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''Lemon Tree Passage'' is a 2014 Australian horror/thriller film that was directed by David James Campbell and is his feature film directorial debut. The film received an Australian release and stars Andrew Ryan, Tim Phillipps, Pippa Black, Jessica Tovey, and Tim Pocock as a group of backpackers that find themselves in the midst of strange occurrences.

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''Lemon Tree Passage'' is a 2014 Australian horror/thriller film that was directed by David James Campbell and is his feature film directorial debut. The film received an Australian release and stars Andrew Ryan, Tim Phillipps, Pippa Black, Jessica Tovey, and Tim Pocock Creator/TimPocock as a group of backpackers that find themselves in the midst of strange occurrences.
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* PsychicAssistedSuicide: The ghost psychically compels [[spoiler:Maya]] to commit '[[SuicideBySea suicide by lake]]': making her walk off the end of a jetty and into a lake, where she sinks like a stone. [[spoiler:She survives]].
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* VengefulGhost: The ghost is seeking vengeance for her [[RapeAndRevenge rape and murder]].
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A couple of Australians introduce three American backpackers to the local legend of Lemon Tree Passage where a ghost of a motorcyclist warns young drivers to slow down. After seeing the ghost first hand they uncover a malevolent force that posses the area and threatens to wreak havoc on the final days of their vacation. Isolated and ten thousand miles from home, the tourists find themselves caught in the clutches of an evil force much more heinous than the local myth believed.

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A couple of Australians introduce three American backpackers to the local legend of Lemon Tree Passage where a ghost of a motorcyclist warns young drivers to slow down. After seeing the ghost first hand they uncover a malevolent force that posses possesses the area and threatens to wreak havoc on the final days of their vacation. Isolated and ten thousand miles from home, the tourists find themselves caught in the clutches of an evil force much more heinous than the local myth believed.
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* CueTheSun: ends with [[spoiler:Jordan and Maya]] walking along the road out of the bush with the sun rising behind them. This signifies that the night, and the nightmare they have been battling, is over. This is further cemented when they find their car and it starts first time.
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* GhostStory: The Americans and the Australians are telling scary stories around a fire on the beach. Oscar then tells the story of Lemon Tree Passage Road, which inspires everyone to check it out to see if its real. Unfortunately for them, [[GoneHorriblyRight it is]].
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* ScaryFlashlightFace: Amelia does this while telling a scary story round the bonfire on the beach. She offers it to Oscar when he starts his story, but he dismisses it, saying he doesn't need special effects to be scary.
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* HandsOnApproach: Jordan gives Maya some hands-on advice while teaching her how to bat in cricket.
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* DeathTrap: [[spoiler:Toby]] is left tied up in a death trap that is designed to be triggered by his friends when they come looking for him: dropping adeadfall that will then hang him.

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* DeathTrap: [[spoiler:Toby]] is left tied up in a death trap that is designed to be triggered by his friends when they come looking for him: dropping adeadfall a deadfall that will then hang him.
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* UrbanLegends: starts with Oscar and Jordan telling the American tourists the (actual) urban legend about Lemon Tree Passage Road: that a motorcyclist was killed there by a car driven by speeding teenagers, and now a ghost headlight chases any car that speeds along that stretch of road at night. They later decide to see if the legend is true.

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* UrbanLegends: The film starts with Oscar and Jordan telling the American tourists the (actual) urban legend about Lemon Tree Passage Road: that a motorcyclist was killed there by a car driven by speeding teenagers, and now a ghost headlight chases any car that speeds along that stretch of road at night. They later decide to see if the legend is true.
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* UrbanLegends: starts with Oscar and Jordan telling the American tourists the (actual) urban legend about Lemon Tree Passage Road: that a motorcyclist was killed there by a car driven by speeding teenagers, and now a ghost headlight chases any car that speeds along that stretch of road at night. They later decide to see if the legend is true.
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* SuicideBySea: The ghost compels [[spoiler:Maya]] to commit 'suicide by lake': making her walk off the end of a jetty and into a lake, where she sinks like a stone.

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* ShowingOffTheNewBody: When [[spoiler:Maya]] is possessed by the ghost, the ghost comments on how stupid [[spoiler:Maya]]'s name is, but then adds that the body does have nice legs.
* SuicideBySea: The ghost compels [[spoiler:Maya]] to commit 'suicide by lake': making her walk off the end of a jetty and into a lake, where she sinks like a stone.
stone. [[spoiler:She survives]].
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* CellPhonesAreUseless: The protagonists discover that their cell phones stop working on Lemon Tree Passage Road.


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* MyCarHatesMe: When Jordan stops his car to search for Oscar, he then finds it will not start again. The next morning, [[DontGoIntoTheWoods after their terrifying night in the bush]], it starts fine.

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* PunkInTheTrunk: Oscar vanishing while standing in the centre of the road looking for the source of the light. Jordan later finds him in the boot of his car. [[spoiler:Asphyxiated.]]
* RapeAndRevenge: The angry ghost is the spirit of a young woamn who was raped and murdered; lashing out to inflict vengeance on any who come near enough.

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* PunkInTheTrunk: Oscar vanishing vanishes while standing in the centre of the road looking for the source of the light. Jordan later finds him in the boot of his car. [[spoiler:Asphyxiated.]]
* RapeAndRevenge: The angry ghost is the spirit of a young woamn woman who was raped and murdered; lashing out to inflict vengeance on any who come near enough.
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* InspiredBy: The film is inspired by an urban legend of a ghost light that chases speeding cars along an isolated stretch of road in country New South Wales. While this is depicted in the movie, none of the other events have any connection to the legend.
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* PsychicNosebleed: Maya develops a nosebleed when the ghost light appears beyond the car, even though she doesn't see it. This appears to be a manifestation of unknown psychic powers (she has strange visions that no other character experiences), but it is never explicitly stated.

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* DrivenToSuicide: When confronted with his part in the rape and murder, [[spoiler:Sam]] kills himself; seemingly destroying the ghost in the process.



* ThePlace: Lemon Tree Passage is a stretch of road where the haunting occurs.



* RapeAndTheRevenge: The angry ghost is the spirit of a young woamn who was raped and murdered; lashing out to inflict vengeance on any who come near enough.

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''Lemon Tree Passage'' is a 2014 Australian horror/thriller film that was directed by David James Campbell and is his feature film directorial debut. The film received an Australian release and stars Andrew Ryan, Tim Phillipps, Pippa Black, Jessica Tovey, and Tim Pocock as a group of backpackers that find themselves in the midst of strange occurrences.

A couple of Australians introduce three American backpackers to the local legend of Lemon Tree Passage where a ghost of a motorcyclist warns young drivers to slow down. After seeing the ghost first hand they uncover a malevolent force that posses the area and threatens to wreak havoc on the final days of their vacation. Isolated and ten thousand miles from home, the tourists find themselves caught in the clutches of an evil force much more heinous than the local myth believed.

!! ''Lemon Tree Passage'' contains examples of:

* CarFu: [[spoiler:Maya]] is compelled to release the handbrake on Sam's car, causing it to roll downhill and crash into the tree [[spoiler:Amelia]] is tied to.
* CouldntFindAPen: The ghost writes "FIND HIM OR I WILL" on the kitchen wall in blood.
* DeathTrap: [[spoiler:Toby]] is left tied up in a death trap that is designed to be triggered by his friends when they come looking for him: dropping adeadfall that will then hang him.
* DontGoIntoTheWoods: Most of the action takes place in dense bush at night, when the protagonists go searching for their missing friends, and become easy prey for the malevolent force looking to pick them off.
* ElectromagneticGhosts: The ghost interferes with electronics; causing Sam's car radio to start blaring, switch channels, turn off, etc.
* PunkInTheTrunk: Oscar vanishing while standing in the centre of the road looking for the source of the light. Jordan later finds him in the boot of his car. [[spoiler:Asphyxiated.]]
* RapeAndTheRevenge: The angry ghost is the spirit of a young woamn who was raped and murdered; lashing out to inflict vengeance on any who come near enough.
* SuicideBySea: The ghost compels [[spoiler:Maya]] to commit 'suicide by lake': making her walk off the end of a jetty and into a lake, where she sinks like a stone.

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