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* HeroicBSOD: Linda suffers one while taking shelter in the roadside café after killing [[spoiler[[BigBad Rita]]]] and fleeing Montclare. She copes by building a little wall out of sugar cubes.

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* HeroicBSOD: Linda suffers one while taking shelter in the roadside café after killing [[spoiler[[BigBad [[spoiler:[[BigBad Rita]]]] and fleeing Montclare. She copes by building a little wall out of sugar cubes.
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* SoundtrackDissonance: The slightly eerie-sounding Schulze composition "Georg Trakl" plays over Linda reading her mother's seemingly banal diary entries for the first time, suggesting that later readings will not be as pleasant for her. Later, the same piece plays over a rather romantic scene of Linda and Barney playfully frolicking in the woods

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* SoundtrackDissonance: The slightly eerie-sounding Schulze composition "Georg Trakl" plays over Linda reading her mother's seemingly banal diary entries for the first time, suggesting that later readings will not be as pleasant for her. Later, the same piece plays over a rather romantic scene of Linda and Barney playfully frolicking in the woodswoods.
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* HeroicBSOD: Linda suffers one while taking shelter in the roadside café. She copes by building a little wall out of sugar cubes.

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* HeroicBSOD: Linda suffers one while taking shelter in the roadside café.café after killing [[spoiler[[BigBad Rita]]]] and fleeing Montclare. She copes by building a little wall out of sugar cubes.
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* {{Revenge}}: [[spoiler:Rita's]] primary motive. Possibly also a case of MisplacedRetribution, as she attacks her niece for the actions of her mother, intending to frame her for the murders and take over Montclare.

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* {{Revenge}}: [[spoiler:Rita's]] primary motive.motive for the murders is revenge over [[spoiler:being placed in a mental institution by Linda's mother as part of a PassedOverInheritance and to protect Linda]]. Possibly also a case of MisplacedRetribution, as she attacks her niece for the actions of her mother, intending to frame her for the murders and take over Montclare.



* SerialKiller: [[spoiler:Rita.]]

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* SerialKiller: [[spoiler:Rita.]][[spoiler:Rita]] is the one responsible for the killing of the old folks in Montclare.
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* RecycledSoundtrack: Parts of the film's score consist of material re-used from Music/KlausSchulze's prior studio albums. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJk7nQFlZdU "Death of an Analogue"]] from ''Dig It'' is used as the main theme, while [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kume7iN1KHs "Georg Trakl"]] from ''X'' and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEHvTiq0QfU "Silent Running"]] from ''Trancefer'' also make appearances.

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* RecycledSoundtrack: Parts of the film's score consist of material re-used from Music/KlausSchulze's prior studio albums. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJk7nQFlZdU "Death of an Analogue"]] from ''Dig It'' is used as the main theme, while [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kume7iN1KHs "Georg Trakl"]] from ''X'' and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEHvTiq0QfU "Silent Running"]] from ''Trancefer'' also make appearances.appearances at various points in the film.
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* RecycledSoundtrack: Parts of the film's score consist of material re-used from Music/KlausSchulze's prior studio albums. "Death of an Analogue" from ''Dig It'' is used as the main theme, while "Georg Trakl" from ''X'' and "Silent Running" from ''Trancefer'' also make appearances.

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* RecycledSoundtrack: Parts of the film's score consist of material re-used from Music/KlausSchulze's prior studio albums. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJk7nQFlZdU "Death of an Analogue" Analogue"]] from ''Dig It'' is used as the main theme, while [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kume7iN1KHs "Georg Trakl" Trakl"]] from ''X'' and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEHvTiq0QfU "Silent Running" Running"]] from ''Trancefer'' also make appearances.

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* BloodIsSquickerInWater: [[spoiler:Connie and Dr. Barton]] are found dead, having been stabbed to death, in a bloody bathtub. A few scenes earlier, the water in a fountain turns red and Linda comes across a dead body.

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* BloodIsSquickerInWater: [[spoiler:Connie and Dr. Barton]] are found dead, having been stabbed to death, in a bloody bathtub. A few scenes earlier, the water in a fountain turns red and Linda comes across a her friend Carol's dead body.



* RecycledSoundtrack: Parts of the film's score consist of material re-used from Music/KlausSchulze's prior studio albums. "Death of an Analogue" from ''Dig It'' is used as the main theme, while "Georg Trakl" from ''X'' and "Silent Running" from ''Trancefer'' also make appearances.



* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: We never find out what happens to the cat living in the old home.

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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: We never find out what happens to the cat living in the old home. Lance likewise is last seen fleeing from Montclare through a window onto an emergency escape stairway, his final fate unknown.
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* GreasySpoon: On her way to Montclare, Linda stops at a roadside café. The owner Harry reveals that Linda and her mother used to frequent the restaurant, and that her mom would stare out the window when they sat in their booth. It is at that same café where the film's climax takes place.
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* EyeScream: Linda stabs [[spoiler:Rita]] in the eye through a door peephole using the sharp end of metal comb.

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* EyeScream: Linda stabs [[spoiler:Rita]] in the eye through a door peephole using the sharp end of a metal comb.
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* EyeScream: Linda stabs [[spoiler:Rita]] in the eye through a door peephole using a hat pin.

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* EyeScream: Linda stabs [[spoiler:Rita]] in the eye through a door peephole using a hat pin.the sharp end of metal comb.
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* CarFu: During the climactic scenes, Kelvin rams his van into the roadside café where Linda has taken shelter and attempts to run her down.

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* CarFu: During the climactic scenes, Kelvin [[CarMeetsHouse rams his van into the roadside café café]] where Linda has taken shelter and attempts to run her down.
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* CampbellCountry: It's a GothicHorror story set among the plains of the Australian state of Victoria.

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