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Downs plays Darby Harper, a disaffected teen with the ability to see ghosts. When she isn’t suffering through high school, she’s helping the dead with their unfinished business so they can move on to the afterlife. Soon her two worlds collide when the most popular girl in her school (Cravalho) dies in a freak accident and her ghost approaches her with her unfinished business: her next birthday party. The film was released on Creator/{{Hulu}} December 2, 2022, before being removed alongside a handful of other Hulu original films on May 26, 2023.

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Downs plays Darby Harper, a disaffected teen with the ability to see ghosts. When she isn’t suffering through high school, she’s helping the dead with their unfinished business so they can move on to the afterlife. Soon her two worlds collide when the most popular girl in her school (Cravalho) dies in a freak accident and her ghost approaches her with her unfinished business: her next birthday party. The film was released on Creator/{{Hulu}} December 2, 2022, before being removed alongside a handful of other Hulu original films on May 26, 2023.
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Downs plays Darby Harper, a disaffected teen with the ability to see ghosts. When she isn’t suffering through high school, she’s helping the dead with their unfinished business so they can move on to the afterlife. Soon her two worlds collide when the most popular girl in her school (Cravalho) dies in a freak accident and her ghost approaches her with her unfinished business: her next birthday party. The film was released on Creator/{{Hulu}} December 2, 2022.

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Downs plays Darby Harper, a disaffected teen with the ability to see ghosts. When she isn’t suffering through high school, she’s helping the dead with their unfinished business so they can move on to the afterlife. Soon her two worlds collide when the most popular girl in her school (Cravalho) dies in a freak accident and her ghost approaches her with her unfinished business: her next birthday party. The film was released on Creator/{{Hulu}} December 2, 2022.
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* TookALevelInKindness: Capri starts out as a shallow, self-absorbed girl who upon dying coerces medium Darby into helping with her big send off. She grows nicer over its course however, apologizing for her past behavior and befriending Darby again.
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* JerkToNiceGuyPlot: Capri starts out as a shallow, self-absorbed girl who upon dying coerces medium Darby into helping with her big send off. She grows nicer over its course however, apologizing for her behavior and befriending Darby again.
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''Darby and the Dead'' is a 2022 teen HorrorComedy film directed by Silas Howard (''Series/{{Transparent}}''). It stars Riele Downs, Creator/AuliiCravalho, Creator/AsherAngel, Creator/ChosenJacobs, Derek Luke, Creator/TonyDanza, and Creator/WayneKnight.

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''Darby and the Dead'' is a 2022 teen HorrorComedy film directed by Silas Howard (''Series/{{Transparent}}''). It stars Riele Downs, Creator/RieleDowns, Creator/AuliiCravalho, Creator/AsherAngel, Creator/ChosenJacobs, Derek Luke, Creator/TonyDanza, and Creator/WayneKnight.

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* ISeeDeadPeople: Darby has this ability, gaining it after she nearly drowned as a girl (while her mother died in the same incident). Since then she's devoted each Friday to speaking with the dead and then helping with their unfinished business so they can pass on. The film's plot is sparked when Capri, a former friend who now bullies her, dies then coerces Darby into helping her in another way.

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* ISeeDeadPeople: Darby has this ability, gaining it after she nearly drowned as a girl (while her mother died in the same incident). Since then she's devoted each Friday to speaking with the dead and then helping with their unfinished business so they can pass on. The film's plot is sparked when Capri, a former friend who now bullies her, dies then coerces Darby into helping her in another way. [[spoiler:It turns out Alex can also see them, after gaining it when he was in a car accident where his friend had died.]]


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* MistakenForInsane: [[spoiler:Chris suffered this after he began [[ISeeDeadPeople seeing dead people]]. He'd been diagnosed with psychosis and having hallucinations, spending a bit of time in a psych ward as a result.]]
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* AccidentalSuicide: Capri accidentally kills herself by falling into a pool of water in the girls' school locker room while holding a plugged-in curling iron, getting electrocuted.
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* NoPeriodsPeriod: Averted as a plot point. Capri steals a tampon Taylor keeps in her bag, so Darby can befriend her by giving her one when she gets her period. It also reveals that Piper is trans when Taylor asks if she has one, and gets reminded about this snarkily.
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* AmbiguouslyBrown: Capri clearly isn't white, but her ethnicity isn't stated either. She's played by Creator/AuliiCravalho, who's of Native Hawaiian, Puerto Rican, Chinese and Irish ancestry.

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* AmbiguouslyBrown: Capri clearly isn't white, but her ethnicity isn't doesn't get stated either. She's played by Creator/AuliiCravalho, who's of Native Hawaiian, Puerto Rican, Chinese and Irish ancestry.

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* AlphaBitch: Capri. In the trailers, she is stated to be the most popular girl in school, she bullies Darby when alive, and uses her newfound ghost abilities to cajole her into aiding her when dead.
* BreakingTheFourthWall: During the trailer, there are shots of Darby talking directly to the audience to deliver both exposition and snark.
* CruelCheerleader: Capri. In the trailer, she is a cheerleader and steals Darby’s clothes during gym.
* HighVoltageDeath: A news report and a newspaper clipping in the trailer state that Capri died from a curling iron based electrocution.
* ISeeDeadPeople: Darby states this during the trailer, with a shot of the subject of a funeral looking right at her. She goes on to explain that she helps the dead with their unfinished business so they can pass on.
* OurGhostsAreDifferent: As seen in the trailer, the ghosts of this movie can only be seen by certain individuals, need to finish their unfinished business to move on, and have telekinetic abilities.
* UnfinishedBusiness: Darby states in the trailer that she helps ghosts with their unfinished business so they can move on to the afterlife. And Capri wants her to make sure her Sweet 17 birthday party goes on in the wake of her death.
* YouLookLikeYouveSeenAGhost: The trailer shows someone saying to Darby, "You look like you've just seen a ghost." This is juxtaposed with a glass shattering, Darby reacting in fright, and Capri-- established to be a ghost-- raising an eyebrow.

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* AlphaBitch: Capri. In the trailers, she is stated to be She's the most popular girl in school, she bullies Darby when alive, and uses her newfound ghost abilities to cajole coerce her into aiding her when dead.
* AmbiguouslyBrown: Capri clearly isn't white, but her ethnicity isn't stated either. She's played by Creator/AuliiCravalho, who's of Native Hawaiian, Puerto Rican, Chinese and Irish ancestry.
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BreakingTheFourthWall: During the trailer, there are shots of Darby talking talks directly to with the audience to deliver both exposition and snark.
snark throughout the film. It's {{lampshaded}} at one point when Alex notices this and asks who she's talking to.
* CruelCheerleader: Capri. In the trailer, she is She's a cheerleader and steals Darby’s clothes during gym.
gym just for the hell of it. Later, upon dying she also coerces Darby into helping with her plans.
* DeadpanSnarker: Piper is the sarcastic girl in Capri's [[GirlPosse posse]], often responding to other people in a deadpan tone with a snarky remark (for instance answering "still trans" after Taylor asks if she's got a tampon).
* GirlPosse: Bree, Piper and Taylor were Capri's friends (though it turns out they didn't care too much about her), following her around everywhere while she was alive.
* HighVoltageDeath: A news report and a newspaper clipping in the trailer state that Capri died from a curling iron based electrocution.
accidental electrocution in the girls' locker room at her school.
* ISeeDeadPeople: Darby states has this during ability, gaining it after she nearly drowned as a girl (while her mother died in the trailer, same incident). Since then she's devoted each Friday to speaking with a shot of the subject of a funeral looking right at her. She goes on to explain that she helps the dead and then helping with their unfinished business so they can pass on.
on. The film's plot is sparked when Capri, a former friend who now bullies her, dies then coerces Darby into helping her in another way.
* JerkToNiceGuyPlot: Capri starts out as a shallow, self-absorbed girl who upon dying coerces medium Darby into helping with her big send off. She grows nicer over its course however, apologizing for her behavior and befriending Darby again.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Capri's full name is Capricorn, but she didn't go by that and only gets called it a couple times in the film (even her memorial marker simply says "Capri" with her surname-[[EmbarrassingFirstName perhaps it's embarrassing]]).
* OurGhostsAreDifferent: As seen in the trailer, the The ghosts of this movie can only be seen by certain individuals, need to finish their unfinished business to move on, and have telekinetic abilities.
* PhoneaholicTeenager: Piper is almost always seen on her phone when she's not practicing or otherwise engaged.
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UnfinishedBusiness: Darby states in the trailer that she helps ghosts with their unfinished business so they can move on to the afterlife. And Capri Capri, who recently died, wants her to make sure her Sweet 17 birthday party goes on in the wake of her death.
* YouLookLikeYouveSeenAGhost: The trailer shows someone saying Capri says to Darby, "You look like you've just seen a ghost." This is juxtaposed with a glass shattering, Darby reacting in fright, and Capri-- established to be a ghost-- raising an eyebrow.eyebrow.
* WeUsedToBeFriends: Darby and Capri had been friends as girls years before the events of the film. However, after Darby's mom died they drifted apart, to the point that Capri bullies her after she's grown into the [[AlphaBitch most popular girl]] at their school.
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Downs plays Darby Harper, a disaffected teen with the ability to see ghosts. When she isn’t suffering through high school, she’s helping the dead with their unfinished business so they can move on to the afterlife. Soon her two worlds collide when the most popular girl in her school (Cravalho) dies in a freak accident and her ghost approaches her with her unfinished business: her next birthday party. The film will release on Creator/{{Hulu}} on December 2, 2022.

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Downs plays Darby Harper, a disaffected teen with the ability to see ghosts. When she isn’t suffering through high school, she’s helping the dead with their unfinished business so they can move on to the afterlife. Soon her two worlds collide when the most popular girl in her school (Cravalho) dies in a freak accident and her ghost approaches her with her unfinished business: her next birthday party. The film will release was released on Creator/{{Hulu}} on December 2, 2022.
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* YouLookLikeYouveSeenAGhost: The trailer shows someone saying to Darby, "You look like you've just seen a ghost." This is juxtaposed with a glass shattering, Darby reacting in fright, and Capri-- established to be a ghost-- raising an eyebrow.
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* OurGhostsAreDifferent: As seen in the trailer, the ghosts of this movie can only be seen by certain individuals, need to finish their unfinished business to move on, and have telekinetic abilities.
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* UnfinishedBusiness: Darby states in the trailer that she helps ghosts with their unfinished business so they can move on to the afterlife. And Capri wants her to make sure her Sweet 17 birthday party goes on in the wake of her death.
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* HighVoltageDeath: A news report and a newspaper clipping in the trailer state that Capri died from a curling iron based electrocution.
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* CruelCheerleader: Capri. In the trailer, she is a cheerleader and steals Darby’s clothes during gym.
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* AlphaBitch: Capri. In the trailers, she is stated to be the most popular girl in school and she bullies Darby when alive and uses her newfound ghost abilities to cajole her into aiding her when dead.

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* AlphaBitch: Capri. In the trailers, she is stated to be the most popular girl in school and school, she bullies Darby when alive alive, and uses her newfound ghost abilities to cajole her into aiding her when dead.
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* AlphaBitch: Capri. In the trailers, she bullies Darby when alive and uses her newfound ghost abilities to cajole her into aiding her when dead.

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* AlphaBitch: Capri. In the trailers, she is stated to be the most popular girl in school and she bullies Darby when alive and uses her newfound ghost abilities to cajole her into aiding her when dead.
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Downs plays Darby Harper, a disaffected teen with the ability to see ghosts. When she isn’t suffering through high school, she’s helping the dead with their unfinished business so they can move on to the afterlife. Soon her two worlds collide when the most popular girl in her school (Cravalho) dies in a freak accident and her ghost approaches her with her unfinished business: her next birthday party.

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Downs plays Darby Harper, a disaffected teen with the ability to see ghosts. When she isn’t suffering through high school, she’s helping the dead with their unfinished business so they can move on to the afterlife. Soon her two worlds collide when the most popular girl in her school (Cravalho) dies in a freak accident and her ghost approaches her with her unfinished business: her next birthday party.
party. The film will release on Creator/{{Hulu}} on December 2, 2022.
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* AlphaBitch: Capri. In the trailers, she bullies Darby when alive and uses her newfound ghost abilities to cajole her into aiding her when dead.
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* ISeeDeadPeople: Darby states this during the trailer, with a shot of the subject of a funeral looking right at her. She goes on to explain that she helps the dead with their unfinished business so they can pass on.
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* BreakingTheFourthWall: During the trailer, there are shots of Darby talking directly to the audience to deliver both exposition and snark.
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''Darby and the Dead'' is a 2022 teen HorrorComedy film directed by Silas Howard (''Series/{{Transparent}}''). It stars Riele Downs, Creator/AuliiCravalho, Creator/AsherAngel, Creator/ChosenJacobs, Derek Luke, Creator/TonyDanza, and Creator/WayneKnight.

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''Darby and the Dead'' is a 2022 teen HorrorComedy film directed by Silas Howard (''Series/{{Transparent}}''). It stars Riele Downs, Creator/AuliiCravalho, Creator/AsherAngel, Creator/ChosenJacobs, Derek Luke, Creator/TonyDanza, and Creator/WayneKnight.Creator/WayneKnight.

Downs plays Darby Harper, a disaffected teen with the ability to see ghosts. When she isn’t suffering through high school, she’s helping the dead with their unfinished business so they can move on to the afterlife. Soon her two worlds collide when the most popular girl in her school (Cravalho) dies in a freak accident and her ghost approaches her with her unfinished business: her next birthday party.

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''Darby and the Dead'' is a 2022 teen HorrorComedy film directed by Silas Howard (''Series/{{Transparent}}''). It stars Riele Downs, Creator/AuliiCravalho,

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''Darby and the Dead'' is a 2022 teen HorrorComedy film directed by Silas Howard (''Series/{{Transparent}}''). It stars Riele Downs, Creator/AuliiCravalho,Creator/AuliiCravalho, Creator/AsherAngel, Creator/ChosenJacobs, Derek Luke, Creator/TonyDanza, and Creator/WayneKnight.
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''Darby and the Dead'' is a 2022 teen HorrorComedy film directed by Silas Howard (''Series/{{Transparent}}''). It stars Riele Downs, Creator/AuliiCravahalo,

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''Darby and the Dead'' is a 2022 teen HorrorComedy film directed by Silas Howard (''Series/{{Transparent}}''). It stars Riele Downs, Creator/AuliiCravahalo,Creator/AuliiCravalho,
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''Darby and the Dead'' is a 2022 teen HorrorComedy film directed by Silas Howard (''Series/{{Transparent}}'').

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''Darby and the Dead'' is a 2022 teen HorrorComedy film directed by Silas Howard (''Series/{{Transparent}}''). It stars Riele Downs, Creator/AuliiCravahalo,
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''Darby and the Dead'' is a 2022 teen HorrorComedy film directed by Silas Howard (''Series/{{Transparent}}'').
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