting for Balleau seems a chance to be hitting escape the stuff pretty hard, perhaps understandably.
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* ChekhovsSkill: Betty's judo training. She uses this to defeat one of the thugs who mistakenly thought she was defenseless.



* FaceHeelTurn: DirtyCoward Tony, who even utters the StockPhrase, "SoLongSuckers"[[note]]'''Tom:''' Now that was really ''rude''.[[/note]]

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* FaceHeelTurn: DirtyCoward Tony, who Tony acts like he wants to help the boys, but as soon as he gets both the gun and the only bullet, he abandons them. He even utters the StockPhrase, "SoLongSuckers"[[note]]'''Tom:''' Now that was really ''rude''.[[/note]]



* {{Gorn}}: The shot of Balleau impaled through his throat and wrists is quite shockingly graphic, especially for being shown on TV.
** Or it ''would'' be if the spikes coming out of Balleau lined up horizontally, [[SpecialEffectFailure as they did before he was impaled]].

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* {{Gorn}}: The {{Gorn}}:
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shot of Balleau impaled through his throat and wrists is quite shockingly graphic, especially for being shown on TV.
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TV. Or it ''would'' be if the spikes coming out of Balleau lined up horizontally, [[SpecialEffectFailure as they did before he was impaled]].



* SoLongSuckers: Invoked verbatim by Tony.

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* SoLongSuckers: Invoked verbatim by Tony.Tony when he abandons the boys in the jungle.
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* UnfortunateImplications: InUniverse. Balleau claims that the two female newcomers will be treated well under his care. Johnny [[RapeAsDrama doubts his intentions]]. (So do the girls, who try their own escape.)
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* TheDogBitesBack: Balleau's mute servant turns on him at the end for leaving him to drown in the quicksand.
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* HuntingTheMostDangerousGame: The film doesn't hide its inspiration.

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* HuntingTheMostDangerousGame: The film doesn't hide its inspiration.inspiration, swiping quite a few elements in particular from the expanded 1932 film version (at the time, the most prominent and well-known version of the story).
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"The Web" was in The Brain That Wouldn't Die.


* RecycledSoundtrack: Tony Restaino's "The Web" has been used in several others as well, perhaps most notable in ''Film/TheUnearthly'', another film [[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S03E20TheUnearthly lampooned]] in ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000''.

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* RecycledSoundtrack: Tony Restaino's "The Web" has been used in several others as well, perhaps most notable in ''Film/TheUnearthly'', ''Film/TheBrainThatWouldntDie'', another film [[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S03E20TheUnearthly lampooned]] in ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000''.

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More accurate.


* [[ObfuscatingStupidity Obfuscating Drunkenness]]: Dean feigns being a hopeless drunk to hide his affair with Balleau's lover, and to make him seem unfit to hunt.

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* [[ObfuscatingStupidity Obfuscating Drunkenness]]: OneWordTitle
* PlayingDrunk:
Dean feigns being a hopeless drunk to hide his affair with Balleau's lover, and to make him seem unfit to hunt.
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* NobleDemon: Balleau thinks of himself as this, which Johnny notes is just InsaneTrollLogic.

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* NobleDemon: Balleau thinks of himself as this, which Johnny notes is just InsaneTrollLogic. Regardless, the gun Balleau gave his prey lacked a firing pin, so giving them an equal chance was bullshit anyway.
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* FaceHeelTurn: DirtyCoward Tony, who even utters the StockPhrase, "SoLongSuckers"[[note]]'''Tom:''' Now that's just ''rude''.[[/note]]

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* FaceHeelTurn: DirtyCoward Tony, who even utters the StockPhrase, "SoLongSuckers"[[note]]'''Tom:''' Now that's just that was really ''rude''.[[/note]]
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* VerbalTic: The characters don't seem to --! You don't mean? Yes. They can't seem to complete sentences.

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* VerbalTic: The characters don't seem to --! to--...! You don't mean? mean--...? Yes. They can't seem to complete sentences.
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* VerbalTic: The characters don't seem to --! You don't mean? Yes. They can't seem to complete sentences.
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* SmugSnake: Balleau.

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* %%* SmugSnake: Balleau.
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* WaxMuseumMorgue

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* WaxMuseumMorgueWaxMuseumMorgue: Balleau does this to all his victims, whether hunted or just murdered. He even brags to future victims ''where'' they'll be mounted.
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* NobleDemon: Balleau thinks of himself as this.

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* NobleDemon: Balleau thinks of himself as this.this, which Johnny notes is just InsaneTrollLogic.
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A group of teenagers vacationing in the tropics takes a boat out to a seemingly deserted island. They soon find, however, that the island is inhabited by a wealthy recluse (Graff) and his staff. While their host is initially hospitable, he quickly reveals his true purpose: to [[HuntingTheMostDangerousGame hunt down and kill each of his visitors]], as he has done with everyone unlucky enough to set foot on his island.

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A group of teenagers vacationing in the tropics takes a boat out to a seemingly deserted island. They soon find, however, that the island is inhabited by a wealthy recluse (Graff) (Wilton Graff) and his staff. While their host is initially hospitable, he quickly reveals his true purpose: to [[HuntingTheMostDangerousGame hunt down and kill each of his visitors]], as he has done with everyone unlucky enough to set foot on his island.

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* TheAlcoholic: Tony, the kids' boat pilot.

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* TheAlcoholic: Tony, the kids' boat pilot. Dean, too, but he's more high-functioning than he lets on. Pretty much everyone working for Balleau seems to be hitting the stuff pretty hard, perhaps understandably.



* ColdSniper: Balleau's stint as a sniper not only desensitized him to killing, it inspired a lifelong interest in hunting people.
* EvilAllAlong: Tony seems like a harmless drunk but it turns out he's been ferrying escaped convicts onto Balleau's island so he can hunt them, likely for years. His concern over the teens sailing off to the island isn't for their safety, but because it's on his head if outsiders find out what Balleau does there.



%%* LonersAreFreaks: Balleau.

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* InstantLeechJustFallInWater: Happens to one of the teens and then to one of the henchmen. Oddly, they don't affix themselves to any exposed flesh, just to shirt-covered chest.
%%* LonersAreFreaks: Balleau.


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* SissyVillain: Balleau is pretty prissy; he cultivates a fussy little goatee and spends a lot of time reclining in a chintzy smoking jacket (which Mike and the Bots waste no time poking fun at). But he's still an expert hunter and total lunatic.


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* SociopathicSoldier: Balleau got over his aversion to killing while serving as a sniper in "the war".
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* FaceHeelTurn: DirtyCoward Tony, who even utters the StockPhrase, "SoLongSuckers"

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* FaceHeelTurn: DirtyCoward Tony, who even utters the StockPhrase, "SoLongSuckers""SoLongSuckers"[[note]]'''Tom:''' Now that's just ''rude''.[[/note]]
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* PublicDomainSoundtrack: The music for this film has been used in several others as well, perhaps most notable in ''Film/TheUnearthly'', another film [[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S03E20TheUnearthly lampooned]] in ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000''.

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* PublicDomainSoundtrack: The music for this film RecycledSoundtrack: Tony Restaino's "The Web" has been used in several others as well, perhaps most notable in ''Film/TheUnearthly'', another film [[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S03E20TheUnearthly lampooned]] in ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000''.
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* FaceHeelTurn: DirtyCoward Pete, who even utters the StockPhrase, "SoLongSuckers"

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* FaceHeelTurn: DirtyCoward Pete, Tony, who even utters the StockPhrase, "SoLongSuckers"
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* ILied: Balleau decides to kill Tony after sparing him. While he technically doesn't actually lie (he says he'll give it some consideration - for less than a second), it's dickish to make Tony think Balleau seriously intended letting him live.

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* TheAlcoholic: Tony, the kids' boat pilot

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* TheAlcoholic: Tony, the kids' boat pilotpilot.



* FaceHeelTurn: DirtyCoward Pete, who even utters the StockPhrase, "So long, suckers!"

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* EvilLaugh: One of Balleau's mooks gives an epic one after Betty's SuspiciouslySpecificDenial over a broken vase.
* FaceHeelTurn: DirtyCoward Pete, who even utters the StockPhrase, "So long, suckers!""SoLongSuckers"



* SoLongSuckers: Invoked verbatim by Tony.



* UnfortunateImplications: InUniverse. Balleau claims that the two female newcomers will be treated well under his care. Johnny [[RapeAsDrama doubts his intentions]].

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* UnfortunateImplications: InUniverse. Balleau claims that the two female newcomers will be treated well under his care. Johnny [[RapeAsDrama doubts his intentions]]. (So do the girls, who try their own escape.)
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* NobleDemon: Balleau thinks of himself as this.


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* UnfortunateImplications: InUniverse. Balleau claims that the two female newcomers will be treated well under his care. Johnny [[RapeAsDrama doubts his intentions]].
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* FaceHeelTurn / ReliableTraitor: Pete, who even utters the StockPhrase, "So long, suckers!"

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* FaceHeelTurn / ReliableTraitor: FaceHeelTurn: DirtyCoward Pete, who even utters the StockPhrase, "So long, suckers!"

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