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* BigBad: [[spoiler:Patua Bruckner]], a SerialKiller offing girls near a boarding school.





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* HateSink: The headmistress, a cruel taskmaster who allows Jennifer to be bullied by the other girls and eventually tries to lock her in a mental institution when she tries to talk about her bug communication powers.
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* BitchInSheepsClothing: Sophie who mocked Jennifer behind her back and left her without bothering to even lock the door. [[spoiler: And Frau Brückner who looked like a reserved and shy woman while she was actually a warped and tormented maniac.]]

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* BitchInSheepsClothing: Sophie who mocked Jennifer behind her back and left her without bothering to even lock the door. [[spoiler:
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And Frau Brückner who looked like a reserved and shy woman while she was actually a warped and tormented maniac.]]



* BoardingSchoolOfHorrors: Though most of the horror happens outside the school perimeter.

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* BoardingSchoolOfHorrors: Though most of the survival horror happens outside the school perimeter.perimeter, its the social kind of horror that happens inside but with a headmistress such as this the two overlap, in a sense.

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* EtherealWhiteDress: Jennifer, who for most of the film is associated with death, in the most iconic scenes wears a white dress that floats in the wind. It makes the scenes even more atmospheric.



* WomanInWhite: Jennifer in the most iconic scenes wears a white dress that floats in the wind. It makes the scenes even more atmospheric.
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During one of her nightly trips, Jennifer meets and befriends Professor John [=McGregor=] (Creator/DonaldPleasance), a kindly old entomologist who has been helping the local police with the murder investigation. [=McGregor=] is fascinated by Jennifer's strange gift, and soon she gets to put her abilities to good use by doing a little amateur sleuthing of her own.

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During one of her nightly trips, Jennifer meets and befriends Professor John [=McGregor=] (Creator/DonaldPleasance), (Creator/DonaldPleasence), a kindly old entomologist who has been helping the local police with the murder investigation. [=McGregor=] is fascinated by Jennifer's strange gift, and soon she gets to put her abilities to good use by doing a little amateur sleuthing of her own.
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Jennifer Corvino, the daughter of a famous actor, arrives in an elite academy in Switzerland. Unfortunately, there are several factors that make the transfer to a new school hard on her:

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Jennifer Corvino, Corvino (Creator/JenniferConnelly), the daughter of a famous actor, arrives in an elite academy in Switzerland. Unfortunately, there are several factors that make the transfer to a new school hard on her:



During one of her nightly trips, Jennifer meets and befriends Professor John [=McGregor=], a kindly old entomologist who has been helping the local police with the murder investigation. [=McGregor=] is fascinated by Jennifer's strange gift, and soon she gets to put her abilities to good use by doing a little amateur sleuthing of her own.

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During one of her nightly trips, Jennifer meets and befriends Professor John [=McGregor=], [=McGregor=] (Creator/DonaldPleasance), a kindly old entomologist who has been helping the local police with the murder investigation. [=McGregor=] is fascinated by Jennifer's strange gift, and soon she gets to put her abilities to good use by doing a little amateur sleuthing of her own.
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* AloneWithThePsycho: And his victims if they count.

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* AloneWithThePsycho: And his past victims if they count.



* MadwomanInTheAttic [[spoiler:Frau Brückner's deformed son was kept chained in the basement.]]

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* MadwomanInTheAttic [[spoiler:Frau Brückner's deformed son was kept got an upgrade when they moved, from being chained to a hidden room to being chained in the basement.basement, where he could have fun with his playmates.]]
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* FriendToAllLivingThings: Jennifer is a friend to all things six-legged, which unfortunately [[AllOfTheOtherReindeer isn't endearing to most people around her]].

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* FriendToAllLivingThings: Jennifer is a friend to all things six-legged, which which, unfortunately [[AllOfTheOtherReindeer isn't endearing to most people around her]].



* WretchedHive: The boarding school in general is filled with nothing, but cruel harlots.

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* WretchedHive: The boarding school in general is filled with nothing, but cruel harlots.school, where the students are merciless bullies and the faculty are abusive criminals.
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* PullTheIV: Downplayed. When Jennifer realizes the person watching her has fallen asleep, she very carefully removes what's keeping the IV attached, gently tugs on it to remove it, then wipes the blood and keeps pressure on it.


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* VomitIndiscretionShot: When Jennifer realizes she's [[spoiler:been poisoned]], you see the whole process of her forcing herself to throw it up.
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* OffscreenKarma: [[spoiler: It's never openly stated but the film ends with the killers dead, one of them a teacher and deputy Headmistress of the school which means that the school's administration will be in deep shit and that at the very least the Headmistress will be removed from her position which is fair considering she tried to unlawfully incarcerate Jennifer.]] Also, [[spoiler: the school is probably going to be facing a legal shitstorm once Jennifer's father, a famous and wealthy actor, finds out the Headmistress tried to have his daughter unlawfully incarcerated without so much as a phone call to her legal guardian.]]

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* OffscreenKarma: [[spoiler: It's never openly stated but the [[spoiler:The film ends with the killers dead, one of them a teacher and deputy Headmistress of the school which school. Though it's never openly stated, this means that the school's administration will be in deep shit and that at the very least the Headmistress will be removed from her position position, which is fair considering she tried to unlawfully incarcerate Jennifer.]] Also, [[spoiler: the school is probably going to be facing a legal shitstorm once Jennifer's father, a famous and wealthy actor, finds out the Headmistress tried to have his daughter unlawfully incarcerated without so much as a phone call to her legal guardian.]]guardian]].
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* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: [[spoiler:Inga the chimp]] does not take her master's death lightly.

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* DeanBitterman: The headmistress of the school. As cruel and unhelpful as Dr. [=McGregor=] was nice.

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* DeanBitterman: The headmistress of the school. As cruel and unhelpful as Dr. [=McGregor=] was nice. The moment she saw from her top floor window Jennifer setting foot at her school, it was HateAtFirstSight.


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* WorldOfJerkass: The film depicts Switzerland as this way, from a boarding school being a WretchedHive filled with horrible female students and teaching staff to a pair of motorists who picked Jennifer who mishandled her and calling her a "little shit" when she tries to escape to finally a deformed killer being on the loose.
* WretchedHive: The boarding school in general is filled with nothing, but cruel harlots.
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Was the main inspiration for the original ''VideoGame/ClockTower'' game for SuperFamicom.

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Was the main inspiration for the original ''VideoGame/ClockTower'' game for SuperFamicom.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: [[spoiler: When Jennifer goes to Frau Brückners house if one pays close attention the living room looks pretty familiar, because it is exactly the same as the house in the Alps. This could symbolize that despite changes on the outside, the killer and his mother are still exactly the same as they always were. Also Jennifer mistaking a creepy doll for the boy is a warning for his less than canny and human appearance]].

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* {{Foreshadowing}}: [[spoiler: When Jennifer goes to Frau Brückners house Brückner's house, if one pays close attention the living room looks pretty familiar, because it is exactly the same as the house in the Alps. This could symbolize that despite changes on the outside, the killer and his mother are still exactly the same as they always were. Also Jennifer mistaking a creepy doll for the boy is a warning for about his less than canny and human appearance]].



* IdiotBall: Some of the victims seem to go out of their way - [[TooDumbToLive like walking into dark forests or abandoned houses]] - to get killed.
* IntergenerationalFriendship: Jennifer and Professor John [=McGregor=], who understands her better than any people her age.[[spoiler:Tragically it doesn't last long...]]

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* IdiotBall: Some of the victims seem to go out of their way - -- [[TooDumbToLive like walking into dark forests or abandoned houses]] - -- to get killed.
* IntergenerationalFriendship: Jennifer and Professor John [=McGregor=], who understands her better than any people her age. [[spoiler:Tragically it doesn't last long...]]
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* OffscreenKarma: [[spoiler: It's never openly stated but the film ends with the killers dead, one of them a teacher and deputy Headmistress of the school which means that the school's administration will be in deep shit and that at the very least the Headmistress will be removed from her position which is fair considering she tried to unlawfully incarcerate Jennifer.]]

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* OffscreenKarma: [[spoiler: It's never openly stated but the film ends with the killers dead, one of them a teacher and deputy Headmistress of the school which means that the school's administration will be in deep shit and that at the very least the Headmistress will be removed from her position which is fair considering she tried to unlawfully incarcerate Jennifer.]] Also, [[spoiler: the school is probably going to be facing a legal shitstorm once Jennifer's father, a famous and wealthy actor, finds out the Headmistress tried to have his daughter unlawfully incarcerated without so much as a phone call to her legal guardian.]]
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* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:Sophie]]. And [[spoiler: Frau Brückner by a chimp no less!]] Also, [[spoiler: despite [[WeHardlyKnewYou knowing so little of them]] and after learning what kind of people are within the boarding school, the student victims prior to Jennifer's arrival and Sophie's death can count too, as almost every female student except Jennifer is TheBully with no decent soul living there with the teaching staff filled with {{Sadist Teacher}}s led by a cruel DeanBitterman, making this boarding school of a doozy of a social CrapsackWorld within.]]
* AxCrazy:[[spoiler: Frau Bruckner loses it completely in the end and starts cackling like mad.]]
** [[spoiler: That's not even mentioning her son and how fucked up he is. He kills without provocation, and Frau Bruckner had to set up a special dumping ground for whenever he kills someone.]]

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* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:Sophie]]. And [[spoiler:Sophie]] and [[spoiler: Frau Brückner by a chimp no less!]] Brückner.]] Also, [[spoiler: despite [[WeHardlyKnewYou knowing so little of them]] and after learning what kind of people are within the boarding school, the student victims prior to Jennifer's arrival and Sophie's death can count too, as almost every female student except Jennifer is TheBully with no decent soul living there with the teaching staff filled with {{Sadist Teacher}}s led by a cruel DeanBitterman, making this boarding school of a doozy of a social CrapsackWorld within.]]
* AxCrazy:[[spoiler: Frau Bruckner Brückner loses it completely in the end and starts cackling like mad.]]
** [[spoiler: That's not even mentioning her son and how fucked up he is. He kills without provocation, and Frau Bruckner Brückner had to set up a special dumping ground for whenever he kills someone.]]



* BitchInSheepsClothing: Sophie who mocked Jennifer behind her back and left her without bothering to even lock the door. [[spoiler: And Frau Bruckner who looked like a reserved and shy woman while she was actually a warped and tormented maniac.]]
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Jennifer survives the ordeal and the villains are killed but Dr. Mac Gregor and Morris, her only human friends are also dead and Jennifer hugs Inga the ape as a reminder that her only friends now belong to the animal kingdom.]]

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* BitchInSheepsClothing: Sophie who mocked Jennifer behind her back and left her without bothering to even lock the door. [[spoiler: And Frau Bruckner Brückner who looked like a reserved and shy woman while she was actually a warped and tormented maniac.]]
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Jennifer survives the ordeal and the villains are killed killed, but Dr. Mac Gregor [=McGregor=] and Morris, her only human friends are also dead and Jennifer hugs Inga the ape as a reminder that her only friends now belong to the animal kingdom.]]



* TheCavalry: [[spoiler: A HUGE swarm of flies respond to Jennifer's distress when she's cornered by Bruckner's insane son, and they start devouring him before he falls into the lake.]]

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* TheCavalry: [[spoiler: A HUGE swarm of flies respond to Jennifer's distress when she's cornered by Bruckner's Brückner's insane son, and they start devouring him before he falls into the lake.]]



* DeanBitterman: The headmistress of the school. As cruel and unhelpful as Dr. McGregor was nice.

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* DeanBitterman: The headmistress of the school. As cruel and unhelpful as Dr. McGregor [=McGregor=] was nice.



* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: Inga, Professor [=McGregor's=] chimpanzee assistant.[[spoiler: Unless you are an enemy and killer of her boss.]]

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* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: Inga, Professor [=McGregor's=] chimpanzee assistant.[[spoiler: Unless you are an enemy and the killer of her boss.]]



* {{Foreshadowing}}: [[spoiler: When Jennifer goes to Frau Brückners house if one pays close attention the living room looks pretty familiar, because it is exactly the same as the house in the Alps. This could symbolize that despite the change of the outside on the inside of the killer and his mother nothing changes. Also Jennifer mistaking a creepy doll for the boy is a warning for his less than canny and human appearance]].

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* {{Foreshadowing}}: [[spoiler: When Jennifer goes to Frau Brückners house if one pays close attention the living room looks pretty familiar, because it is exactly the same as the house in the Alps. This could symbolize that despite the change of the outside changes on the inside of outside, the killer and his mother nothing changes.are still exactly the same as they always were. Also Jennifer mistaking a creepy doll for the boy is a warning for his less than canny and human appearance]].



* GeniusCripple: Professor John [=McGregor=] who can from his wheelchair help the police procedure by analysing the data of his insect pets.

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* GeniusCripple: Wheelchair-bound Professor John [=McGregor=] [=McGregor=], who can from his wheelchair help helps the police procedure by analysing the data of his insect pets.



* HouseOfBrokenMirrors: [[spoiler:The killer's house is more a hidden mirrors. Which makes it even more disturbing when you consider that they could just unhang them, instead of letting them serve as horrible reminders of the killer's reflection.]]
* IdiotBall: Some of the victims seem to go out of their way - like walking into dark forests or abandoned houses - to get killed.

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* HouseOfBrokenMirrors: [[spoiler:The killer's house is more a has hidden mirrors. Which makes it even more disturbing when you consider that they could just unhang remove them, instead of letting them serve as horrible reminders of the killer's reflection.]]
* IdiotBall: Some of the victims seem to go out of their way - [[TooDumbToLive like walking into dark forests or abandoned houses houses]] - to get killed.



* MadwomanInTheAttic [[spoiler:Frau Brückner's deformed son was chained to the basement the second time. She controlled him enough however for him to return after his nightly escapades.]]

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* MadwomanInTheAttic [[spoiler:Frau Brückner's deformed son was kept chained to in the basement the second time. She controlled him enough however for him to return after his nightly escapades.basement.]]



* NightmareFace: [[spoiler: Good God, Frau Bruckner's kid.]]
* NoNameGiven: [[spoiler: Frau Bruckner's son isn't referred to by name in the film, but it seems his designation is Patua.]]

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* NightmareFace: [[spoiler: Good God, Frau Bruckner's Brückner's kid.]]
* NoNameGiven: [[spoiler: Frau Bruckner's Brückner's son isn't referred to by name in the film, but it seems his designation is Patua.]]



* OlderThanTheyLook: [[spoiler: Frau Bruckner was raped 15 years ago, but her son has the stature of a five or six year old. Of course, then he turns around to face Jennifer and size doesn't matter anymore.]]

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* OlderThanTheyLook: [[spoiler: Frau Bruckner Brückner was raped 15 years ago, but her son has the stature of a five or six year old. Of course, then he turns around to face Jennifer and size doesn't matter anymore.]]
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* MentorOccupationalHazard: Poor Professor [=McGregor=].[[spoiler:He understood to much to live]].

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* MentorOccupationalHazard: Poor Professor [=McGregor=].[[spoiler:He understood to too much to live]].



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''Phenomena'' is a 1985 film directed and written by Creator/DarioArgento, starring a young Creator/JenniferConnelly (in her first leading role), huge swarms of flies and [[KillerGorilla a chimpanzee wielding a razor]]. The initial U.S. release of the film was edited down and re-titled ''Creepers'', though it has since then received an uncut DVD release in the States.

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''Phenomena'' is a 1985 film directed and written by Creator/DarioArgento, starring a young Creator/JenniferConnelly (in her first leading role), huge swarms of flies and [[KillerGorilla [[ManiacMonkeys a chimpanzee wielding a razor]]. The initial U.S. release of the film was edited down and re-titled ''Creepers'', though it has since then received an uncut DVD release in the States.
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* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:Sophie]]. And [[spoiler: Frau Brückner by a chimp no less!]]

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* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:Sophie]]. And [[spoiler: Frau Brückner by a chimp no less!]]less!]] Also, [[spoiler: despite [[WeHardlyKnewYou knowing so little of them]] and after learning what kind of people are within the boarding school, the student victims prior to Jennifer's arrival and Sophie's death can count too, as almost every female student except Jennifer is TheBully with no decent soul living there with the teaching staff filled with {{Sadist Teacher}}s led by a cruel DeanBitterman, making this boarding school of a doozy of a social CrapsackWorld within.]]



* DeanBitterman: The headmistress of the school. As cruel and unhelpful as Dr. Mc Gregor was nice.

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%%* * FinalGirl: [[spoiler:Jennifer]].



%%* KidHero: Jennifer.

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%%* * KidHero: Jennifer.Jennifer is a teenage hero but does better than the police thanks to her unique skills.



* OffscreenKarma: [[spoiler: It's never openly stated but the film ends with the killers dead, one of them a teacher and deputy Headmistress of the school which means that the school's administration will be in deep shit and that at the very least the Headmistress will be removed from her position which is fair considering she tried to unlawfully incarcerate Jennifer.]]



%%* SacrificialLion: [[spoiler:Dr. [=McGregor=].]]

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%%* WomanInWhite: Jennifer in the most iconic scenes.

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* AloneWithThePsycho
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* AloneWithThePsycho
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* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:Sophie]]. And [[spoiler: Frau Brückner by a chimp no less!]]



* BitchInSheepsClothing: Sophie. [[spoiler: And Frau Bruckner.]]

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* BitchInSheepsClothing: Sophie. Sophie who mocked Jennifer behind her back and left her without bothering to even lock the door. [[spoiler: And Frau Bruckner.Bruckner who looked like a reserved and shy woman while she was actually a warped and tormented maniac.]]



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%%* DeanBitterman: The headmistress of the school.
%%* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: Jennifer.
%%* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: Inga, Professor [=McGregor's=] chimpanzee assistant.

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%%* * GeniusCripple: Professor John [=McGregor=].[=McGregor=] who can from his wheelchair help the police procedure by analysing the data of his insect pets.



%%* HouseOfBrokenMirrors: [[spoiler:The killer's house.]]

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%%* * HouseOfBrokenMirrors: [[spoiler:The killer's house.house is more a hidden mirrors. Which makes it even more disturbing when you consider that they could just unhang them, instead of letting them serve as horrible reminders of the killer's reflection.]]



%%* IntergenerationalFriendship: Jennifer and Professor John [=McGregor=].

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%%* * IntergenerationalFriendship: Jennifer and Professor John [=McGregor=].[=McGregor=], who understands her better than any people her age.[[spoiler:Tragically it doesn't last long...]]



%%* MadwomanInTheAttic [[spoiler:Frau Brückner's deformed son.]]
%%* MamaBear: [[spoiler:Frau Brückner is a sinister version.]]

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%%* * MadwomanInTheAttic [[spoiler:Frau Brückner's deformed son.son was chained to the basement the second time. She controlled him enough however for him to return after his nightly escapades.]]
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%%* MentorOccupationalHazard: Poor Professor [=McGregor=].

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%%* * MentorOccupationalHazard: Poor Professor [=McGregor=].[[spoiler:He understood to much to live]].



%%* NightmareFace: [[spoiler: Good God, Frau Bruckner's kid.]]

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%%* * NightmareFace: [[spoiler: Good God, Frau Bruckner's kid.]]



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%%* SurprisinglySuddenDeath: [[spoiler: Morris Shapiro.]]

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%%* * SurprisinglySuddenDeath: [[spoiler: Morris Shapiro.Shapiro's OffWithHisHead death catches both Jennifer and the audience terribly off-guard.]]
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%%* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:Sophie]].

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%%* BitchInSheepsClothing: Sophie. [[spoiler: And Frau Bruckner.]]

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* ChildByRape: [[spoiler:Frau Brückner's child is a result of her getting raped by the inmates of the local insane asylum.]]

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* ChildByRape: [[spoiler:Frau Brückner's child is a result of her getting raped rape by the inmates of the local insane asylum.]]



* Foreshadowing: [[spoiler: When Jennifer goes to Frau Brückners house if one pays close attention the living room looks pretty familiar, because it is exactly the same as the house in the Alps. This could symbolise that despite the change of the outside on the inside of the killer and his mother nothing changes. Also Jennifer mistaking a creepy doll for the boy is a warning for his less than canny and human appearance]].

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* BitchInSheepsClothing: Sophie. [[spoiler: And Frau Bruckner.]]

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* CreepyChild: Frau Brückner's son.

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* DeanBitterman: The headmistress of the school.
* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: Jennifer.
* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: Inga, Professor [=McGregor's=] chimpanzee assistant.
* FinalGirl: [[spoiler:Jennifer]].

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* %%* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: Inga, Professor [=McGregor's=] chimpanzee assistant.
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* GeniusCripple: Professor John [=McGregor=].

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* HouseOfBrokenMirrors: [[spoiler:The killer's house.]]

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* IntergenerationalFriendship: Jennifer and Professor John [=McGregor=].

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* KidHero: Jennifer.
* MadwomanInTheAttic [[spoiler:Frau Brückner's deformed son.]]
* MamaBear: [[spoiler:Frau Brückner is a sinister version.]]

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* %%* KidHero: Jennifer.
* %%* MadwomanInTheAttic [[spoiler:Frau Brückner's deformed son.]]
* %%* MamaBear: [[spoiler:Frau Brückner is a sinister version.]]



* MentorOccupationalHazard: Poor Professor [=McGregor=].

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* %%* MentorOccupationalHazard: Poor Professor [=McGregor=].



* [[NiceGuy Nice Girl]]: Jennifer.
* NightmareFace: [[spoiler: Good God, Frau Bruckner's kid.]]

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* [[NiceGuy Nice Girl]]: %%* NiceGirl: Jennifer.
* %%* NightmareFace: [[spoiler: Good God, Frau Bruckner's kid.]]



* OffWithHisHead

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* %%* OffWithHisHead



* RearWindowInvestigation
* SacrificialLion: [[spoiler:Dr. [=McGregor=].]]
* SurprisinglySuddenDeath: [[spoiler: Morris Shapiro.]]

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* %%* RearWindowInvestigation
* %%* SacrificialLion: [[spoiler:Dr. [=McGregor=].]]
* %%* SurprisinglySuddenDeath: [[spoiler: Morris Shapiro.]]



* WomanInWhite: Jennifer in the most iconic scenes.

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* %%* WomanInWhite: Jennifer in the most iconic scenes.
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* [[spoiler:MentorOccupationalHazard: Poor Professor [=McGregor=].]]

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* [[spoiler:MentorOccupationalHazard: MentorOccupationalHazard: Poor Professor [=McGregor=].]]
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Not to be confused with another film titled {{Phenomenon}}, which is an entirely different creature.

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Not to be confused with another film titled {{Phenomenon}}, ''Film/{{Phenomenon}}'', which is an entirely different creature.

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