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* AllPartOfTheShow: The nature of the park means people tend to think The Other is just an employee scaring people. At first.


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* ItTastesLikeFeet: After a scareactor carries her off, Natalie complains that he smells like a hobo's ass. She's promptly asked how she knows what that smells like.


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* PoliceAreUseless: Zigzagged. [[spoiler:The police arrive on the scene once it becomes apparent there really is a killer on the loose, and their presence seems to save Natalie and Brooke and drive the killer away. They don't catch him though.]]
* QuizzicalTilt: The Other when [[spoiler:he realizes the prop guillotine is just a prop, and can't actually cut off heads]].
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* SurprsinglyRealisticOutcome: When [[spoiler: The Other tries to use a guillotine on Taylor, it doesn't work, because it-- like every other weapon in the park-- is a prop and therefore the blade isn't actually sharp]].

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* SurprsinglyRealisticOutcome: SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: When [[spoiler: The Other tries to use a guillotine on Taylor, it doesn't work, because it-- like every other bladed weapon in the park-- is a prop and therefore the blade isn't actually sharp]].

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* AmusementParkOfDoom: Hell Fest is a travelling amusement park that changes location year to year.

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* AmusementParkOfDoom: Hell Fest is a travelling traveling horror-themed amusement park that changes location year to year.year. It isn't one of these by design, but The Other's presence turns it into one


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* SurprsinglyRealisticOutcome: When [[spoiler: The Other tries to use a guillotine on Taylor, it doesn't work, because it-- like every other weapon in the park-- is a prop and therefore the blade isn't actually sharp]].
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* TheUnreveal: [[spoiler:The killer’s identity and motive are never revealed. All that’s learned about him is that he has a daughter who is unaware of his true nature.]]
* TheyLookJustLikeEveryoneElse!: Clearly what the final scene is trying to invoke. [[spoiler: When The Other returns home from Hellfest, we see that he lives in a normal suburban home and has a young daughter who loves him and doesn’t seem to be aware of the fact that he’s a serial killer. He even presents her with a teddy bear from the park.]]

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* TheUnreveal: [[spoiler:The killer’s identity and motive are never revealed. All that’s learned about him is that he has a daughter who is unaware of his true nature. It works rather well, as the point was less about revealing the killer's identity and more about how easily these people can live among us, with those closest to them unaware.]]
* TheyLookJustLikeEveryoneElse!: TheyLookJustLikeEveryoneElse: Clearly what the final scene is trying to invoke. [[spoiler: When [[spoiler:When The Other returns home from Hellfest, we see that he lives in a normal suburban home and has a young daughter who loves him and doesn’t seem to be aware of the fact that he’s a serial killer. He even presents her with a teddy bear from the park.]]
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* AdvertisedExtra: Creator/TonyTodd receives an AndStarring credit for what amounts to about a minute of screentime.

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* AdvertisedExtra: Creator/TonyTodd receives an AndStarring credit for what amounts to about a minute of screentime.screentime, plus some voiceovers.
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* TheCameo: Employees from Netherworld Haunted House in Atlanta, Georgia appear as park-goers.
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* AdvertisedExtra: Creator/TonyTodd receives an AndStarring credit for what amounts to about a minute of screentime.
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* IronicNurseryTune: The Other hums "Pop Goes the Weasel" to himself while stalking his victims.

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* AllHallowsEve: Takes place on Halloween.


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* HalloweenEpisode: Takes place on Halloween.
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* CruelAndUnusualDeath: [[spoiler: Gavin]] is killed via [[TestYourStrengthGame strong-man mallet]] that pulverizes his head (and makes the bell go *ding!*); [[spoiler: Asher]] as well (See EyeScream.)

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* CruelAndUnusualDeath: [[spoiler: Gavin]] is killed via [[TestYourStrengthGame strong-man mallet]] that crushes his windpipe and pulverizes his head (and makes the bell go *ding!*); [[spoiler: Asher]] as well (See EyeScream.)
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* CruelAndUnusualDeath: [[spoiler: Gavin]] is killed via strong-man mallet that pulverizes his head (and makes the bell go *ding!*); [[spoiler: Asher]] as well (See EyeScream.)

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* CruelAndUnusualDeath: [[spoiler: Gavin]] is killed via [[TestYourStrengthGame strong-man mallet mallet]] that pulverizes his head (and makes the bell go *ding!*); [[spoiler: Asher]] as well (See EyeScream.)


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* TestYourStrengthGame: There is a test-your-strength game kept in the employee locker area. [[spoiler:When Gavin wanders in to steal a prize for Natalie]], The Other attacks and ultimately kills him with the strength game's mallet, smashing his head while it was on the target... and ringing the bell.

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* [[spoiler: KarmaHoudini]]: [[spoiler: The Other gets out of the park without a hitch, despite having been stabbed in the side by Natalie with his own ice pick, and goes home to his little daughter.]]

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* [[spoiler: KarmaHoudini]]: KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler: The Other gets out of the park without a hitch, despite having been stabbed in the side by Natalie with his own ice pick, and goes home to his little daughter.]]
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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Brooke and Natalie survive but their friends are dead and the Other escapes the park, likely to carry out another murder spree in the future.]]


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* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: [[spoiler:The Other is revealed to be a loving father who hides his true nature from his daughter. He's seen embracing his daughter and giving her a doll from Hell Fest.]]

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* TwistedAnkle: [[spoiler: Brooke]] receives the business end of the Other's axe to the leg, forcing them to hobble through the final maze supported by [[spoiler: Natalie]].


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* TheyLookJustLikeEveryoneElse!: Clearly what the final scene is trying to invoke. [[spoiler: When The Other returns home from Hellfest, we see that he lives in a normal suburban home and has a young daughter who loves him and doesn’t seem to be aware of the fact that he’s a serial killer. He even presents her with a teddy bear from the park.]]
* TwistedAnkle: [[spoiler: Brooke]] receives the business end of the Other's axe to the leg, forcing them to hobble through the final maze supported by [[spoiler: Natalie]].
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* [[spoiler: KarmaHoudini]]: [[spoiler: The Other gets out of the park without a hitch, despite having been stabbed in the side by Natalie with his own ice pick, and goes home to his little daughter.]]

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* EyeScream: [[spoiler:Asher is killed by having a needle jammed into his eye.]]



* EyeScream: [[spoiler:Asher is killed by having a needle jammed into his eye.]]



* OffWithHisHead: The Other uses a guillotine on Taylor. [[spoiler:Fortunately for her, [[SubvertedTrope the prop blade is too dull to actually do any damage]], and only leaves a shallow scratch on the back on her neck.]]
* PartyScattering: Happens in the mazes with [[spoiler: Quinn and Asher]], which ends with the latter being killed, and [[spoiler: Natalie and Brooke]] during the climax.



* OffWithHisHead: Almost happens to [[spoiler:Taylor]], but she gets out before it happens.

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* OffWithHisHead: Almost happens The Other uses a guillotine on [[spoiler:Taylor. Fortunately for her, [[SubvertedTrope the prop blade is too dull to [[spoiler:Taylor]], but she gets out before it happens.actually do any damage]], and only leaves a shallow scratch on the back on her neck, giving her time to escape.]]
* PartyScattering: Happens in the mazes with [[spoiler: Quinn and Asher]], which ends with the latter being killed, and [[spoiler: Natalie and Brooke]] during the climax.



* WeAreExperiencingTechnicalDifficulties: The ride to the Deadlands shuts down whilst Natalie is still inside and this announcement is made.

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* WeAreExperiencingTechnicalDifficulties: The ride to the Deadlands shuts down whilst Natalie is still inside and this announcement is made.made.

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* Hell: The theme of the most intense attraction of the park, which is the characters' destination.

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* Hell: {{Hell}}: The theme of the most intense attraction of the park, which is the characters' destination.



* OffWithHisHead: The Other uses a guillotine on Taylor. [[spoiler:Fortunately for her, [[SubvertedTrope the prop blade is too dull to actually do any damage]], and only leaves a shallow scratch on the back on her neck.]]



* MonsterClown: JumpScare s Gavin and Natalie, with Gavin remarking that he has a "very specific phobia of demonic clowns."

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* MonsterClown: JumpScare s A scareactor playing one of these {{jump scare}}s Gavin and Natalie, with Gavin remarking that he has a "very specific phobia of demonic clowns."
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* CeilingCorpse: The last shot in the Cold open reveals the Other's other victims hanging from the rafters.

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* CeilingCorpse: The last shot in the Cold open ColdOpen reveals the Other's other victims hanging from the rafters.



* DevelopingDoomedCharacters: After the ColdOpen the film takes some time to introduce us to our victims for the evening.



* JumpScare: Pretty much what the park is made of, with a couple for the audience as well.
* PartyScattering: Happens in the mazes with [[spoiler: Quinn and Asher]], which ends with the latter being killed, and [[spoiler: Natalie and Brooke]] during the climax.
* MonsterClown: JumpScare s Gavin and Natalie, with Gavin remarking that he has a "very specific phobia of demonic clowns."
* OffscreenTeleportation: Apparently how the Other gets around at times, since he goes from one part of the park to a completely different one within minutes.



* RoomFullOfCrazy: Some of the rooms in the mazes are quite remarkably put together this way.
* SerialKiller: The Other has five kills onscreen and untold others over at least two years.



* TheUnreveal: [[spoiler:The killer’s identity and motive are never revealed. All that’s learned about him is that he has a daughter who is unaware of his true nature.]]

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* TheUnreveal: [[spoiler:The killer’s identity and motive are never revealed. All that’s learned about him is that he has a daughter who is unaware of his true nature.]]]]
* WeAreExperiencingTechnicalDifficulties: The ride to the Deadlands shuts down whilst Natalie is still inside and this announcement is made.
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* BlackDudeDiesFirst: [[spoiler: Averted.]] When [[spoiler:Brooke]] goes off on her own to confront the Other about taking Natalie and Gavin's photos it ''looks'' like this trope is being set up,[[spoiler: but Gavin is actually the first kill. Brooke survives the film.]]

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* BlackDudeDiesFirst: [[spoiler: Averted.Subverted.]] When [[spoiler:Brooke]] goes off on her own to confront the Other about taking Natalie and Gavin's photos it ''looks'' like this trope is being set up,[[spoiler: but Gavin is actually the first kill. Brooke survives the film.]]]]
* CeilingCorpse: The last shot in the Cold open reveals the Other's other victims hanging from the rafters.


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* CreepyChild: The escorts to the Deadlands are this, mixed with CreepyDoll.
* CreepyDoll: A LOT of these in the various mazes, especially the last one.
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: [[spoiler: Gavin]] is killed via strong-man mallet that pulverizes his head (and makes the bell go *ding!*); [[spoiler: Asher]] as well (See EyeScream.)


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* DamselInDistress: When the ride taking them to the Deadlands breaks down Natalie is the only one caught inside, with the Other getting closer and closer...[[spoiler: Subverted because it's actually an employee and the whole thing was done as a way to scare single riders.]]
* DeadlyPrank: Since it's an amusement park that literally thrives on making it ''look'' like people are being attacked and/or killed, onlookers assume the deaths and attacks are the prank part of this. Including Natalie, who's horrified by the "prank" turning deadly.
* DwindlingParty: Six walk in, two come out.
* TheEndOrIsIt: [[spoiler: At the end, we see the Other coming home and opening a locked cabinet, revealing several ''other'' masks and mementos of previous killings. He then goes into the living room and embraces his daughter, and it's implied this will happen again.]]
* EverythingTryingToKillYou: The theme of the mazes, obviously.
* GuttedLikeAFish: The first victim we see die. Also how [[spoiler: Quinn and maybe Taylor]] die.
* Hell: The theme of the most intense attraction of the park, which is the characters' destination.
* HiddenHarasser: What the Other starts out as. Natalie's friends become more exasperated with her insistence she's being stalked and keep telling her it's an employee of the park. Then a very ''dedicated'' employee. Then they start to believe her.
* HorrorDoesntSettleForSimpleTuesday: It's implied the Other only kills on Halloween.


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* TwistedAnkle: [[spoiler: Brooke]] receives the business end of the Other's axe to the leg, forcing them to hobble through the final maze supported by [[spoiler: Natalie]].
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* AllHallows'Eve: Takes place on Halloween.

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* AllHallows'Eve: AllHallowsEve: Takes place on Halloween.



* Ax-Crazy: The Other, though he uses an ice pick and doesn't pick up the axe until just before the climax.
* Barrier-BustingBlow: At the climax when [[spoiler: Brooke and Natalie]] are in the final maze.

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* Ax-Crazy: AxCrazy: The Other, though he uses an ice pick and doesn't pick up the axe until just before the climax.
* Barrier-BustingBlow: BarrierBustingBlow: At the climax when [[spoiler: Brooke and Natalie]] are in the final maze.
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* AllHallows'Eve: Takes place on Halloween.
* AmusementParkOfDoom: Hell Fest is a travelling amusement park that changes location year to year.
* Ax-Crazy: The Other, though he uses an ice pick and doesn't pick up the axe until just before the climax.
* Barrier-BustingBlow: At the climax when [[spoiler: Brooke and Natalie]] are in the final maze.


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* CellPhonesAreUseless: Natalie's attempt to call 911 when the Other terrorizes her in the bathroom fails (even though she'd ''just'' been texting). In the climax, both [[spoiler: her and Brooke's]] cells have no service in the final maze.
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* BlackDudeDiesFirst: [[spoiler:* Averted.]] When [[spoiler:Brooke]] goes off on her own to confront the Other about taking Natalie and Gavin's photos it ''looks'' like this trope is being set up,[[spoiler:but Gavin is actually the first kill.]] [[spoiler:Brooke survives the film.]]

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* BlackDudeDiesFirst: [[spoiler:* [[spoiler: Averted.]] When [[spoiler:Brooke]] goes off on her own to confront the Other about taking Natalie and Gavin's photos it ''looks'' like this trope is being set up,[[spoiler:but up,[[spoiler: but Gavin is actually the first kill.]] [[spoiler:Brooke kill. Brooke survives the film.]]
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* BlackDudeDiesFirst: [[spoiler:* Averted.]] When [[spoiler:Brooke]] goes off on her own to confront the Other about taking Natalie and Gavin's photos it ''looks'' like this trope is being set up,[[spoiler:but Gavin is actually the first kill.]] [[spoiler:Brooke survives the film.]]
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* EyeScream: [[spoiler:Asher is killed by having a needle jammed into his eye.]]
* OffWithHisHead: Almost happens to [[spoiler:Taylor]], but she gets out before it happens.
* TheUnreveal: [[spoiler:The killer’s identity and motive are never revealed. All that’s learned about him is that he has a daughter who is unaware of his true nature.]]

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A 2018 SlasherMovie directed by Gregory Plotkin.

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A 2018 SlasherMovie directed by Gregory Plotkin. It stars a group of teens who visit a Halloween carnival and end up being stalked by a serial killer known as the Other.

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A 2018 HorrorFilm directed by Gregory Plotkin.

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A 2018 HorrorFilm SlasherMovie directed by Gregory Plotkin.
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A 2018 HorrorFilm directed by Gregory Plotkin.

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