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''Evidence'' is a 2013 film from Olatunde Osunsanmi (director of ''Film/TheFourthKind'' and ''Film/TheCavern'') and starring Radha Mitchell, Stephen Moyer, and Creator/HarryLennix that blends elements of a [[FoundFootageFilms found-footage horror movie]] and an [[ForensicDrama investigative crime drama]]. In the aftermath of a massacre at an abandoned desert truck stop, a group of investigators are tasked with examining the footage recovered from the victims' cameras to piece together what happened and discover who is responsible.

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''Evidence'' is a 2013 film from Olatunde Osunsanmi (director of ''Film/TheFourthKind'' and ''Film/TheCavern'') and starring Radha Mitchell, Stephen Moyer, Creator/RadhaMitchell, Creator/StephenMoyer, and Creator/HarryLennix that blends elements of a [[FoundFootageFilms found-footage horror movie]] and an [[ForensicDrama investigative crime drama]]. In the aftermath of a massacre at an abandoned desert truck stop, a group of investigators are tasked with examining the footage recovered from the victims' cameras to piece together what happened and discover who is responsible.
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* BlackDudeDiesFirst: It's the Asian dude dies first. The one black character manages to survive for most of the movie.

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* BlackDudeDiesFirst: It's the Asian dude who dies first. The one black character manages to survive for most of the movie.
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* UnreliableNarrator: The footage the investigators are using to determine the culprit's identity [[spoiler:has been doctored from the start by Rachel and [=LeAnn=].]]
* WeaponOfChoice: The killer uses a blowtorch.

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* UnreliableNarrator: The footage the investigators are using to determine the culprit's identity [[spoiler:has been doctored from the start by Rachel and [=LeAnn=].]]
* WeaponOfChoice: The killer uses a blowtorch.
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* FireBreathingWeapon: The killer uses a welding torch as their WeaponOfChoice.

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* FireBreathingWeapon: The killer uses a welding torch as their WeaponOfChoice.weapon.
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** The second time the welding mask comes off, it's [[spoiler:Rachel]].

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** The second time the welding mask comes off, it's [[spoiler:Rachel]].[[spoiler:[=LeAnn=]]].
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* FinalGirl: Rachel has all the makings off this [[spoiler:only for her to die, and [=LeAnn=] to be the final girl instead. Then it turns out they both survived and are in fact the killers, and the movie has a Final Boy instead]].

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* FinalGirl: Rachel has all the makings off of this [[spoiler:only for her to die, and [=LeAnn=] to be the final girl instead. Then it turns out they both survived and are in fact the killers, and the movie has a Final Boy instead]].
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* BlackDudeDiesFirst: It's the Asian dude dies first. The one black character manages to survive for most of the movie.
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* FireBreathingWeapon: The killer uses a welding torch as their WeaponOfChoice.
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* UnknownAssailant: The purpose of the investigation is to discover the identity of the killer.

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* FinalGirl: Two girls survive the massacre [[spoiler:- but it turns out they're actually the killers]].

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* FinalGirl: Two girls survive Rachel has all the massacre [[spoiler:- but makings off this [[spoiler:only for her to die, and [=LeAnn=] to be the final girl instead. Then it turns out they're actually they both survived and are in fact the killers]].killers, and the movie has a Final Boy instead]].



* GoryDiscretionShot: [[spoiler:Rachel]] is set on fire ''just'' off camera. [[spoiler:This hides the fact that she didn't really die]].



* SilentAntagonist: The killer never speaks while masked.

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* SilentAntagonist: The killer never speaks while masked. [[spoiler:Understandable, as this would give it away otherwise]].
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''Evidence'' is a 2013 film from Olatunde Osunsanmi (director of ''Film/TheFourthKind'' and ''Film/TheCavern'') and starring Radha Mitchell, Stephen Noyer, and Creator/HarryLennix that blends elements of a [[FoundFootageFilms found-footage horror movie]] and an [[ForensicDrama investigative crime drama]]. In the aftermath of a massacre at an abandoned desert truck stop, a group of investigators are tasked with examining the footage recovered from the victims' cameras to piece together what happened and discover who is responsible.

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''Evidence'' is a 2013 film from Olatunde Osunsanmi (director of ''Film/TheFourthKind'' and ''Film/TheCavern'') and starring Radha Mitchell, Stephen Noyer, Moyer, and Creator/HarryLennix that blends elements of a [[FoundFootageFilms found-footage horror movie]] and an [[ForensicDrama investigative crime drama]]. In the aftermath of a massacre at an abandoned desert truck stop, a group of investigators are tasked with examining the footage recovered from the victims' cameras to piece together what happened and discover who is responsible.
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''Evidence'' is a 2013 film from Olatunde Osunsanmi (director of ''Film/TheFourthKind'' and ''Film/TheCavern'') that blends elements of a [[FoundFootageFilms found-footage horror movie]] and an [[ForensicDrama investigative crime drama]]. In the aftermath of a massacre at an abandoned desert truck stop, a group of investigators are tasked with examining the footage recovered from the victims' cameras to piece together what happened and discover who is responsible.

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''Evidence'' is a 2013 film from Olatunde Osunsanmi (director of ''Film/TheFourthKind'' and ''Film/TheCavern'') and starring Radha Mitchell, Stephen Noyer, and Creator/HarryLennix that blends elements of a [[FoundFootageFilms found-footage horror movie]] and an [[ForensicDrama investigative crime drama]]. In the aftermath of a massacre at an abandoned desert truck stop, a group of investigators are tasked with examining the footage recovered from the victims' cameras to piece together what happened and discover who is responsible.

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* DramaticUnmask:
** The first time the welding mask comes off, [[spoiler:Tyler]] is underneath. [[spoiler:This turns out to have been staged, though.]]
** The second time the welding mask comes off, it's [[spoiler:Rachel]].



* FinalGirl: [[spoiler:Two girls survive the massacre - but it turns out they're actually the killers.]]

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* FinalGirl: [[spoiler:Two Two girls survive the massacre - [[spoiler:- but it turns out they're actually the killers.]]killers]].


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* OnceMoreWithClarity: The investigators play the footage once more [[spoiler:after it's revealed to have been doctored, showing Rachel and [=LeAnn=] setting up the massacre]].


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* SamusIsAGirl: [[spoiler:Rachel and [=LeAnn=] are the killers.]]


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* UnreliableNarrator: The footage the investigators are using to determine the culprit's identity [[spoiler:has been doctored from the start by Rachel and [=LeAnn=].]]
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* WeaponOfChoice: The killer uses a blowtorch.

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* WeaponOfChoice: The killer uses a blowtorch.
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* [[spoiler:TheBadGuyWins]]: [[spoiler:The investigators realize they've been deceived too late, and let the killers go.]]



* [[spoiler:MotiveMisidentification]]: [[spoiler:One of the victims is seen in the footage trying to hide the fact she's carrying a large amount of cash with her. The investigators look into where she got it, assuming this was the motivation for the killings. It turns out to have nothing to do with them.]]
* [[spoiler:PoliceAreUseless]]: [[spoiler:The investigators fall for the killers' deceptions and let them get away.]]
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* FinalGirl: [[Two girls survive the massacre - but it turns out they're actually the killers.]]

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* FinalGirl: [[Two [[spoiler:Two girls survive the massacre - but it turns out they're actually the killers.]]
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''Evidence'' is a 2013 film from Olatunde Osunsanmi (director of ''Film/TheFourthKind'' and ''Film/TheCavern'') that blends elements of a [[FoundFootageFilms found-footage horror movie]] and an [[ForensicDrama investigative crime drama]]. In the aftermath of a massacre at an abandoned gas station, a group of investigators are tasked with examining the footage recovered from the victims' cameras to piece together what happened and discover who is responsible.

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''Evidence'' is a 2013 film from Olatunde Osunsanmi (director of ''Film/TheFourthKind'' and ''Film/TheCavern'') that blends elements of a [[FoundFootageFilms found-footage horror movie]] and an [[ForensicDrama investigative crime drama]]. In the aftermath of a massacre at an abandoned gas station, desert truck stop, a group of investigators are tasked with examining the footage recovered from the victims' cameras to piece together what happened and discover who is responsible.
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''Evidence'' is a 2013 film from Olatunde Osunsanmi (director of ''Film/TheFourthKind'' and ''Film/TheCavern'') that blends elements of a [[FoundFootageFilms found-footage horror movie]] and an [[ForensicDrama investigative crime drama]]. In the aftermath of a massacre at an abandoned gas station, a group of investigators are tasked with examining the footage recovered from the victims' cameras to piece together what happened and discover who is responsible.

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*AbandonedArea: The massacre takes place at an abandoned old truck stop out in the middle of the desert.
*[[spoiler:TheBadGuyWins]]: [[spoiler:The investigators realize they've been deceived too late, and let the killers go.]]
*DeadlyRoadTrip: The victims were all on board a bus headed to Las Vegas that crashed in the desert.
*EnhanceButton: The investigators perform some impossible enhancements to the often very dark, pixelated or corrupted footage while searching for clues.
*EvidenceScavengerHunt: Much of the investigators' portions of the film amount to a form of this as they examine the video for clues.
*FinalGirl: [[Two girls survive the massacre - but it turns out they're actually the killers.]]
*FoundFootage: Most of the movie consists of the "recovered video" from the crime scene.
*FramingDevice: The scenes with the investigators can come across this way; although they do contribute to the plot and appear scattered throughout the movie, the meat of the film is definitely the found footage elements.
*JumpScare: What kind of slasher flick would it be without them?
*MalevolentMaskedMen: The killer wears a welding mask.
*[[spoiler:MotiveMisidentification]]: [[spoiler:One of the victims is seen in the footage trying to hide the fact she's carrying a large amount of cash with her. The investigators look into where she got it, assuming this was the motivation for the killings. It turns out to have nothing to do with them.]]
*[[spoiler:PoliceAreUseless]]: [[spoiler:The investigators fall for the killers' deceptions and let them get away.]]
*TheReveal: [[spoiler:The supposedly raw footage the investigators are watching has actually already been edited by the killer - or, in fact, killers. The two surviving young women had switched back and forth in the "role," planted evidence and shot and cut their video deceptively to throw off the investigation and get away with murder.]]
*RewindReplayRepeat: The investigators do this to examine certain bits of footage more closely.
*SilentAntagonist: The killer never speaks while masked.
*SlasherMovie: The found-footage segments basically amount to this as the killer picks off the stranded victims.
*UnknownAssailant: The purpose of the investigation is to discover the identity of the killer.
*WeaponOfChoice: The killer uses a blowtorch.

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